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Senate Bills
Includes opposite chamber sponsors where requested by primary sponsors of substantially similar bills in both chambers and jointly approved by the Committee on Committees of both chambers. Opposite chamber sponsors are represented in italics.
SB 1 - See Introductions on February 3, 2005.
SB 2 - See Introductions on February 14, 2005.
Introduced Jan. 4, 2005
SB 3 (BR 41) - D. Boswell, W. Blevins Jr, D. Harper Angel, D. Mongiardo, J. Pendleton, E. Scorsone, E. Worley
AN ACT relating to off-duty employees of the Department of Parks.
Amend KRS 148.021 and 148.026 to prohibit the commissioner of the Department of Parks from directing or enforcing any policy restricting the use of the state park lodging, campground, or any of its facilities by any off duty employee.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 4/AA (BR 176) - J. Westwood, R. Roeding, D. Thayer
AN ACT relating to employee benefits, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to establish a health reimbursement account for state employees and school board employees participating in the state health insurance and set the annual employer contribution for 2006 at $600; amend KRS 18A.225, relating to the state health insurance plan, to require a reduction in the employee coinsurance for retail prescription drugs; raise the cost-of-living increase for retired teachers to 2.3% retroactive to July 1, 2004, and raise the cost-of-living increase effective July 1, 2005, to 2.2%; increase salaries for full-time state employees and local school board employees by $600 January 1, 2005; make appropriations from the General Fund to fund the salary increase and health reimbursement accounts; EMERGENCY.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 5 (BR 136) - R. Roeding, W. Blevins Jr, D. Harper Angel, J. Pendleton, D. Seum, J. Turner, J. Westwood, K. Winters
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, to create a special license plate for the Kentucky Colonels; require the group to obtain a minimum 900 applications along with a $25 state fee for each application before the Transportation Cabinet is required to print the plate; provide that if the 900 applications are not submitted to the cabinet within a year of the effective date of the Act, the provisions creating the special plate are automatically repealed; require membership in the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels to be eligible for the plate; establish a renewal fee of $15; permit initial applicants and persons renewing their registration to make a voluntary $10 contribution that will be sent to the Kentucky Colonels to be used to provide grants to charitable and educational organizations; require the Kentucky Colonels to pay to annually audit the funds received from the sale of the license plate and submit the audit to the Transportation Cabinet.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Transportation (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House
Feb 22-to Transportation (H)
SB 6 (BR 186) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to waiver of employee health benefits, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 18A.225 to direct that each employee in the state employee health insurance program shall have the option to waive coverage and receive a contribution of no less than $220 per month to deposit in a health care flexible spending account; make appropriation from the general fund to fund the health care flexible spending accounts for employees who waive coverage; EMERGENCY.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 7 (BR 162) - A. Kerr
AN ACT relating to the closure of schools for elections.
Amend KRS 158.070 to include the day of primary elections as a day in which schools are closed.
SB 7 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, M. Marzian) - Amend to permit schools to close on primary election day.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Education (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 35-0; received in House
Feb 22-to Education (H)
Feb 23-reassigned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H); posting waived
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 21-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 91-7; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 178)
SB 8 (BR 4) - D. Boswell
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky and amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky, relating to casinos.
Propose a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casinos; allow the General Assembly to permit the operation of casinos, which may include casinos at horse racing tracks; provide, if General Assembly authorizes casino gaming, for agency of state government to be created to regulate casinos by special law notwithstanding Section 59 or 60 of the Constitution, establish qualifications of individuals and entities authorized to operate casinos, limit number and location of casinos, define types of lotteries, gift enterprises and gambling games to be permitted, provide for other standards to ensure honest operation of casinos; define casino and casino-style gaming; restrict operation of casinos until the state agency shall have first approved the conduct of casinos and the governing body of the county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government has approved the operation; propose to amend Section 226 of the Kentucky Constitution to provide that the new section is an exception to the prohibition against lotteries and gift enterprises; submit to voters; provide ballot language.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 9/LM/CI (BR 5) - D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to gaming and making an appropriation therefor.
Establish KRS Chapter 239 to authorize gambling at horse racing tracks and casinos; create numerous definitions; create the Kentucky Gaming commission; establish the duties and responsibilities of the commission; require the commission to determine the occupations related to casino gaming and the qualifications for an occupational license; establish the application procedures for a casino, racing association gaming, manufacturer's, and supplier's license; establish the requirements and qualifications for all gaming-related licenses; prohibit a licensee from transferring or assigning the license without prior commission approval; permit a licensee to conduct gaming operations from a temporary facility under certain conditions; require racing association licensees to make certain requests to the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority regarding the number of racing days the licensee will have scheduled during a year; create an exemption to allow facilities development for gaming activities regarding zoning; provide that other zoning and building codes still apply; establish the position and the duties of the executive director of the commission; establish that certain job classifications are to be established by agreement of the parties to a collective bargaining agreement; require that before a gaming license is issued, the governing body in the jurisdiction where gaming operations are proposed must first enact an ordinance to permit casino gaming; require a gaming licensee to post bond and to maintain specific types of insurance; limit the number of gaming licenses to five racing association gaming licenses and four casino licenses; establish criteria for gaming operation locations; require certain information from applicants seeking a gaming license; establish the fees for applications, licensure, and renewal for all licenses; create the Kentucky gaming fund, the Kentucky municipal public safety fund, the Kentucky county public safety fund, the Kentucky horse racing equity fund, and the Kentucky thoroughbred claiming fund; require that certain amounts of the gaming fund support administrative operations of the commission, and other amounts from the gaming fund be dispersed to the Kentucky compulsive gamblers assistance fund, the Department of Education, the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Cabinet for Health Services for health care services for certain indigent Kentuckians and for a prescription drug program for senior citizens, the Kentucky county public safety fund, capital construction, sewer and water projects administered under the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, the Kentucky veterans trust fund, the state road fund, the budget reserve trust fund, and the equine industry program trust and revolving fund; establish the disbursement of funds to the Kentucky municipal public safety fund and the Kentucky county public safety fund; establish the disbursement of funds to the Kentucky horse racing industry; prohibit licensure of certain people under specific circumstances; establish the expenditure of moneys from the municipal public safety fund and the county public safety fund; establish a wagering tax at a rate of 35% of adjusted gross receipts received and reported monthly by the licensee obliged to pay the tax; establish the terms of all licenses regarding gaming operations; require the commission to promulgate administrative regulations to prescribe procedures for gaming licensees regarding the effective control over their internal fiscal affairs; require periodic financial reports from gaming licensees; require annual audits of the financial statements of gaming licensees; define and limit gambling games and devices; address how money deposited into the compulsive gamblers assistance fund will be expended; require the State Auditor to perform an annual audit of the commission; require gaming licensees to compile a list of persons to exclude or reject from licensed gaming establishments; require the commission to notify a person placed on an exclusion or ejection list; permit the commission to take disciplinary action if a gaming licensee knowingly fails to exclude or eject a person on the list; establish penalties for persons placed on the list who enter premises of a licensed gaming establishment; provide that the transport of gambling equipment and supplies into the state will not be a violation of federal laws; define the term "cheat" and establish penalties for persons who cheat; create the compulsive gamblers assistance fund; establish how expenditures from the compulsive gamblers assistance fund will be utilized; require the commission to prepare an annual report detailing activities and expenditures of the compulsive gamblers assistance fund; encourage gaming licensees to cooperate with local business and community organizations to stimulate the economy through tourism; require gaming licensees to pay the salaries of certain commission employees; require gaming licensees to make office space available for certain commission employees; prohibit a person under 21 from placing a wager or being in an area where gambling games are in operation; establish that commission members, the executive director, and commission employees are subject to the executive branch code of ethics; limit the administrative fine to $50,000 per offense; establish that administrative review under KRS Chapter 13B is available for persons aggrieved by an action by the commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to attach the commission to the Revenue Cabinet for administrative purposes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 242 to permit a local option election in certain areas for the limited sale of alcoholic beverages at tracks and casinos in the territory; amend KRS 243.030 to establish a $7,500 annual license fee for a casino entertainment license and a racing association casino entertainment license; amend KRS 243.040 to establish a $3,500 annual license fee for a casino entertainment license and a racing association casino entertainment license; amend KRS 243.500, 243.505, 525.090, 528.010, 528.100, 15.380 to conform; include a severability clause; include rules to follow for actions brought for declaratory or injunctive relief regarding constitutionality of this Act; and include language that this Act is void if the voters fail to approve a constitutional amendment permitting the General Assembly to authorize casinos.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
SB 10 (BR 29) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to criminal background investigations.
Amend KRS 309.0813, 309.1315, 319.032, 335.070, 335.320, and 335.615 to require criminal background checks as a condition for certification or licensure for alcohol and drug counselors, art therapists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and fee-based pastoral counselors who apply after the effective date of this Act; require fees to be nonrefundable, cost no more than the investigations, and be paid by the applicant.
SB 10 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. Wayne) - Attach the provisions of HB 94.
HFA (2/Title, J. Wayne) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
SB 11 (BR 314) - T. Buford, D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to operator's licenses.
Amend KRS 186.412 to establish a notation on the operator's license that the holder of the license is deaf or hard of hearing and uses alternative form of communication; effective January 1, 2006.
SB 11 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Specify a decal to be affixed to the operator's license for the deaf or hard of hearing rather than a notation on the license.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Transportation (S)
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to Transportation (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
SB 12 (BR 103) - J. Turner, W. Blevins Jr, J. Denton, D. Harper Angel, J. Pendleton, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to the licensing and registration of vehicles, to create a special license plate for Shriners.
SB 12 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, B. Guthrie) - Make technical correction
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Transportation (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with committee amendment (1); received in House
Feb 22-to Transportation (H)
SB 13/LM (BR 185) - E. Harris
AN ACT relating to levy and recall of taxes.
Amend KRS 132.017 to clarify language, remove the requirement that petitions be organized by precinct, set forth the information that must be included on a petition, add notification procedures and timelines for determination of the validity of the petition, provide for advertisement of the filing of the petition if the petitioners pay for advertisement at the time the petition is filed and establish a time frame within which a county clerk's certification may be challenged; amend KRS 132.100 to delete provisions relating to precinct requirements for petitions and to set forth the requirements for a petition; amend KRS 160.485 to clarify language, remove the requirement that petitions be organized by precinct, set forth the information that must be included on a petition, change the time in which a petition must be filed from 30 to 45 days, provide for advertisement of the filing of the petition if the petitioners pay for advertisement at the time the petition is filed, establish a time frame within which a county clerk's certification may be challenged, and add notification procedures and timelines for determination of the validity of the petition; amend KRS 160.597 to clarify language, remove the requirement that petitions be organized by precinct, set forth the information that must be included on a petition, change the time in which a petition must be filed from 30 days to 45 days, provide for advertisement of the filing of the petition if the petitioners pay for advertisement at the time the petition is filed, establish a time frame within which a county clerk's certification may be challenged, and add notification procedures and timelines for determination of the validity of the petition; amend KRS 132.018 to conform; provide that the Act shall apply to orders, ordinances, resolutions or motions passed after July 15, 2005.
SB 13 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, E. Harris) - Retain provisions of the original bill; provide that each sheet of the petition must include names of voters from one precinct; provide that an invalid signature on the page shall not result in the disqualification of the entire page but shall instead result in the striking of the invalid signature only.
SFA (2, E. Harris) - Retain the provisions of the original bill; clarify language relating to petition requirements; provide that specially called school district elections shall comply with the provisions of KRS 118.025, and that the election shall be held between 35 and 45 days from the certification of the petition rather than 20 to 30 days.
HCA (1, S. Riggs) - Provide that a recall petition for school taxes in a district located in a consolidated local government shall include five percent of a number of registered and qualified voters voting in the last preceding presidential election.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 9-floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 28-3 with floor amendments (1) and (2)
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 16-to Local Government (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 92-0 with committee amendment (1); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House committee amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 as a Consent bill; Senate concurred in House committee amendment (1); passed 37-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 121)
SB 14/FN (BR 366) - E. Scorsone, A. Kerr, T. Buford, J. Carroll, D. Harper Angel
AN ACT relating to the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program.
Amend KRS 157.360 to require the Kentucky Department of Education for the 2005-2006 school year to establish a hold harmless per pupil funding value for each school district using 1995-1996 data as a base; thereafter, require an annual adjustment to the hold harmless value equal to the percentage increase of the base funding level in the program for support education excellence in Kentucky (SEEK), as determined in the biennial budget for the affected school year.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 15 (BR 87) - T. Buford, J. Rhoads
AN ACT relating to radiology assistants.
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; authorize radiology practitioner assistants and radiology assistants to provide radiological assistance under the supervision of a physician; prohibit a radiology practitioner assistant and radiology assistant from interpreting radiological images, making diagnoses, or prescribing medication or therapies; authorize the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to promulgate administrative regulations to establish radiology practitioner assistant and radiology assistant certification requirements and procedures, standards, scope of practice, coursework, code of conduct, fees, and fines for violations; establish a seven member Radiology Practitioner Assistant and Radiology Assistant Advisory Committee; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a Class A misdemeanor for an person who falsely represents himself or herself as a radiology practitioner assistant or radiology assistant.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Health and Welfare (S)
SB 16 (BR 424) - J. Westwood, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, T. Buford, R. Jones II, J. Rhoads, R. Roeding, G. Tapp, D. Thayer
AN ACT relating to adoption.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to allow a final adoption certified by the United States Secretary of State pursuant to the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to be recognized as a final valid adoption in this Commonwealth; provide that in all other cases of an adoption from a foreign nation that a person may file a petition in the Circuit Court in the county of his or her residence for an order to the registrar of vital statistics for the issuance of a Kentucky birth certificate to a child adopted in the foreign nation; specify documents to accompany the petition; provide the Administrative Office of the Courts may devise a simple form to be used as the petition; provide that no other additional paperwork, home evaluations, or other administrative procedures shall be required; and amend KRS 199.470 to expand the persons to whom a child may be adopted without approval of the cabinet secretary to include a blood relative or a de facto custodian.
SB 16 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Replace original provisions and amend KRS 199.470 to permit a court to order a home study in a relative adoption; amend KRS 199.473 to specify that a home study of a proposed adoptive home be conducted prior to approval of the application for adoption; require home study to be conducted in accordance with administrative regulations; require the cabinet to conduct the home study for families whose income is less than 250% of the federal poverty level unless the applicant requests the study performed by a child-placing agency and require the cabinet to provide information on licensed child-placing agencies to applicants whose income is more than 250% of the poverty level; require a petition for temporary custody and a notice of intent to adopt to be filed with the court when temporary custody is sought prior to the secretary's ruling on an application for adoption and require notice to the cabinet; require a hearing on the petition within 72 hours; require records to be incorporated into the adoption file; require a hearing on the status and custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized within 6 months of the hearing on temporary custody; prohibit temporary custody prior to the secretary's ruling on adoption application until the court has reviewed a criminal records check on the applicant and require the background to be part of the adoptive home study; require the cabinet to petition court for review when a child is placed in a home without the court's review of the background check or without permission of the cabinet secretary; increase the adoption application fee paid to the cabinet from $150 to $200; make technical changes; add new sections to require Kentucky courts to recognize a final order of adoption from a foreign country; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Families and Children to issue a certified notice that the adoption is registered in Kentucky and to maintain adoption records; require state adoption procedures for a child born outside the United States who does not qualify for United States citizenship upon entry into the United States; amend KRS 199.470 to add international adoptions to adoptions that do not require approval of the cabinet secretary.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 33-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 7, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate; posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute; passed 34-0
Mar 21-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 175)
SB 17 (BR 296) - J. Westwood
AN ACT relating to massage therapy.
Amend KRS 309.350 to change definition for practice of massage therapy; amend KRS 309.353 to delete language regarding unlawful providers of massage therapy; amend KRS 309.355 to delete language regarding board's authority to issue civil and criminal penalties; amend KRS 309.363 to delete language allowing institutions and business entities to apply to the board for massage therapy program of instruction certification; add language to allow "any person" to apply; delete language requiring the Kentucky State Board for Proprietary Education to license a massage therapy program; repeal KRS 309.360 regarding licenses issued prior to June 24, 2005.
SB 17 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of bill, except amend KRS 309.355 to give the board subpoena power; amend KRS 309.363 to restore deleted language to authorize the Council on Postsecondary Education or equivalent to license massage therapy schools, to increase required curriculum hours of instruction from 500 to 600 and include study in kinesiology, client documentation, modality, and pathology, and to allow the school to determine coursework for 35 hours; amend KRS 309.358 to restore deleted language; create new section to determine fines and sanctions; and amend KRS 309.360 to restore repealed language.
HFA (1/P, J. Carr) - Retain original provisions; add provisions of HB 306 relating to indecent and immoral practices.
HFA (2/Title, J. Carr) - Make title amendment.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute; received in House
Feb 22-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Mar 3-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
SB 18 (BR 52) - D. Kelly, D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to death certificates.
Amend KRS 213.076 to provide that, if a cause of death is unknown or pending investigation, the death certificate may be filed with an "unknown" or "pending investigation" notation on the cause of death; provide that results of pending tests or investigation shall be filed at a later time with the Department for Public Health with a supplemental report.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 7-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 8-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 96-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 131)
SB 19 (BR 51) - D. Kelly, J. Westwood, A. Kerr, R. Roeding, D. Thayer
AN ACT relating to reading, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Establish new section of KRS 158 to describe the General Assembly's findings and intent regarding reading; amend KRS 158.792 to define reading terms, establish the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention program to help teachers improve the reading skills of students in the primary program; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations; identify the guiding principles for all grant recipients; require the Kentucky Department of Education to make annual reports of the use of grants and in odd-numbered years to estimate the cost of expanding the program; amend KRS 158.794 to rename the Early Reading Incentive Grant Steering Committee to the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee, revise the steering committee membership and expand the responsibilities of the steering committee; amend KRS 164.0207 to modify role of the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development; specify the Collaborative Center's role relating to research; amend KRS 154A.130 to align with other provisions; specify that gubernatorial appointees serving on the Early Reading Incentive Grant Steering Committee at the effective date of this Act may continue to serve out their terms on the renamed steering committee; provide that the bill shall be cited as the "Read to Achieve Act of 2005"; EMERGENCY.
SB 19 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, D. Kelly) - Make technical correction.
SCA (2, D. Kelly) - Clarify that the Collaborative for Literacy Development is to cooperate with other entities that provide family literacy services.
SCA (3, D. Kelly) - Amend KRS 200.73 to provide that the Early Childhood Development Authority shall provide that primary students, regardless of age, who are having difficulty with reading may be referred and receive a second vision examination as described in KRS 156.160 at no cost to the parent.
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Delete requirement that university professors on the steering committee be from public universities; clarify that professors may be from either a university or a college.
HCS - Retain original provisions of SB 19/GA, except include library media specialists as eligible recipients of assistance under the comprehensive reading program; change the membership of the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee by reducing from five to four the number of primary program teachers and adding one certified library media specialist.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Education (S)
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendments (1) (2) and (3)
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 37-0 with committee amendments (1) (2) and (3), floor amendment (1)
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to Education (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 as a Consent bill; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute; passed 37-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 127)
SB 20 (BR 24) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to certification of phlebotomy technicians.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 333 to prohibit a person from performing venipuncture or skin puncture for medical laboratory testing during the remainder of 2005 unless the person works under specified medical supervision and has received designated training; require on and after January 1, 2006, Act that a person performing venipuncture or skin puncture has two years to complete the specified requirements to obtain certification as a phlebotomy technician; require the Department for Public Health to promulgate an administrative regulation specifying the requirements for certification and recertification that shall include, at a minimum, that the applicant be certified as a phlebotomist by a national accreditation agency, have completed specified education, training, and experience, and produce a statement of competency from a specified supervisor; permit waiver of certain training requirements for persons with specified experience; require continuing education; require department to charge fees of no more than $25 for certification and recertification; permit the department to issue a certificate to persons who only perform skin punctures for test purposes; provide that the section shall not apply to a licensed or certified health care worker acting within the scope of his or her license or certification.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Health and Welfare (S)
SB 21/LM (BR 196) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to the motor vehicle usage tax.
Amend KRS 138.460 to require county clerks to give verbal notification of the consequences of providing false statements of motor vehicle value on affidavit forms with the intent to evade the motor vehicle usage tax; require the county clerk to notify the Revenue Cabinet if false or fraudulent statements on affidavits are suspected.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 22 (BR 197) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to elections.
Amend KRS 117.087 to delay the reporting of absentee ballot results until all precincts are closed throughout the Commonwealth; amend KRS 117.275 to delay the counting of ballots until all precincts are closed throughout the Commonwealth; amend KRS 117.066 and 117.355 to conform.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 23 (BR 48) - J. Denton, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, T. Buford, D. Harper Angel, A. Kerr, D. Mongiardo, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, R. Roeding, E. Scorsone, E. Tori, J. Turner
AN ACT relating to a legend drug repository program and declaring an emergency.
Create various new sections of KRS 194A to define terms; create a cancer drug repository program to support the donation of a cancer drug or supplies needed to administer a cancer drug for use by individuals who meet the eligibility criteria established by the Cabinet for Health Services; authorize eligible health facilities to accept the donations; specify the safety requirements that donations must meet; prohibit the resale of donated cancer drugs and supplies necessary to administer the cancer drugs; require that the cancer drugs be ordered by a physician, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or physician assistant prior to dispensing by a pharmacist; require a pharmacist to inspect the donations prior to dispensing; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program; and establish standards for prioritizing the dispensations to individuals who are uninsured or indigent, or to others if an uninsured or indigent individual is unavailable.
SB 23 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original proceedings, except permit all drugs to be donated, excluding controlled substances; extend immunity from civil and criminal liability to drug manufacturers for drugs that are donated to the program, and extend immunity from civil liability to participating health facilities, pharmacies, and health care providers, except in the exercise of bad faith; and prohibit disciplinary action for unprofessional conduct from being taken against participating health facilities, pharmacies, and health care providers for acts or omissions relating to donating, accepting, distributing, or dispensing a drug, unless the act or omission involves reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
SCA (1/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
HCS (1) - Clarify that immunity for a participating drug manufacturer and health care provider does not extend if the manufacturer or provider fails to provide ordinary care to persons receiving drugs in the program.
HCS (2) - Create new sections of KRS 205.510 to 205.645 to define "asset test," "commissioner," "contractor," "department," "enrollee," "federal poverty guidelines," "liquid assets," "Medicaid dual eligible," "Medicare Modernization Act," "Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit," "participating pharmacy," "prescription drug plan," "program," "and resident"; create the Kentucky Pharmaceutical Assistance Program within the Department for Medicaid Services contingent upon approval from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to coordinate prescription drug coverage with the prescription drug benefit under the Medicare Modernization Act; establish eligibility guidelines for participants, to include persons 65 or older, disabled and enrolled in Medicare, with a household income at or below 150% of poverty level, meet the asset test, not have other prescription drug coverage, and not be a member of a retirement plan with a drug benefit under the Medicare Modernization Act; establish enrollment priority to include Medicaid dual eligibles, and then applicants with household income up to 150% of the federal poverty guidelines; set the enrollment process for dual eligibles to take effect by October 1, 2005; and allow persons to opt out; provide for administration of the program, which may be done by contract, require department to prescribe the application and enrollment process, allow department to determine drugs to be covered by the plan, and allow department to negotiate with manufacturers for rebates; provide for benefits to begin by January 1, 2006; limit benefits to the amount of appropriations, with the program as a payor of last resort; clarify that a resident must have lived in the state for at least 90 days prior to receipt of the application by the department; require department to create standards for documenting proof of residence.
HCA (1/Title, T. Burch) - Make title amendment.
HFA (1, J. Lee) - Create new sections of KRS 205.510 to 205.645 to define "asset test," "commissioner," "contractor," "department," "enrollee," "federal poverty guidelines," "liquid assets," "Medicaid dual eligible," "Medicare Modernization Act," "Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit," "participating pharmacy," "prescription drug plan," "program," "and resident"; create the Kentucky Pharmaceutical Assistance Program within the Department for Medicaid Services to coordinate prescription drug coverage with the prescription drug benefit under the Medicare Modernization Act; establish eligibility guidelines for participants, to include persons 65 or older, disabled and enrolled in Medicare, with a household income at or below 150% of poverty level, meet the asset test, not have other prescription drug coverage, and not be a member of a retirement plan with a drug benefit under the Medicare Modernization Act; establish enrollment priority to include Medicaid dual eligibles, and then applicants with household income up to 150% of the federal poverty guidelines; set the enrollment process for dual eligibles to take effect by October 1, 2005, and allow persons to opt out; provide for administration of the program, which may be done by contract; provide for benefits to begin by January 1, 2006; limit benefits to the amount of appropriations, with the program as a payor of last resort; clarify that a resident must have lived in the state for at least 90 days prior to receipt of the application by the department.
CCR - Cannot agree.
FCCR - Make title amendment; delete redundant language requiring approval of the Kentucky Pharmaceutical Assistance Program by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 7-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 8-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 10-received in House
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 3-taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; recommitted to Health and Welfare (H); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day; 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (2); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (2) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (2); received in House; posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (2); House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (2); Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; Bill passed 80-0; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; Bill passed 34-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 136)
SB 24 (BR 318) - J. Denton, D. Boswell, T. Buford, D. Harper Angel, A. Kerr, D. Mongiardo, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, R. Roeding, E. Scorsone, E. Tori, J. Turner
AN ACT relating to newborn screening.
Amend KRS 214.155 to permit the cabinet to establish separate fees for expanded newborn screening, require additional newborn screening tests for heritable disorders upon funding and acquisition of equipment and personnel, require cabinet to enter into agreements with medical schools and laboratories to conduct screening, and require cabinet to apply for any federal funds or grants to expand or improve newborn screening programs.
SB 24 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Amend KRS 214.155 to require the Cabinet for Health Services to operate a newborn screening program that includes screening tests and definitive diagnostic evaluations for positive tests, and require administrative regulations to include the manner of testing, recording, and reporting of screening tests, and to establish fees for the screening program; specify the conditions included in a screening test; require information to be provided to a parent about the screening tests and require an institution or health care provider to arrange for appropriate follow-up; require information about tests not specified to be provided to a parent and specify the parent is responsible for costs associated with additional screening tests; define qualified laboratory; require the cabinet to contract with qualified laboratory if the cabinet is unable to screen for the specified conditions; permit the cabinet to contract with qualified laboratories for conditions not specified; specify that cabinet contracts for unspecified conditions does not preclude other institutions or providers from utilizing other qualified laboratories for tests for unspecified conditions; permit the cabinet to solicit and accept private funds to expand, improve or evaluate the newborn screening program; provide a short title to name this the James William Lazzaro Newborn Screening Act; EMERGENCY.
HCS - Retain original provisions except cite as the James William Lazzaro and Madison Leigh Heflin Newborn Screening Act.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 7-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 8-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-received in House
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate
Mar 3-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute; passed 36-0
Mar 4-enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 66)
SB 25 (BR 317) - J. Denton, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, T. Buford, D. Harper Angel, A. Kerr, J. Rhoads, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr
AN ACT relating to organ and tissue donation.
Amend KRS 214.155 to require the Cabinet for Health Services to provide information on the Internet on the availability of comprehensive newborn screening tests related to heritable and genetic congenital disorders; require the cabinet to inform health facilities and health care providers and others that the information is available on the Internet; require health facilities and health care providers to inform an infant's parent or guardian of the availability of these tests and provide for a consent form promulgated administrative regulation by the cabinet; require a health facility to conduct or arrange for additional testing by a qualified laboratory and provide the appropriate follow-up health care; permit the cabinet to enter into agreement with public or private qualified laboratories to perform newborn screening tests; define qualified laboratory; permit health facilities and health care providers to send their samples to any qualified laboratory.
SB 25 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Delete all original text; insert a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the Cabinet for Health Services to establish and maintain a statewide registry for organ and tissue donation and specify it may be funded by state appropriation, grants, or other public or private funds; permit the registry to be maintained by a public or private gatekeeper; require the cabinet to collaborate with specified entities to establish strategies for registry operations; specify the registry meets legal standards for informed consent; specify access to the registry; require evaluation of the effectiveness of the registry; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations.
SCA (1/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
HCS (1) - Retain original provisions; add section to amend KRS 311.195 to permit a gift of all or part of the body through registration on a statewide organ and tissue donor registry.
HCS (2) - Retain provisions of HCS 1; amend KRS 369.102 to define "authorization" and "electronic identification"; create a new section of KRS 369 to allow electronic signature authentication and identification for transactions relating to identifiable health information and list possible components of a system for authentication and identification of electronic signature; specify that DNA shall not be used as a biometric identifier; add HIPPA provision.
HFA (1, T. Burch) - Clarify that electronic signature verification and authentication may be accomplished by an interactive system of security procedures that includes but is not limited to one or more of the listed procedures; allow an additional security procedure that includes log-on and password as two unique identifiers.
HFA (2, T. Burch) - Clarify that electronic signature verification and authentication may be accomplished by an interactive system of security procedures that includes but is not limited to one or more of the listed procedures.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 17-received in House
Feb 18-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-recommitted to Health and Welfare (H)
Mar 1-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2)
Mar 2-floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute (2)
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (2), floor amendment (1); received in Senate
SB 26 (BR 483) - E. Scorsone, W. Blevins Jr
AN ACT relating to crime prevention.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 17 to ratify the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; amend KRS 17.140 to conform.
SB 26 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to clarify relationship to records held by the Court of Justice and to allow an attorney to request records relating to the attorney's client.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 33-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 28-posting waived
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading; Committee Substitute adopted; returned to the Orders of the Day
SB 27 (BR 302) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to repossession of collateral by secured parties.
Amend KRS 329A.070 to exempt from licensing requirements of private investigators any secured party, or person acting on behalf of the secured party, engaged in repossession of the creditor's collateral pursuant to KRS 355.9-609.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 31-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 92-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 81)
SB 28 (BR 118) - E. Scorsone, D. Harper Angel, J. Rhoads
AN ACT relating to newborn screening tests.
Amend KRS 214.155 to require the Cabinet for Health Services to provide information on the Internet on the availability of comprehensive newborn screening tests related to heritable and genetic congenital disorders; require the cabinet to inform health facilities and health care providers that the information is available on the Internet; require health facilities and health care providers to inform an infant's parent or guardian of the availability of these tests and to collect the sample, send it to a qualified laboratory upon consent of the parent or guardian, and provide the appropriate follow-up health care; permit the cabinet to enter into agreement with private qualified laboratories to perform newborn screening tests; define "qualified laboratory"; permit health facilities and health care providers to send samples to any qualified laboratory; amend KRS 205.560 to require Medicaid coverage for comprehensive newborn screening beginning January 1, 2007; and create a new section of subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for a family or dependents to provide coverage for comprehensive newborn screening beginning January 1, 2007.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Health and Welfare (S)
Introduced Jan. 5, 2005
SB 29 (BR 451) - V. McGaha, G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to social work.
Amend KRS 335.080 to permit licensure as a "certified social worker" to an applicant who has not failed to pass a board examination within the previous three, rather than six, months; amend KRS 335.090 to permit licensure as a "licensed social worker" to an applicant who has not failed to pass a board examination within the previous three, rather than six, months; amend KRS 335.100 to permit licensure as a "licensed clinical social worker" to an applicant who has not failed to pass a board examination within the previous three, rather than six, months.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Mar 4-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 62)
SB 30 (BR 489) - G. Tapp
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 247 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to public printing.
Propose an amendment to the present Constitution of Kentucky by repealing Section 247 pertaining to public printing contracts; provide for submission to voters.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 31 (BR 230) - G. Tapp, D. Boswell, D. Mongiardo, R. Roeding, K. Stine, D. Thayer
AN ACT relating to tax credits for biodiesel.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 142 to provide nonrefundable tax credits to producers, blenders and retailers of biodiesel fuel; limit total credits available each year for each category to $1,000,000; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2006.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 32 (BR 408) - R. Roeding
AN ACT changing the classification of the City of Warsaw, in Gallatin County.
Reclassify the City of Warsaw, in Gallatin County, population 3,000, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification of cities established by the former Section 156 of the Kentucky Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification as a city of the fourth class requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 35-1; received in House
Feb 22-to Local Government (H); posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 93-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 1-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 8)
SB 33/FN (BR 312) - J. Pendleton
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit benefit disqualification of a spouse who leaves employment because of a military transfer.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
SB 34/FN (BR 120) - J. Pendleton
AN ACT relating to military pensions.
Amend KRS 141.010 to exempt military pensions from the income tax for tax years beginning after December 31, 2004.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 35 (BR 454) - G. Tapp, J. Denton, D. Thayer
AN ACT relating to an income tax credit for teachers who purchase classroom supplies for students' use.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a tax credit for public school teachers' purchase of consumable supplies; limit to 80% of purchase, not to exceed a total of $200.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 36 (BR 156) - D. Kelly
Jan 5-WITHDRAWN
SB 37 (BR 153) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 171 to establish the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; provide for appointment of members; set expiration date of commission; confirm Executive Order 2004-616.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 2-2nd reading; returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, to Rules
Feb 9-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 33-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 94-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 96)
SB 38 (BR 159) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend various sections of KRS Chapters 12, 154, and 164 to rename and reorganize agencies under the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership; amend KRS 12.020 to rename the Department of Administration and Support the Office of Administration and Support, the Department for Business Development the Department for New Business Development, and the Department of Community Development the Department for Existing Business Development; create within the Cabinet for Economic Development an Office of Research and Information Technology and a Department of Innovation and Commercialization for a Knowledge Based Economy; amend KRS 154.12-223 to abolish the Division of Business and Entrepreneurship Development and to rename the Small and Minority Business Division the Small Business Services Division; amend KRS 154.12-222 to rename the Department of Administration and Support the Office of Administration and Support, attach it to the Office of the Secretary, create under the Office a Division of Finance and Personnel with a Fiscal Management Branch and a Personnel and Payroll Branch to replace the Division of Administrative Services, and abolish the Office of Information Resources and the Division of Research, whose functions are transferred to the new Office of Research and Information Technology; amend KRS 154.12-278 to rename and restructure the Office for the New Economy as the Department of Innovation and Commercialization for a Knowledge Based Economy; amend KRS 154.12-214, 154.12-215, 154.12-216, 154.12-218, 154.12-2333, 154.12-225, 154.12-300, 154.12-305, 154.20-254, 164.6015, and 164.6017 to conform; confirm Resolution 04-01 of the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership Board.
SB 38 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain provisions of original bill; amend to include, within the department, the Office of Legal Services; clarify the responsibilities and structure of the Division of Small Business Services; require the department be headed by a Commissioner which is appointed by the Governor.
HCS - Retain original provisions; Amend KRS 65.680 to include housing authorities and community redevelopment authorities as agencies for purposes of section; define "low income household," "redevelopment assistance tool," and "service payment agreement"; amend KRS 65.682 to require a city or county expanding a development area to afford maximum opportunity for work in the area to be done by private enterprise; amend KRS 65.6851 to conform; create new sections of KRS 65.680 to 65.699 to permit a city or county which participates in a planning unit and meets specified conditions to establish a development area for community redevelopment as prescribed; require local government to adopt a redevelopment plan prior to establishment of the development area and prescribe the contents of such plan; require a public hearing and public notice of the hearing on the plan; require notice to other local governments in the county of a proposed redevelopment plan as specified; require local governments to notify the entity proposing the plan if the local government will be participating in the plan; permit the city or county proposing the plan to enact the ordinance establishing a development plan after receiving notice of the intentions of the local governments which have been notified, or after 30 days if no response is received; prescribe the contents of the ordinance which creates the development area; permit the ordinance to designate a public agency or a community redevelopment authority to oversee the implementation of the ordinance; permit a city or county to enter into service payment agreements as provided; allow the establishment of a lien in favor of the city or county under the service payment agreement; require the lien to be filed in the office of the county clerk prior to becoming valid or enforceable; prohibit real estate in the development area from participating in programs granting property assessments or reassessment moratoriums; require planning commissions to make an annual determination to the city or county as to the existence of potential development areas within the city or county and prohibit the determinations of the planning and zoning commissions to have no binding effect upon the city or county; permit a city or county to establish a nonprofit community redevelopment authority and specify the membership, terms of office, appointment and removal procedures, and administrative procedures for the authority; provide for the selection and bonding of a secretary-treasurer and set out the duties and responsibilities of the secretary-treasurer, require an annual report of all acts of the authority to the legislative body or bodies which created the authority.
HCA (1/Title, R. Palumbo) - Make title amendment.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 2-2nd reading; returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Economic Development (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 3-taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; recommitted to Economic Development (H)
Mar 4-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); taken from Committee, placed in the Orders of the Day; 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); received in House; posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); House refused to recede from Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 21-motion to not recede reconsidered; House receded from Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); passed 82-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 181)
SB 39 (BR 146) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend KRS 12.020 and 174.020 to define the major organizational units in the Transportation Cabinet; amend KRS 174.016, 174.025, 174.040, 177.020, 177.330, 177.340, 177.350, 177.360, and 179.400 to conform; confirm Executive Orders 2004-724, 2004-960, 2004-1052, 2004-1202, and 2004-1360.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Transportation (S)
Feb 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar; returned to Transportation (S)
Feb 2-reported favorably; 2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to Transportation (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 97-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 98)
SB 40 (BR 157) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to abolish the Tourism Development Cabinet and create the Commerce Cabinet; create within the Commerce Cabinet the Office of Finance and Administration, Office of Legal Affairs, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of Human Resources, Office of Public Affairs and Constituent Services ,Office of Communications, and the Office of Information Technology; transfer the Department of Travel, Department of Parks, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Kentucky Horse Park Commission, State Fair Board, Office of Administrative Services, and the Tourism Development Finance Authority from the Tourism Development Cabinet to the Commerce Cabinet; abolish the State Parks Commission; transfer the Kentucky Appalachian Commission to the Department of Local Government from the Office of the Governor; transfer the Kentucky Arts Council, the Kentucky Historical Society, the Kentucky Center for the Arts, the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program, the Governors' School for the Arts, the Kentucky African-American Heritage Commission, and the Kentucky Heritage Council from the Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet to the Commerce Cabinet; repeal KRS 148.815, 148.820, and 148.825; confirm Executive Order 2004-729 to the extent that it is not otherwise confirmed by this Act.
SB 40 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of SB 40; transfer the Division of Energy to the Commerce Cabinet; list the internal divisions within the Department of Parks; make technical corrections.
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Amend various sections of the KRS to rename and reorganize agencies under the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership and the Office of the Governor; amend to restructure and reorganize the Commission on Small Business Advocacy; amend to require the Commissioner of Economic Development be appointed by the Governor; amend to establish the Office of Energy Policy within the Commerce Cabinet.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 2-2nd reading; returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Economic Development (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 94-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 95)
SB 41 (BR 144) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Create and amend various sections within the Kentucky Revised Statutes to establish the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet and combine within the cabinet and the agencies the programs relating to natural resources and the environment, labor, and public protection; direct the consolidation of support offices for the programs within the cabinet; repeal 224.10-030, 224.10-055, and 224.10-060, relating to past actions; confirm Executive Order 2004-731, dated July 9, 2004.
SB 41 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of SB 41; add Division of Administrative Services to the Office of the Commissioner in the Department of Labor; exempt complaints and hearings associated with the Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Fund Program from KRS 13B.020; attach the Office of Workers' Claims administratively to the Department of Labor; attach the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Commission administratively to the Office of the Secretary; amend KRS 351 to include the executive director of the Office of Mine Safety and Licensing; authorize the Secretary rather than the Commissioner of Natural Resources to have authority to promulgate regulations under KRS Chapter 351; authorize the secretary to appoint a deputy to sign all final orders of the cabinet; transfer the Division of Energy to the Tourism Cabinet; make technical corrections; and renumber sections, subsections and paragraphs.
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Restore authority of the Governor to appoint the Executive Director of the Office of Insurance subject to confirmation by the Senate; provide that the Executive Director may be reappointed.
SFA (2, D. Kelly) - Delete reference to KRS 342.228.
SFA (3, D. Kelly) - Delete reference to the Division of Energy.
SFA (4, D. Kelly) - Delete existing divisions listed in statute applicable to the former Department of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement that no longer exist under the Department for Natural Resources.
HFA (1, J. Barrows) - Amend KRS 224.10-020 to require the director of the Division of Conservation to be appointed in accordance with KRS 146.100.
HFA (2, M. Cherry) - Make technical correction.
HFA (3, T. Thompson) - Amend KRS 304.17B-021 to delete the second assessment for funding of Guaranteed Acceptance Program losses and Kentucky Access.
HFA (4/Title, T. Thompson) - Make title amendment.
HFA (5, M. Cherry) - Amend KRS 229.031 to prohibit the application of a 5% tax on the gross receipts on the sale, lease or exploitation of broadcasting, television, and motion picture rights of professional boxing and wrestling matches or exhibitions.
HFA (6/Title, M. Cherry) - Make title amendment.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 2-2nd reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 3-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4)
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-floor amendment (2) filed
Mar 1-floor amendment (3) filed
Mar 2-floor amendment (4-title) filed
Mar 4-floor amendments (5) and (6-title) filed; 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendments (1) and (2) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 as a Consent bill; Senate concurred in House floor amendments (1) and (2); passed 37-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 123)
SB 42 (BR 155) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Establish the Office of Minority Empowerment in the Office of the Governor; require the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights to report to the Office of Minority Empowerment for administrative purposes.
SB 42 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of the bill, except delete portions related to Executive Order 2004-561 requiring the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights to report to the Office of Minority Empowerment for administrative purposes.
HFA (1, T. Thompson) - Amend KRS 304.17B-021 to delete the second assessment to fund the guaranteed acceptance program losses and Kentucky Access.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 15-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 28-floor amendment (1) filed; 3rd reading, passed 93-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 1-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 9)
SB 43 (BR 151) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Confirm Executive Order 2004-832, dated August 3, 2004, as amended by Executive Order 2004-903, dated August 17, 2004, to reorganize the Personnel Cabinet; establish and set duties of offices, departments, and divisions of the Cabinet.
SB 43 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of the bill except delete the provisions in Section 1 listing the divisions within the Department for Personnel Administration and the Office for Employee Relations; delete in Section 2 the branches of the Kentucky Employees Deferred Compensation Authority and the duties of the Office of Legal Services; provide that the Office of Legal Services shall be responsible for providing legal services to the Personnel Cabinet and to executive branch agencies and their representatives upon requests; delete the branch level breakdown of the Office of Government Training.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 92-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 97)
SB 44/LM (BR 141) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Establish KRS Chapter 39G and create new sections to place Kentucky homeland security responsibilities with the Office of Homeland Security; attach that office to the Office of the Governor; require the Governor to appoint the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security; amend KRS 39A.050 to require that the director of the Division of Emergency Management notify the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security of all major emergencies or disasters and all responses to these events; amend KRS 39A.070 to require that, in the event of a disaster or emergency involving homeland security, the director of the Division of Emergency Management and the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security shall make a joint recommendation to the Governor; amend KRS 36.010, 11.5163, and 39A.283 to conform; repeal KRS 36.224 and 39A.287; confirm Executive Order 2004-530.
SB 44 - AMENDMENTS
SCS/LM - Retain original provisions of the bill; add the Adjutant General to those required to make a joint recommendation to the Governor during a disaster or emergency involving homeland security; make technical corrections.
HCS (1/LM) - Require the adjutant general to notify the Governor and the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security regarding a disaster or emergency involving homeland security, rather than the executive director, adjutant general, and the director of the Division of Emergency Management making a joint recommendation to the Governor; direct that the adjutant general be the Governor's primary point of contact for managing and responding to the disaster or emergency; delete the provision requiring the director of the Division of Emergency Management to notify the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security of all major emergencies or disasters and all responses to those events.
HCS (2/LM) - Retain the provisions of the HCS; include the provisions of HFA 1, HFA 2, and HFA 3; require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to provide to the LRC and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue a quarterly report of receipts and expenditures of homeland security funds; specify contents of the report; require initial report to be submitted by July 15, 2005; specify period of coverage of the initial report; amend KRS 15.010, 15.111, and 15. 113 to establish the organization of the Attorney General's Office; amend various sections to conform; confirm Attorney General's Executive Order AG 04-01, dated September 20, 2004, relating to the reorganization of the Department of Law.
HFA (1, B. Yonts) - Amend to require direct notification of grants to local government heads by Office of Homeland Security; amend to make audit by Auditor of Public Accounts mandatory.
HFA (2, M. Cherry) - Amend Section 1 to require the executive director of the Office for Homeland Security to inform members of the General Assembly about how a public agency should apply for a federal homeland security grant; require the executive director to provide the information at least 90 days prior to the application deadline; require the information to include the application deadline, how to obtain an application form, how to get assistance to fill out the application form, and any other helpful information for the local agency to aid in the application process.
HFA (3, M. Weaver) - Clarify that the Office of Homeland Security shall develop a comprehensive strategy for the allocation of state and federal homeland security funds and other homeland security assistance.
HFA (4, T. Riner) - Amend Section 1 to require the executive director of the Office of Homeland Security to display a plaque in his or her office listing the legislative findings concerning safety and security of the Commonwealth pursuant to KRS 39A.285.
CCR - Cannot agree.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005; floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 28-floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute; recommitted to State Government (H)
Mar 2-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2)
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute (2)
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (2), floor amendment (4); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (2), floor amendment (4) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (2), floor amendment (4); received in House; posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (2), floor amendment (4); House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (2), floor amendment (4); Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
SB 45/LM (BR 145) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend and repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to the former Justice Cabinet, which is renamed Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; create Office of Drug Control Policy in Justice Cabinet; eliminate the Kentucky Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program; transfer Division of Motor Vehicle Enforcement in the Transportation Cabinet to the new cabinet; make other changes required; confirm Executive Order 2004-730, dated July 9, 2004, and Executive Order 2004-994, dated September 8, 2004.
SB 45 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, R. Stivers II) - Amend to restore language relating to KY-ASAP; extend authority to promulgate administrative regulations to the Office of Drug Control Policy; delineate the independent aspects of the Department of Public Advocacy's operation within the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; exempt the state police discipline system from the operation of the new Office of Investigations in the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Amend to delete provision allowing the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to commission employees of the office of investigations as peace officers for the purpose of enforcing state, federal, and local laws, ordinances, and administrative regulations.
SFA (2, J. Carroll) - Specify what shall be investigated in section relating to investigations by cabinet.
SFA (3, D. Kelly) - Retain all provisions of CA #1 except as relates to the Office of Investigations and simultaneously delete provision of SB 45 itself relating to Office of Investigations; replace with new language to create an Office of Investigations within the Justice Cabinet; delineate matters which the office may investigate; require referral to law enforcement if criminal activity is found; allow executive director of office to employ staff; require prior approval of the Secretary of the Justice Cabinet prior to investigating a person subject to KRS Chapter 16 relating to the state police.
HCS (1/LM/CI) - Retain original provisions, except retain 5% limit on Justice Cabinet administrative expenses for Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund; limit assignment of other functions to Department of Kentucky Motor Vehicle Enforcement officers; prohibit Justice Cabinet employees from being federal as well as state peace officers; delete mandatory participation by courts and the Administrative Office of the Courts with regard to the Uniform Criminal Justice Information System and Automated Warrant System and strongly encourage participation by those agencies in the system; reinsert provision prohibiting requiring of fingerprinting of various applicants and add to the provision unless the fingerprinting is required by state law, federal law, or federal regulation; limit officers to enforcing traffic and motor carrier laws except in case of emergency; permit the Attorney General, Commonwealth's Attorneys, and county attorneys to apply for drug grants and funding without going through the Office of Drug Control Policy; limit the Office of Investigations' power to investigate the Department of Public Advocacy if it will have a prejudicial impact on a person who has an existing attorney-client relationship with an employee of the department.
HCS (2/LM/CI) - Retain provisions of HCS 1 except limit the Office of Investigations to investigations of the executive branch of government and prevent the office from investigating the state police; refer matters concerning the investigation of state police to the commissioner of the state police for action in accordance with KRS Chapter 16.
CCR - Cannot agree.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 2-2nd reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Feb 7-taken from committee, returned to the Committee on Committees
Feb 14-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 17-3rd reading; committee amendment (1) adopted; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (2) filed
Feb 18-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (3) filed
Feb 22-committee amendment (1) withdrawn; floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn; passed 35-0 with floor amendment (3); received in House
Feb 24-to Judiciary (H)
Mar 1-posted in committee; posting waived
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to State Government (H); posting waived; reassigned to Judiciary (H)
Mar 4-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2); taken from Committee, placed in the Orders of the Day; 3rd reading, passed 92-1 with Committee Substitute (2); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (2) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (2); received in House; posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (2); House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (2); Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House; Free Conference Committee appointed in House
SB 46 (BR 140) - D. Kelly, A. Kerr
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend KRS 12.020 to rename the Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet as the Education Cabinet, to create 3 new offices in the Education Cabinet, to abolish the Workforce Development Cabinet and create the Department of Workforce Investment in the Education Cabinet, to transfer the Council on Postsecondary Education and the Education Professional Standards Board to the Education Cabinet, and to transfer various units to the newly established Commerce Cabinet; amend KRS 12.023 to abolish the Office of Early Childhood Development; amend KRS 151B.020 to abolish the Cabinet for Workforce Development and transfer the duties and responsibilities to the Education Cabinet and the Department of Workforce Investment; amend KRS 151B.023 to transfer the Department for Adult Education and Literacy from the Cabinet for Workforce Development to the Council on Postsecondary Education; amend various sections to conform; repeal KRS 12.401, KRS 151B.023, KRS 151B.260, KRS 156.120, KRS 156.666, KRS 163.475, and KRS 200.711; confirm Executive Order 2004-725 dated July 9, 2004 as it relates to the Education Cabinet.
SB 46 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Make technical corrections.
HFA (1, J. Barrows) - Amend KRS 12.020 to delete the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Department of Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and the Education Professional Standards Board from the Education Cabinet; amend KRS 151B.020 to exempt the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Department of Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and the Education Professional Standards Board from administrative regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to attach the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Department of Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and the Education Professional Standards Board to the Education Cabinet for administrative purposes only; make technical corrections.
CCR - Cannot agree.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Education (S)
Feb 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 2-2nd reading; returned to Education (S)
Feb 3-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to Education (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 1-floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 79-13 with floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House floor amendment (1); received in House; posted for passage for receding from House floor amendment (1); House refused to recede from floor amendment (1); Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
SB 47 (BR 142) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend various sections to merge the Cabinet for Health Services and Cabinet for Families and Children into the newly created Cabinet for Health and Family Services, change the Office of Aging Services to the Division of Aging Services, change the Office of Women's Physical and Mental Health to the Division of Women's Physical and Mental Health, change the Office of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers to the Division of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers, and change the Office of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services to the Division of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services, and create the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, Department for Human Support Services, Office of Human Resource Management, Office of Fiscal Services, and Office of Contract Oversight; amend KRS 11.065 to make the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services a member of the Governor's Executive Cabinet; amend KRS 11.182 to reduce the membership of the Kentucky Appalachian Development Commission from 48 to 47 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 11.515 to reduce the membership of the Geographic Advisory Council from 26 to 25 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 12.020 to delete the organizational structure of the Cabinet for Families and Children and Cabinet for Health Services and add the structure of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services by inserting the newly created Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, Office of Legal Services, Department for Human Support Services, Office of Human Resource Management, Office of Fiscal Services, and Office of Contract Oversight; amend KRS 12.330 to reduce the membership of the KY-ASAP Board from 18 to 17 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; repeal and reenact KRS 12.350 as a new section of KRS Chapter 194A, and amend to move the Office of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services from the Office of the Governor to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as a newly created division; amend KRS 62.160 to require bonding of the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 142.301 and 142.307 to insert the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and include reference to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in addition to the Health Care Financing Administration; amend KRS 154.12-203 to reduce the voting membership of the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs from 25 to 24 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 163.506 to reduce the membership of the Commission on Deaf and Hard of Hearing from 15 to 14 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 194A.010 to set forth the functions of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 194A.030 to update the organizational structure of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 194A.050 to provide for permissive action of the advisory council; amend KRS 194A.505 to update prohibited activities to include those relating to food stamp programs; repeal and reenact KRS 194B.100, 194B.102, 194B.360, 194B.370, 194B.530, 194B.535, 194B.570, 194B.572, 194B.575, and 194B.578 as new sections of KRS Chapter 194A; amend KRS 198A.035 to add the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as a member of the Kentucky Housing Corporation, and to delete the reference to the secretaries of health services and families and children; amend KRS 200.700 to reduce the membership of the Early Childhood Development Authority from 17 to 16 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 210.502 to reduce the membership of the Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses, from 27 to 26 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 210.575 to reduce the membership of the Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disorders from 25 to 24 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 309.308 to reduce the membership of the Board of Interpreters for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Policy Committee from 11 to 10 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 403.700 to reduce the membership of the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from 37 to 36 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; make conforming amendments; repeal 194B.005, 194B.010, 194B.025, 194B.030, 194B.040, 194B.050, 194B.060, 194B.070, 194B.080, 194B.090, 194B.110, 194B.130, 194B.140, 194B.150, 194B.160, 194B.170, 194B.190, 194B.200, 194B.360, 194B.500, 194B.505, 194B.510, 194B.515, 194B.990; confirm Executive Order 2004-444 and Executive Order 2004-726.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 2-2nd reading; returned to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 7-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
Feb 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 10-received in House
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 28-posting waived; posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 95-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 99)
SB 48 (BR 418) - E. Harris
AN ACT relating to the annexation of land served by a sanitation district.
Amend KRS 220.530 to provide that a city must notify a sanitation district board when it intends to annex part of the territory under the sanitation district's jurisdiction; provide that the city can only take over control of sanitary sewers in annexed portions of sanitation districts if the board of the sanitation district turns over authority; amend KRS 81A.412 and KRS 81A.420 to conform.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Introduced Jan. 6, 2005
SB 49 (BR 150) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend KRS 12.020, 12.023, and 12.250 to set forth the organization of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; abolish the Revenue Cabinet and create the Department of Revenue within the Finance and Administration Cabinet; change the name of the Governor's Office for Technology to the Commonwealth Office of Technology and transfer it from the Office of the Governor to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 42.014 to establish the major divisions of the cabinet; amend KRS 42.013, 42.017, and create a new KRS section to establish the organization of the Office of the Secretary and the Office of General Counsel; amend KRS 42.023 and 42.025 to establish the organization of the Office of Administrative Services; amend KRS 42.0201, 42.024, 42.065, 42.0245, 42.400. and 42.410 to establish the organization of the Office of the Controller; amend KRS 42.027 to establish the organization of the Department for Facilities and Support Services; amend KRS 131.010 and 131.071 to establish the organization of the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 11.501, 11.505, and 11.511 to establish the organization of the Commonwealth Office of Technology and change the head of that office from the chief information officer of the Commonwealth to the executive director; amend various sections in KRS Chapters 7B, 11, 15-17. 18A. 29A, 40-45A, 47-48, 56, 61-62, 65, 68, 75-76, 91, 96, 96A, 99, 131-144, 147A-149, 151, 153-154, 156-157, 160, 164-164A, 171, 175, 179, 186-186A, 190, 194B, 197, 198A, 205, 209, 211, 218A, 224, 229, 230, 234, 241, 143, 247-248, 262, 271B, 273, 275, 278, 281, 287, 299, 304, 342, 351, 353, 365, 369, 387, 424, 438, and 514 to replace references to the Revenue Cabinet with either the finance and Administration Cabinet or the Department of Revenue and to replace references to the secretary of the Revenue Cabinet with either the secretary of the finance and Administration Cabinet or the commissioner of the Department of Revenue; provide direction to the reviser of statutes; confirm the Governor's Reorganization Executive Order 2004-723, dated July 9, 2004, relating to the organization of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the abolishing of the Revenue Cabinet, and the name change and transfer of the Commonwealth Office of Technology to the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
SB 49 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions except: Amend KRS 12.020 to transfer the Teachers' Retirement System Board of Trustees from the Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet to the Finance and Administration Cabinet (FAC); transfer, within the Office of the Controller, state government's duties regarding the county fee system for local entities from the Division of Statewide Accounting Services to the newly created Division of Local Government Services; delete the Division of Social Security; amend KRS 42.410 to include the Asset Liability Commission as an agency for which FAC provides staff assistance; require the Office of Financial Management to review state appropriation-supported bond issues as market conditions warrant, rather than every 6 months; amend KRS 131.020, relating to the structure of the Department of Revenue (DOR), to make changes in the duties of the Division of Legislative Services, Division of Registration and Data Integrity, Office of Sales and Excise Taxes, and Office of Income Taxation; delete the Property Valuation Administrators Office (Accounting) and assign the maintenance of the accounting structure for the 120 property valuation administrators' offices as a duty of DOR; amend KRS 11.505 to require the executive director of the Office of the 911 Coordinator be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate; amend KRS 131.190 to clarify certain provisions relating to confidential tax information in the possession of DOR; amend various sections of the KRS to make technical corrections and conforming amendments.
HCS - Retain the provisions of SB 49/GA; amend KRS 45A.185 to require bidder security for all competitive sealed bidding for construction contracts when the price is estimated by the Commonwealth to exceed $40,000, rather than $25,000; create a new section of KRS 45A.185 to 45A.190 to prohibit use of reverse auction process for architectural or engineering services, underwriter, bond counsel, financial advisors, certain contracts for construction that are required to be bonded, or those projects which would require the preparation of stamped drawings; amend KRS 45A.190 to require performance and payment bonds for construction contracts in excess of $40,000, rather than in excess of $25,000.
HCA (1/Title, M. Cherry) - Make title amendment.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Appropriations and Revenue (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 2-2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 3-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 22-posting waived
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to State Government (H)
Mar 2-posting waived retroactively; reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 87-3 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); received in House; returned to Senate; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); passed 36-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 85)
SB 50/FN (BR 245) - J. Ridley, T. Buford, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, R. Jones II, R. Leeper, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, E. Tori, J. Turner, E. Worley
AN ACT relating to veterans' affairs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to require that the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs employ a minimum number of veterans' benefits regional administrators and veterans' benefits field representatives; establish duties.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 51 (BR 866) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to public printing.
Repeal KRS 57.091, which requires the Governor approve every contract award for state printing and sets forth specific requirements for the award of the state printing contracts by the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 52 (BR 56) - R. Leeper
AN ACT relating to the Transportation Cabinet.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to require the Transportation Cabinet to supply the LRC Transportation Committee Staff and Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation Staff read-only access to computer applications dealing with contracting, construction, right-of-way, and accounting and financial management; exempt access from information that reveals proprietary information about or violates privacy statutes; amend KRS 176.420 and 176.430 to conform.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Transportation (S)
Introduced Jan. 7, 2005
SB 53 (BR 229) - E. Tori
Mar 1-WITHDRAWN
SB 54 (BR 241) - E. Tori
Mar 1-WITHDRAWN
SB 55 (BR 407) - E. Tori
AN ACT relating to the collection of delinquent taxes.
Amend KRS 134.460 and 134.500 to delete conflicting methods of computation of delinquent tax fees.
SB 55 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, E. Tori) - Amend to allow common collection fees in all counties; make technical correction.
SFA (2, E. Tori) - Clarify that Jefferson County shall and all other counties may include fees when calculating interest on tax liens; permit third party purchasers of tax liens to collect 12% interest on the total certificate of delinquency.
HCS - Amend KRS 134.460 and 134.500 to delete conflicting methods of computing delinquent property tax; permit third party purchasers of tax liens to collect 12% interest upon the total amount paid for the certificate of delinquency.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (2) filed
Feb 15-3rd reading; floor amendment (1) withdrawn; passed 34-0 with floor amendment (2)
Feb 16-received in House
Feb 17-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 24-posting waived
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 4-received in Senate
SB 56/LM/CI (BR 875) - T. Jensen
AN ACT relating to drugs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to restrict the sale and display of drugs containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine; require identification of purchasers; limit quantities purchased; prohibit using false identification; declare that violation is a Class D felony.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Judiciary (S)
SB 57 (BR 400) - T. Jensen
AN ACT relating to eggs.
Amend KRS 260.540 to define "egg distributor" and "withdraw from sale order"; amend KRS 260.550 to establish the conditions under which a license can be withdrawn; amend KRS 260.570 to establish meeting requirements for the Egg Marketing Board; amend KRS 260.600 to clarify parameters under which a license will be renewed; increase various egg handling fees; specify at what point fees are to be paid; amend KRS 260.640 to establish reasons to issue a withdraw from sale order; amend KRS 260.990 to set forth the penalty that will be assessed for violating a withdraw from sale order.
SB 57 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of SB 57; amend definition of "withdraw from sale order" to permanently remove eggs from retail sale; define "stop order"; authorize inspectors of the Department of Agriculture to issue a stop order to a person selling shell eggs or egg products if the person does not have a license, has not paid fines owed to the department, or has improperly labeled the eggs; authorize inspectors from the Department of Agriculture to issue a withdraw from sale order if the eggs are above 45 degree Fahrenheit for four hours or more or are unfit for human consumption; establish penalties for a person violating a stop order and for a person violating a withdraw from sale order.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute
Feb 8-received in House
Feb 11-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 88-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 2-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 40)
SB 58 (BR 898) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.
Amend KRS 139.531 to exempt the sale or use of horses, or interests, or shares in horses; provide that the Act takes effect on June 1, 2005.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 59 (BR 321) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to highways.
Amend KRS 189.580, regarding the duties of individuals involved in traffic accidents, to require drivers in noninjury accidents to stop or move their vehicles off the roadway if possible; allow peace officers or safety officers to remove, with or without the owner's consent, vehicles, cargo, or other property blocking the roadway of an interstate highway, parkway, or ramp; provide exceptions for hazardous materials accidents and delay removal on serious injury accidents until after fire, medical, and police personnel have finished their duties at the accident scene; require vehicle operators involved in injury accidents to notify a law enforcement officer and require officer to file report; provide immunity for peace officers, local governments, and businesses or persons they employ from damage claims arising from the removal of vehicles, cargo, or property; make owner or operator who caused the accident liable for expenses in clearing the roadway; provide immunity for peace officers and local governments from damage claims for failure to exercise clearance authority.
SB 59 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain the original provisions of SB 59; amend KRS 189.990 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 189.993 to require that no penalty be provided for a person who fails to remove the vehicle from the roadway or in the event the operator of the vehicle fails to report an accident as a result of being incapable.
HCS - Delete provisions providing for immunity; insert provisions specifying the persons who must report vehicle accidents may report to a public safety answering point or a law enforcement agency; insert provisions specifying that a motor vehicle owner must know of the accident before they must report it; insert provisions specifying that persons required to report must be physically able to do so and must have a functioning communications device before they are required to report; insert provision specifying that police do not have to report to the scene of an accident if only disabled vehicles are involved.
HFA (1, J. Vincent) - Amend provisions regarding the removal of a vehicle from the roadway by the operator to limit the requirement to an accident occurring on an interstate, highway or parkway, or any on-ramp or off-ramp; amend to require the removal of the vehicle only in an accident not involving death or known or visible injury; require operator of vehicle to give any other person involved in the accident insurance information for the vehicle; delete the requirement that the total number of names of persons involved in the accident is not to exceed five; require that due regard be given to the protection of property removed from the roadway by a peace officer; allow agency removing property from the roadway to intervene in civil action to recover costs; make technical corrections.
HFA (2, F. Rasche) - Amend provisions regarding the removal of a vehicle from the roadway by the operator to limit the requirement to an accident occurring on an interstate, highway or parkway, or any on-ramp or off-ramp.
HFA (3, J. Vincent) - Amend provisions regarding the removal of a vehicle from the roadway by the operator to limit the requirement to an accident occurring on an interstate, highway or parkway, or any on-ramp or off-ramp; amend to require the removal of the vehicle only in an accident not involving death or known or visible injury; require operator of vehicle to give any other person involved in the accident insurance information for the vehicle; delete the requirement that the total number of names of persons involved in the accident is not to exceed five; require that due regard be given to the protection of property removed from the roadway by a peace officer; allow agency removing property from the roadway to intervene in civil action to recover costs; make technical corrections.
HFA (4, R. Wilkey) - Amend provisions regarding the removal of a vehicle from the roadway by the operator to limit the requirement to an accident occurring on an interstate, highway or parkway, or any on-ramp or off-ramp; amend to require the removal of the vehicle only in an accident not involving death or known or visible injury; require operator of vehicle to give any other person involved in the accident insurance information for the vehicle; delete the requirement that the total number of names of persons involved in the accident is not to exceed five; require that due regard be given to the protection of property removed from the roadway by a peace officer; allow agency removing property from the roadway to intervene in civil action to recover costs; make technical corrections.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Transportation (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 24-7 with Committee Substitute
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 23-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
SB 60/FN (BR 137) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to charter buses.
Amend KRS 138.470, relating to exemptions from motor vehicle usage tax, to exempt vehicles operating under a charter bus certificate issued by the Transportation Cabinet under KRS Chapter 281; amend KRS 139.480, relating to sales tax exemptions, to exempt repair and replacement parts for charter buses operating under a charter bus certificate issued by the Transportation Cabinet, or operating under similar authority granted by the U.S. Department of Transportation; EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2005.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 61 (BR 423) - R. Roeding, J. Denton, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, J. Pendleton, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, J. Turner, J. Westwood
AN ACT relating to writing portfolios in the public schools.
Amend KRS 158.6453 to remove writing portfolios as a part of the required state assessment program that is established by the Kentucky Board of Education; permit the use of writing portfolios as an instructional tool for continuous assessment.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Education (S)
SB 62 (BR 392) - J. Ridley, J. Rhoads
AN ACT relating to facilities that do not receive Medicaid reimbursement.
Amend KRS 142.361 to require the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval for exemption from the provider tax for facilities that do not receive any Medicaid reimbursement.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Introduced Feb. 1, 2005
SB 63/LM/CI (BR 1132) - R. Stivers II, D. Boswell, J. Denton, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, A. Kerr, J. Rhoads, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to drugs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A, relating to controlled substances, to prohibit distribution of dietary supplements containing ephedrine group alkaloids except by prescription; create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to create the offenses of controlled substance endangerment to a child in the first through fourth degrees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to require drugs containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine to be dispensed by pharmacist or pharmacy technician and a record kept of the transaction; amend KRS 218A.010 relating to controlled substances definitions to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to specify that the use of knowingly, intentionally, wantonly, and recklessly have the same meaning as in KRS Chapter 501; amend KRS 218A.1402 to provide the same penalty for one who attempts, solicits, or facilitates a controlled substances offense as for the underlying offense; amend KRS 218A.1432, relating to manufacturing methamphetamines to require two chemicals or two of the items of equipment necessary for the manufacture of the drug for conviction of the offense; amend KRS 218A.1437, relating to possession of pseudoephedrine medication, to reduce the amount which can be possessed from 24 grams to 9 grams and to add a thirty day period for possession; amend KRS 218A.1438, relating to methamphetamine offenses, to permit filing a civil action against the defendant for clean up costs, costs of prosecution, and cost of detecting and investigating the offense in addition to or in lieu of criminal penalties; amend KRS 218A.992, relating to possession of a firearm during a drug offense, to be in furtherance of the offense; amend KRS 218A.1431 to conform.
SB 63 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, R. Stivers II) - Remove new language referring to manufacture of other controlled substances in amendment of KRS 218A.1432 relating to manufacture of methamphetamine.
SCA (2, R. Stivers II) - Remove the word "any" when referring to "any evidence," in an amendment of KRS 218A.010 relating to definitions for the controlled substances chapter.
SFA (1, R. Stivers II) - Amend to clarify application to pharmacists; provide a good faith defense to log-keeping error violations; limit purchases of ephedrine to no more than three packages; allow exemption of non-abused preparations of ephedrine; remove references to controlled substances in the manufacturing methamphetamine statute.
SFA (2, R. Roeding) - Amend to establish circumstances outside the control of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician preventing the creation or retention of a required record which are not subject to prosecution; establish a preemption of local laws and ordinances pertaining to the sale of the compounds containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or their salts or isomers; make technical corrections.
SFA (3, R. Stivers II) - Amend to clarify references to pharmacists and pharmacists technicians; set conditions for employer liability in regard to the log-keeping function; provide defense for log-keeping errors or omissions; limit purchases of ephedrine to no more than three packages; allow exemption of non-abused preparations of ephedrine; preempt local ephedrine laws; remove references to controlled substances in the manufacturing methamphetamine statute.
SFA (4, R. Stivers II) - Amend to clarify references to pharmacists and pharmacists technicians; set conditions for employer liability in regard to the log-keeping function; provide defense for log-keeping errors or omissions; limit purchases of ephedrine to no more than three packages; allow exemption of non-abused preparations of ephedrine; preempt local ephedrine laws; remove references to controlled substances in the manufacturing methamphetamine statute.
HCS/LM/CI - Retain original provisions except require log information to include purchaser's date of birth and name of product purchased; attach provisions of HB 343.
HCA (1/Title, G. Lindsay) - Delete original crimes and punishments title and replace with AN ACT relating to drugs.
HFA (1, G. Lindsay) - Amend to clarify that gelcap and liquid products are exempt from purchase quantity and logkeeping requirements.
HFA (2, F. Rasche) - Amend to delete requirement that only a pharmacist or a pharmacist technician may sell drug products containing ephedrine, psuedoephedrine, or phenyylpropanolamine; preserve all other requirements relating to the sale of such drug products.
HFA (3, F. Rasche) - Amend portions of bill relating to amounts of ephedrine and other drugs which may be possessed to refer only to the drug's base, and not include the drug's salts, isomers, or salts of isomers.
CCR - Cannot agree.
FCCR - Retain original provisions, add provision adding a pharmacy intern as being permitted to dispense drugs containing ephedrine; permit pharmacy to utilize Office of Drug Control Policy approved electronic record keeping for drugs containing ephedrine; provide that various health care providers and drug manufacturers, wholesalers, and pharmacies to be exempt from quantity requirements regarding drugs containing ephedrine; make title amendment.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendments (1) and (2)
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005; floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
Feb 10-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendments (3) and (4) filed
Feb 11-3rd reading; committee amendment (1) and (2) withdrawn; floor amendments (1) (2) and (4) withdrawn; passed 34-0 with floor amendment (3)
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 16-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005; floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (1)
Mar 3-received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1), floor amendment (1); received in House; posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (1); House refused to recede from Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (1); Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; bill passed 84-0; received in Senate; Free Conference Committee report filed in Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; bill passed 33-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 150)
SB 64 (BR 455) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to mathematics and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the mathematics diagnostic and intervention fund; establish the Center for Mathematics; provide criteria for grants, beginning in 2006-2007, to local schools for assessment, interventions services, and improved instructional practices for teachers of primary students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Mathematics Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee; identify the purposes and membership of the steering committee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to select a public university to administer the Center for Mathematics; define responsibilities for the center; set timeline for the first meeting of the steering committee; EMERGENCY.
SB 64 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, G. Neal) - Require the Department of Education, by November 1, 2007, to conduct a statewide needs assessment of the resources needed in each school to help children reach mathematics proficiency; report to the Interim Joint Committee on Education.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with committee amendment (1)
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 16-to Education (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
SB 65 (BR 884) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Create a new section of the KRS to establish the Kentucky Sports Authority; provide for membership, terms of service, and meetings; provide that primary responsibility shall be to recruit, promote, and develop sporting events, facilities, attractions, and programs in the Commonwealth; specify duties; repeal KRS 11.190, relating to the Governor's Commission on Sports, Physical Activity, and Wellness; transfer duties to the Kentucky Sports Authority; allow statute reviser to make reorganization reference changes as needed; confirm Executive Order 2005-001.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 90-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 1-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 10)
SB 66 (BR 885) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend KRS 42.066 and various sections of KRS Chapter 229 and create new section of KRS Chapter 229 to abolish the Kentucky Athletic Commission and establish the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority; change existing language to conform; attach the authority to the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet for administrative purposes; establish the authority's membership to consist of five appointees of the Governor including the cabinet secretary, one medical doctor, and one with no financial interest in the industry regulated; provide for one to serve as chair; establish position, duties, and responsibilities for the Governor-appointed executive director to handle agency's day-to-day operations; allow licenses approved by, and dates awarded by, the Kentucky Athletic Commission to remain in effect through December 31, 2005; define authority's duties and responsibilities regarding programs and incentives to promote tourism and boxing and wrestling athletic contests; confirm Executive Order 2005-002, dated January 4, 2005.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 88-2; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 1-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 11)
SB 67 (BR 899) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to recording of lien documents.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to require the assignor of a lien on real property to file the assignment for recording with the county clerk within 30 days of the date of the assignment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to establish a procedure for the assignee to record an assignment or release with the county clerk in the event the assignor fails to record the assignment; amend KRS 382.090 to require the assignor of a lien on real property to file the assignment for recording with the county clerk within 30 days of the date of the assignment and to require recording of release of a lien within 30 days of satisfaction; establish that providing the assignment or release to the mortgagor does not substitute for filing the document with the county clerk; amend KRS 382.360 to provide that liens by deed or mortgage shall, rather than may, be discharged by recording satisfaction of the lien; require a release to be filed with the county clerk within 30 days of satisfaction; require the clerk to cause the original deed of release to be delivered to the mortgagor or grantor or person entitled thereto; amend KRS 382.365 to provide that an owner of real property or a party acquiring an interest in real property may file an action in District Court or Circuit Court against an assignor who fails to record an assignment, with judgment to include costs, including attorney's fees.
SB 67 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Delete the original bill in its entirety; amend KRS 382.360 to require the county clerk to cause to be delivered the original deed of release to the mortgagor, grantor or person entitled thereto, to require the recording of a mortgage assignment with the county clerk within thirty (30) days of the assignment, to provide the method of recording, to provide that if an assignee reassigns the note before thirty (30) days the assignee may request that the subsequent assignee file the assignment with the reassignment, provide that delivering an assignment to the assignee or a lien release to the mortgagor does not substitute for filing with the clerk, provide that if a mortgage secures more than one note this Act does not require the release of the mortgage if a note secured by the mortgage remains unpaid, and provide that failure to record a mortgage assignment does not affect the validity or perfection or invalidity or lack of perfection of the mortgage lien; amend KRS 382.265 to require an assignee to record an assignment with the county clerk as required by this Act, provide that failure to record a mortgage assignment does not affect the validity or perfection or invalidity or lack of perfection of the mortgage lien, provide that in a court proceeding to obtain release of a mortgage if the court is satisfied by payment in full to the final lienholder or final assignee the court shall enter judgment noting the identity of the final lienholder or final assignee and authorize and direct the master commissioner to file the requisite release or assignment or both with the county clerk, provide that for damages under this section written notice to the lienholder is sufficient if provided to the lienholder at the appropriate address and to the appropriate person , and provide that damages shall not exceed three (3) times the actual damages plus attorney's fees and court costs, but in no event less than $500.
HCS - Retain original provisions; clarify what is written notice under KRS 382.365(4); provide that damages under KRS 382.365(5) are damages for failure to record an assignment pursuant to KRS 382.365(3).
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 16-received in House
Feb 17-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-recommitted to Local Government (H)
Mar 2-posting waived
SB 68 (BR 427) - K. Winters, D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to grain.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 251 to allow the department to authorize audits by governmental licensing agencies located outside Kentucky; amend KRS 251.430 to require that a license be renewed by August 1; require license fees to be deposited in the Kentucky grain insurance fund; increase the license fee structure; amend KRS 251.440 to require an applicant for a license to maintain an asset to liability ratio of 1:1; amend KRS 251.500 to make a license invalid if a licensee fails to remit license fees or pay fines; amend KRS 251.610 to define "seed"; amend KRS 251.640 to assess producers of grain at a rate of .0025 times the gross value of their marketed grain; increase to $4 million the minimum amount that can be in the grain insurance fund before assessments are suspended; amend KRS 251.720 to require that a license be renewed by August 1; require license fees to be deposited in the Kentucky grain insurance fund; increase the license fee structure; require an applicant for a license to maintain an asset to liability ratio of 1:1; establish criteria for when a grain dealer's license shall become invalid; amend KRS 251.990 to fine a licensee who does not renew a license within the required time frame; require all fines and penalties to be deposited into the Kentucky grain insurance fund; amend KRS 251.642 to conform; make technical corrections.
SB 68 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, T. McKee) - Remove the authority of the department to authorize audits or grain license examinations by governmental licensing agencies located outside Kentucky; define "Gross value."
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 18-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 23-posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with committee amendment (1); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House committee amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 as a Consent bill; Senate concurred in House committee amendment (1); passed 37-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 125)
SB 69 (BR 949) - E. Harris
AN ACT changing the classification of the City of Prospect, in Jefferson County.
Reclassify the City of Prospect, in Jefferson County, from a city of the fourth class to a city of the third class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification of cities established by the former Section 156 of the Kentucky Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification as a city of the third class requires a population of 8,000 to 19,999.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 70 (BR 1136) - V. McGaha
AN ACT relating to the selection of school personnel.
Amend KRS 160.345 to specify the shared responsibilities and procedures to be used between the superintendent and the school-based decision making council in selecting a school principal; make other changes to conform.
SB 70 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, K. Upchurch) - Amend KRS 160.380 to allow a principal's spouse who was employed in the principal's school during the 1989-90 school year or a principal's relative who has completed 10 years consecutive employment in the school to be employed.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Education (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 25-11; received in House
Feb 24-to Education (H)
Mar 1-posted in committee
Mar 3-floor amendment (1) filed
SB 71 (BR 930) - V. McGaha
AN ACT relating to children.
Amend KRS 159.030 relating to exemptions from the requirement of public school attendance, to include a boarding school in the definition of a church school; define boarding school; and amend KRS 199.011 to establish that a church school is not a child-caring facility as defined for use in KRS Chapter 199.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 18-to Education (H)
SB 72 (BR 828) - J. Pendleton, E. Worley, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, D. Harper Angel, R. Jones II, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, E. Scorsone, T. Shaughnessy, J. Turner
AN ACT relating to individual income tax.
Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from the definition of "adjusted gross income" all compensation received by an individual for active duty in the United States Armed Forces, including compensation received by members of the National Guard or Reserve called to active duty; provide that the exclusion applies for tax years beginning after December 31, 2004.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 73 (BR 888) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to wineries.
Amend KRS 243.155 and 243.156 to limit malt beverage sales by small and farm wineries to sales for consumption on the premises only.
SB 73 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, T. Buford) - Require that one of two questions be presented to the voters when a local option precinct election is being held for a small or farm winery; include language in the alternative question specifying that the vote limits the winery's sale of malt beverages to consumption on the premises, only.
HCS - Retain original provisions, except define distributor and malt beverage; provide that a new brewer or importer who purchases brands from a previous brewer or importer be bound by all terms and conditions in the distribution agreement in effect immediately preceding the sale; make a brewer, importer, or distributor who violates certain provisions subject to attorney fees as well as damages; expand the list of violations subject to damages of fair market value; prohibit a brewer or distributor from providing draught line and coil-cleaning service or filters to a malt beverage retailer.
HCA (1/Title, L. Clark) - Make title amendment.
HFA (1, R. Palumbo) - Retain provisions to amend KRS 243.155 and 243.156 to limit malt beverage sales by small and farm wineries to sales for consumption on the premises only; delete section that adds definitions for distributor and malt beverage; delete sections that relate to distribution agreements among malt beverage brewers, importers, or distributors; delete sections relating to the furnishing of draught line and coil-cleaning service or filters to a malt beverage retailer.
HFA (2/Title, R. Palumbo) - Make title amendment.
HFA (3, R. Palumbo) - Retain provisions to amend KRS 243.155 and 243.156 to limit malt beverage sales by small and farm wineries to sales for consumption on the premises only; delete section that adds definitions for distributor and malt beverage; delete sections that relate to distribution agreements among malt beverage brewers, importers, or distributors; delete sections relating to the furnishing of draught line and coil-cleaning service or filters to a malt beverage retailer.
HFA (4, B. Smith) - Prohibit a person holding a license under KRS 243.040 or his or her subsidiary from selling soft drinks or from selling services or products to a public school.
HFA (5/Title, B. Smith) - Make title amendment.
HFA (6, M. Harmon) - Require farm wineries that do not currently hold a retail malt beverage license, on the effective date of this Act, to be licensed for three years and to manufacture at least 1000 gallons of wine as preconditions for obtaining a malt beverage license; require that the malt beverage license of a farm winery whose production is less than 1000 gallons not be renewed.
HFA (7, M. Harmon) - Require small wineries that do not hold a malt beverage license to have been licensed at least three years and to produce at lest 1000 gallons of wine prior to being issued a malt beverage license; require that the malt beverage license not be renewed if a winery fails to meet the production requirements each year.
HFA (8, D. Butler) - Amend KRS 244.604 to define distributor and malt beverages.
HFA (9, M. Harmon) - Require that a retail malt beverage license be issued to small and farm wineries that do not hold a malt beverage license only if they have been a licensed winery for at least three years and have manufactured at least 1,000 gallons of wine in each of the past three years; require that malt beverage licenses held by the wineries producing less than 1,000 gallons of wine not be renewed.
HFA (10, M. Harmon) - Require that a retail malt beverage license be issued to small and farm wineries that do not hold a malt beverage license only if they have been a licensed winery for at least three years and have manufactured at least 1,000 gallons of wine in each of the past three years; require that malt beverage licenses held by the wineries producing less than 1,000 gallons of wine not be renewed.
HFA (11, R. Rand) - Increase by 10,000 gallons the amount of wine a small or farm winery may manufacture; make the maximum size of a sample given at a farm winery consistent with the size that applies to a small winery.
HFA (12, R. Rand) - Increase by 10,000 gallons the amount of wine a small or farm winery may manufacture; make the maximum size of a sample given at a farm winery consistent with the size that applies to a small winery.
HFA (13, M. Harmon) - Require that a retail malt beverage license be issued to small and farm wineries that do not hold a malt beverage license only if the wineries have been licensed as a winery for at least three years and have manufactured at least 750 gallons of wine in each of the past three years; require that malt beverage licenses held by the wineries producing less than 750 gallons of wine not be renewed; exempt wineries with pending applications for malt beverage licenses and those with existing licenses from the experience and production requirements.
HFA (14, M. Harmon) - Require that a retail malt beverage license be issued to small and farm wineries that do not hold a malt beverage license only if the wineries have been licensed as a winery for at least three years and have manufactured at least 750 gallons of wine in each of the past three years; require that malt beverage licenses held by the wineries producing less than 750 gallons of wine not be renewed; exempt wineries with pending applications for malt beverage licenses and those with existing licenses from the experience and production requirements.
HFA (15, D. Butler) - Retain original provisions, add procedures to provide compensation to a distributor who is not extended distribution rights to the brewer's or importer's products by a successor brewer or importer; require that the existing distributor be compensated if the distributor's rights to distribute the product are terminated; require that arbitration be used if the parties are unable to reach an agreement; establish timelines for providing notice and reaching decisions; require that the arbitration award be for monetary damages only and not compel or enjoin conduct; permit the existing distributor to continue to distribute the product if the successor does not compensate the existing distributor in a timely manner.
HFA (16/Title, R. Wilkey) - Make title amendment.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 11-3rd reading; floor amendment (1) defeated; passed 34-0
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 15-to Licensing and Occupations (H); posting waived
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 18-floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed; floor amendment (1) withdrawn
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-floor amendments (4) (6) and (9) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (5-title) (7) (8) and (10) filed
Feb 25-floor amendment (12) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (11) filed
Feb 28-floor amendment (13) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (14) filed
Mar 1-floor amendments (6) (7) (9) and (10) withdrawn; floor amendment (15) filed
Mar 2-floor amendment (16-title) filed; 3rd reading; floor amendment (14) defeated; passed 74-5 with committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (15)
Mar 3-received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (15) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 as a Consent bill; Senate concurred in House committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (15); passed 37-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 142)
SB 74 (BR 925) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.
Increase charitable gaming fee from four tenths of one percent to fifty-three hundredths of one percent; delete outdated language relating to alternative license fee.
SB 74 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions; make fee retroactive to July 1, 2004.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 77-12; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 157)
SB 75 (BR 878) - D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to enterprise zones.
Extend the duration of an enterprise zone designation by five years; allow expired zones to be reinstated; specify that reinstated zones shall retain the date of their original designation for purposes of determining when the zones will expire; specify that qualified businesses and individuals who reside within zones to be reinstated shall not be eligible to apply retroactively for a refund on taxes paid.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 76/CI (BR 954) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to the emergency medical services grant program.
Amend KRS 311A.155 to permit the Department of Corrections to apply for funding available through the emergency medical services grant program.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 77 (BR 987) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to motorcycle safety education.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to require the Justice Cabinet to create a motorcycle safety education program and establish program guidelines; permit the Transportation Cabinet to exempt applicants for a motorcycle driver's license from skills testing upon presenting evidence of successful completion of the course; establish guidelines for approval of program instructors; permit the Justice Cabinet to contract for program services, establish reasonable enrollment fees, and provide meeting facilities and administrative assistance to the Motorcycle Safety Education Commission; create a motorcycle safety education program fund and establish specific fees relating to motorcycle registration and licensing to be deposited into the fund; establish the Motorcycle Safety Education Commission and provide for the membership and responsibilities of the Commission; require the Justice Cabinet to prepare an annual report of the motorcycle safety education program; amend KRS 186.531 to conform; repeal KRS sections 186.870, 186.875, 186.880, 186.885, 186.890, 186.891, 186.892, 186.893, 186.894, and 186.895.
SB 77 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill except: remove the motorcycle safety education program fund from the road fund, and establish it as a restricted fund within the Treasury; appropriate the funds in motorcycle safety education program fund on a continuing basis, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005.
HCA (1/Title, H. Collins) - Make title amendment.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Transportation (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 31-0
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 15-to Transportation (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 3-received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 as a Consent bill; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); passed 37-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 122)
SB 78 (BR 906) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.
Amend KRS 311A.015 to require that the emergency medical services educator on the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services be certified; require the board to elect a chair and vice chair in the first meeting of the board after September 1 of each year; amend KRS 311A.020 to clarify that the board shall be a partner with other state agencies in the development, implementation, and oversight of trauma systems; amend KRS 311A.050 to delete the requirement for licensed or certified individuals to report to the board when another licensed or certified individual is in violation of board policies; amend KRS 311A.055 to change membership of the preliminary inquiry board to consist of one member of the board selected by the chair and two representing the same category of licensure as the defendant who is not a member of the board; amend KRS 311A.060 to require that the office of the board receive an acceptable plan of correction when disciplining any entity regulated by the board; amend KRS 311A.075 to provide that a determination for immediate suspension shall be made by the state medical advisor and two other members of the board rather than requiring a physician from the board; amend KRS 311A.125 to clarify that the board need not approve continuing education training provided by a licensed ambulance service to anyone certified or licensed by the board; and amend KRS 311A.180 to provide that medical control documents be subject to administrative regulations promulgated by the board.
SB 78 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1/P, L. Napier) - Attach the provisions of HB 61/HCS.
HFA (2/Title, L. Napier) - Make title amendment.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 21-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
SB 79 (BR 1082) - E. Tori
AN ACT relating to the approval of a capital project, appropriating funds therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Authorize a $12,020,000 capital project for the Department of Military Affairs at Bluegrass Station and appropriate debt service therefor; EMERGENCY.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 80 (BR 982) - E. Tori, W. Blevins Jr, D. Harper Angel, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads
AN ACT relating to Kentucky Retired Veterans Day.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate July 1 of each year as Kentucky Retired Veterans Day.
SB 80 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1/P, T. Feeley) - Attach the provisions of HCR 133.
HFA (2/Title, T. Feeley) - Make title amendment.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Feb 7-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 8-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
Mar 3-received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendments (1) and (2-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 as a Consent bill; Senate concurred in House floor amendments (1) and (2-title); passed 37-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 83)
SB 81/CI (BR 983) - E. Tori
Mar 3-WITHDRAWN
SB 82 (BR 871) - D. Thayer, W. Blevins Jr, T. Buford, D. Harper Angel, V. McGaha, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, R. Roeding, E. Tori, J. Westwood
AN ACT relating to Vietnam veterans.
Amend KRS 158.140 to require a local board of education to award a high school diploma to an honorably discharged veteran who was enrolled in, but did not complete, high school prior to being inducted into the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Feb 7-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 8-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
SB 83 (BR 872) - D. Thayer
AN ACT relating to vote hauling.
Amend KRS 119.205 to require candidates who hire transporters of voters to provide a written list with the names and addresses of those transporting voters to the polls to the Registry of Election Finance; require transporters of voters to register with the candidate and to provide a list with the names and addresses of all persons and voters transported to the polls on the day of the election.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 84 (BR 802) - B. Guthrie
AN ACT relating to transportation.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to establish a new school bus endorsement for commercial driver's licenses (CDL), set forth qualifications, and exempt current license holders with satisfactory driving records from taking the school bus endorsement skills test until October 1, 2005; amend KRS 186.018, to prohibit the destruction of records of a violation of KRS 189A.010(6) by a person who holds a CDL; amend KRS 186.570 to clarify that the prohibition against the cabinet assessing suspensions or penalties for out-of-state speeding violations does not apply to persons who hold a CDL; amend KRS 186.574 to require that a violation for which points were removed through state traffic school attendance still appear on a person's driving history record if that person holds or is required to hold a CDL; amend KRS 281A.010 to provide new definitions of "conviction," "disqualification," "felony," "gross combination weight rating," "out-of-service order," "school bus," and "serious traffic violation" and create a definition for the term "imminent hazard"; amend KRS 281A.140 to expand the citations to federal regulations and require an applicant for a CDL to provide the name of every jurisdiction in which the applicant has held any type of driver's license during the last 10 years; amend KRS 281A.170 to create a letter code "S" on a CDL indicating a school bus endorsement, and to changed restriction codes for automatic transmissions and other restrictions; amend KRS 281A.190, regarding disqualification for holding a CDL, to include having physical possession of the vehicle under the DUI provisions; apply all disqualification standards the those who possess or are required to possess a CDL; create new disqualifying offenses of driving a commercial motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked CDL and causing a fatality through negligent use of a commercial motor vehicle; establish new disqualifying offenses for violation of railroad grade crossing requirements, out-of-service criteria violations, and out-of-service violations when transporting passengers or hazardous materials; establish procedures for reporting CDL suspension, revocation, and disqualification; establish procedures for dealing with drivers who have been declared an imminent hazard by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; amend KRS 186.540 to conform; amend KRS 174.405 and 411.450 to update references to federal hazardous material transportation laws.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Transportation (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 16-to Transportation (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
SB 85 (BR 1064) - R. Jones II
AN ACT relating to county law libraries.
Amend KRS 453.060, relating to funding of county law libraries through attorneys fees, to remove requirement that a jury trial not be involved and to apply the fee state wide and not just in urban counties.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Judiciary (H)
Mar 1-posted in committee; posting waived
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 95-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 80)
SB 86/LM (BR 335) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation self-insured groups and declaring an emergency.
Create Subtitle 50 of KRS 304 to contain financial standards and establish regulatory authority for workers' compensation self-insurance groups in the Department of Insurance; create new sections of Subtitle 50 to: authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance to permit 20 or more employers with common interests or membership in a bona fide trade association, or two or more governmental entities to form self-insurance groups to insure their liability under KRS Chapter 342; define terms applicable to self-insured groups; authorize the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement and effectuate the provisions of Subtitle 50 and to govern creation, admission, certification, and regulation of self-insured groups; require existing groups to comply with the provisions of Subtitle 50 within one year, unless the commissioner permits additional time; provide that the certification of existing groups shall remain in full force and effect until revoked or suspended by the commissioner; require the commissioner to issue replacement certificates within thirty days of the effective date; exempt groups from other provisions of KRS Chapter 304, insurance code, unless specifically provided in Subtitle 50; establish application process for proposed groups that would require a nonrefundable $600 filing fee with each application and require submission of enabling or organizational documents along with a description of the group, copies of security and fidelity bonds, financial statements indicating a combined net worth for the group of at least $10 million, except for governmental entities, proposed schedule of rates, copies of joint and several liability agreements, managed care plans, names and terms of the board of trustees, example of policies for excess insurance, a feasibility study, and a three-year financial projection for the group; prohibit the premium of one member from exceeding 20% of the total estimated premium, except that the premium of one member of a governmental entity group may not exceed 60% of the estimated total premium of the group; require a first year minimum premium of $1 million for the group with a 25% initial deposit; require the commissioner to base certification on the financial strength of the group, the experience of the administrators, and an initial and ongoing surplus of not less than $1 million; require that a certificate of filing issued by the commissioner remain in effect until revoked or suspended by the commissioner, or terminated at the request of the group subject to approval of the commissioner; permit one group to merge with another group; require trustees, administrators, fiscal agents and service organizations to provide fidelity bonds; permit use of fidelity blanket bond in lieu of separate bonds; require the trustees to provide security deposits of not less than $250,000, 10% of the reserve requirement, or 10% of the annual premium, whichever is greater; authorize commissioner to require additional security; permit trustees to file cash, cash equivalents, letters of credit, or U.S. Treasuries as security deposits; establish mechanism permitting release of deposits under certain conditions and approval of the commissioner; require the commissioner to designate acceptable banks or trust companies; require a group member to pay 25% of estimated premium prior to beginning of the self-insurance year; restrict disbursements from a group fund except for workers' compensation purposes; require prior approval of dividend payments and plans; authorize trustees to invest surplus funds in listed approved investments; require multiple reports annually, including statement of financial condition, copies of bonds, deposits, letters of credit, enabling or organizational documents; direct commissioner to conduct financial examination of each self-insured group every four years; designate the Secretary of State to receive service of legal process for actions against a group; require appointment of board of trustees to operate each group and establish qualifications and duties; permit trustees to contract with an administrator, service organization and fiscal agent; prohibit trustees from having an interest in a service organization; require service organization or its employees to be licensed if license is required; exempt groups from requirement to appoint agents; require a member of a group to enter into an indemnity and joint and several liability agreement as a condition of membership; direct that each group be considered an individual employer for purposes of taxation; establish reasons for nonrenewal, cancellation or expulsion of a group member including adverse claims experience, failure to cooperate with safety and loss prevention policies, failure to report payroll, and failure to make timely payments of premium; permit a member to withdraw from group with sixty days advance notice; require the commissioner to report fraudulent behavior; require a group and each member to pay all workers' compensation benefits owed, including assessments, despite withdrawal, dissolution, or bankruptcy; prohibit an employer from being accepted as a group member unless the employer has a net worth two times its estimated premium or pays full premium in advance; establish method for dissolution of a group subject to approval of the commissioner; require each group to establish a conflict of interest policy; direct that rates and forms be filed for prior approval of the commissioner; apply rating standards contained in Subtitle 13 of KRS 304 to rate filings of groups; require each group to establish payment plans for premiums and assessment subject to prior approval of the commissioner; unless granted a waiver, require each group to purchase aggregate excess insurance as prescribed in administrative regulations; require trustees to purchase specific excess insurance with a limit of at least $25 million per occurrence; authorize discounting of reserves under certain conditions and if not disapproved by the commissioner; direct disclosure on evidences of coverage that group is not covered by the Kentucky Insurance Guaranty Association and that members will be assessed in the event of insolvency; establish mechanism for resolving impairment(fund balance of less than $1 million) or deficiency of a group self-insurance fund; require that deficiency shall be corrected from surplus funds or a plan approved by the commissioner, including assessments; require the commissioner to place a group into delinquency proceedings in accordance with Subtitle 33 of KRS Chapter 304 for failure to correct a deficiency; establish mechanism for suspension or revocation of certificate of filing, including authorization for commissioner to impose a $10,000 fine for certain offenses; authorize commissioner to suspend or revoke certificate of filing without hearing or advance notice if receivership, conservatorship, or rehabilitation proceedings are initiated against a group; prohibit any provision of Subtitle 15 or administrative regulations to require any governmental entity group to violate the Kentucky constitution; prohibit any provision of Subtitle 15 or administrative regulations to diminish the obligation of the group to comply with KRS Chapter 342; prohibit any person from making deceptive statements in soliciting membership for a group; or from engaging in unfair business practices as defined in Subtitle 12 of KRS 304; require timely response to inquiries from the Commissioner of Workers' Claims or Insurance; require annual report to the governor and Banking and Insurance Committee on status of self-insured groups; amend KRS 342.350 and other provisions of KRS Chapter 342 to confirm Executive Order 2004-835 to transfer regulatory authority of workers' compensation self-insured groups from the Department of Workers' Claims to the Department of Insurance; and declare an EMERGENCY.
SB 86 - AMENDMENTS
SCS/LM - Retain provisions of the original bill, except to delete the authority of the commissioner to require additional security; delete provision prohibiting members of the board of trustees from being officers, employees or agents of a service organization, fiscal agent or actuarial firm; require existing groups to file rates with the commissioner within one year, and require new groups to file initial rates with the commissioner for prior approval, thereafter require rates or supplementary rate information to be filed according to KRS 304.13-053; require existing groups to file coverage forms within one year, and require new groups to file initial coverage forms with the commissioner which shall be subject to prior approval before use or delivery, but future coverage forms shall be filed according to KRS 304.14-120; require the disclosure statement in evidences of coverage to state that workers' compensation self insured groups are covered by the Self-Insured Group Insurance Guaranty Association under KRS Chapter 342; require the provisions of KRS 304.33-020 to become applicable to workers compensation self insured groups retroactively, as of August 1, 2004.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 16-to Banking and Insurance (H); posted in committee
Feb 17-posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 96-0
Feb 23-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 1-signed by Governor (Acts ch.7)
SB 87/LM/CI (BR 1124) - R. Roeding
Feb 2-WITHDRAWN
SB 88/LM (BR 355) - D. Seum, V. McGaha, R. Roeding, G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to local government referendums.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require any city, county, urban-county, consolidated local government, or charter county to submit for voter approval any ordinance related to the expansion of civil rights provisions beyond those already established in KRS Chapter 344; specify that ordinances related to the expansion of civil rights beyond those established in KRS Chapter 344 that were enacted after 1998, shall be void until submitted to and approved by voters; require a copy of the proposed ordinances to be published and make copies available to the public for inspection; require the local governing body to enact the ordinance within 30 days of the certification of the election if it is approved by the voters.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Judiciary (S)
SB 89 (BR 1090) - E. Tori
AN ACT relating to peace officers.
Amend KRS 61.365, relating to federal peace officers with Kentucky peace officer powers, to add the U.S. Mint Police of the United States Department of the Treasury.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Feb 7-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 8-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 9, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 10-received in House
Feb 11-to Judiciary (H)
SB 90/LM (BR 1042) - J. Carroll
AN ACT relating to traffic regulations.
Amend KRS 189A.100, regarding administration of preliminary breath tests, to require that law enforcement officers request to perform a field sobriety test on all drivers in involved in any accident that involves a school bus; treat refusal to submit to test in this circumstance as refusal to comply with the chapter; amend KRS 189A.103, relating to consent to tests for alcohol or substances in the blood, to provide for field sobriety test to be administered by a peace officer responding to the scene of a school bus accident; amend KRS 189.580, 189.635, and 281A.220 to conform.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Judiciary (S)
SB 91/CI (BR 953) - J. Denton, W. Blevins Jr, J. Carroll, D. Harper Angel, A. Kerr, J. Rhoads
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to provide that a person is guilty of assault in the third degree when he causes or attempts to cause physical injury to, among others, emergency medical services personnel, organized fire department members, and rescue squad personnel; and name the Act the "Brenda D. Cowan Act."
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 35-0
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 16-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 23-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 96-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 128)
Introduced Feb. 2, 2005
SB 92 (BR 1112) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to amendments to vital statistics.
Amend KRS 213.141 to permit the Cabinet for Health Services to charge a fee for amendments to vital statistics.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 17-received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Mar 1-posted in committee; posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Health and Welfare (H)
SB 93 (BR 995) - J. Pendleton, D. Mongiardo, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, D. Harper Angel, R. Leeper, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Rhoads, E. Scorsone, J. Turner, E. Worley
AN ACT relating to state emblems.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate milk as the official drink of Kentucky.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Feb 24-to Agriculture and Small Business (H); posting waived
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 88-5; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 2-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 36)
SB 94 (BR 1043) - B. Guthrie
AN ACT relating to annexation and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 81A.440 to allow cities to strike uninhabited territory from the city via ordinance alone and remove the need for election; declaring an emergency.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 95 (BR 1022) - B. Guthrie
AN ACT relating to fire protection sprinkler contractors' liability insurance.
Amend KRS 198B.595 to delete requirement that fire sprinkler contractors have professional liability insurance; require them to have liability insurance only.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
SB 96 (BR 1047) - C. Gibson, J. Ridley, D. Kelly, J. Pendleton, D. Seum, G. Tapp, E. Tori
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 514.040, relating to theft by deception, to allow notice of dishonor to become effective three days after the notice is mailed to the maker of the bad check and to allow notice to be sent by first-class mail if supported by an affidavit of service.
SB 96 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to change constructive notice period from three days to seven days.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 33-0
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 23-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate; posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute; passed 33-1
Mar 21-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 180)
SB 97 (BR 1220) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to group life insurance.
Amend KRS 304.16-030 to decrease from ten to two the number of employees who must be covered under a group life insurance policy issued to an employer to insure employees of the employer for the benefit of persons other than the employer.
SB 97 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions; add provisions of HB 278/GA, except change Section 12 to clarify that mandated benefits that cannot be waived includes health benefits that are mandated under KRS Chapter 304 pertaining to the payment, indemnity, or reimbursement of chiropractors licensed under KRS Chapter 312 and other specified health care providers as provided in subsection (4) of Section 11 of this Act.
HCA (1/Title, T. Thompson) - Make title amendment.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 35-0
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Feb 22-posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-recommitted to Banking and Insurance (H)
Mar 2-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 92-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 101)
SB 98/LM (BR 1104) - J. Westwood, D. Boswell, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to abortion.
Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require that a physician administer anesthetic to a fetus of 20 weeks gestational age or older prior to performing an abortion; amend KRS 311.725 to include fetal pain information within the information provided to a patient prior to an abortion under the informed consent law; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that violation of Section 1 of the Act be a Class D felony.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Judiciary (S)
SB 99 (BR 83) - R. Sanders Jr
AN ACT relating to official designations.
Amend KRS 2.091 to designate coal, rather than Kentucky agate, as the official state rock; amend KRS 2.094 to designate Kentucky agate, rather than coal, as the official state mineral.
SB 99 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1/P, M. Harmon) - Retain original provisions; amend to create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Pioneer Playhouse as "The Outdoor Theatre Capital of Kentucky"; amend to create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre in Bardstown, the theatre home of "Stephen Foster--the Musical," as the official outdoor musical theatre of Kentucky; attach provisions of HB 70 and HB 70 HFA(1).
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 16-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 3-floor amendment (1) filed
SB 100 (BR 1209) - J. Westwood
AN ACT relating to liens for labor.
Amend KRS 376.230 to extend from 30 to 60 days the period during which a lien for labor, materials, or supplies may be filed.
SB 100 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1/Title, J. Westwood) - Amend to title to read as follows: "AN ACT relating to liens."
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005; floor amendment (1-title) filed
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0 with floor amendment (1-title)
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 24-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 97-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 104)
SB 101/LM (BR 1154) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to county ordinances.
Amend KRS 67.077 to delete the requirement that county ordinances be published prior to enactment.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 102 (BR 1202) - E. Scorsone
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Parole Board and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 439.320 to set procedural, quorum, panel, and voting requirements for the Parole Board; amend KRS 439.340 to allow the parole board to set administrative regulations for all matters that come before the board and to allow notices to be sent to Commonwealth's attorneys by fax or e-mail; amend KRS 439.330 to include reviews of parole applications, in addition to hearings, within the scope of the Parole Board's activities; EMERGENCY.
SB 102 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, R. Stivers II) - Make technical correction.
HFA (1, K. Bratcher) - Amend to allow personnel of the parole board to be designated as parole board victim advocates to assist victims in interfacing with the board and to participate in proceedings of the board but without having a vote.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0 with committee amendment (1)
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 8-floor amendment (1) withdrawn; 3rd reading, passed 94-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 129)
SB 103 (BR 858) - G. Tapp, D. Boswell, C. Borders, J. Denton, C. Gibson, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, J. Pendleton, R. Roeding, D. Seum, D. Thayer, E. Tori
AN ACT relating to food establishments.
Create several new sections of KRS Chapter 411; define terms; exclude food establishments from civil liability for any claim arising out of weight gain, obesity, a health condition associated with weight gain or obesity, or other generally known condition allegedly caused by or allegedly likely to result from long-term consumption of food; establish exceptions to the immunity of food establishments; describe pleading requirements for actions that fall under the exceptions; require discovery and other proceedings to be stayed when a motion to dismiss is pending unless the court finds that particularized discovery is necessary; apply provisions to claims pending on effective date and all claims filed thereafter, regardless of when the claim arose; direct that combined sections be known as the "Commonsense Consumption Act."
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reassigned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 33-1
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 16-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 88-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 1-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 23)
SB 104 (BR 939) - D. Thayer
Feb 14-WITHDRAWN
SB 105 (BR 1167) - E. Harris
AN ACT relating to fees.
Amend KRS 64.090 to increase the fee received by the sheriff for serving process or arresting a person in misdemeanor cases from $10 to $30.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 35-0
Feb 16-received in House
Feb 17-to Local Government (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 78-4
Mar 3-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 43)
SB 106/LM/CI (BR 1150) - A. Kerr, R. Roeding, J. Denton
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to prohibit using an electronic communications system to procure a minor or a peace officer posing as a minor to commit certain specified sexual offenses; prohibit prosecution for the newly created offense and designated inchoate offenses where there was a single course of conduct directed toward a single victim.
SB 106 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1/P, J. Carr) - Attach provisions of HB 306 to SB 106/GA.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 4-floor amendment (1) withdrawn
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 94-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 160)
SB 107 (BR 1046) - K. Winters
AN ACT relating to the Board of Pharmacy.
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 315, relating to the Board of Pharmacy, by changing licensing and renewal requirements, altering terms of service on the advisory council, and changing the title of the "impaired pharmacist committee" to the "pharmacist recovery network committee."
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 24-posting waived; posted in committee
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 93-3
Mar 4-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 61)
Introduced Feb. 3, 2005
SB 1 (BR 27) - D. Williams, C. Borders, J. Denton, V. McGaha, R. Roeding, K. Stine, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Westwood
AN ACT proposing amendments to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to health care matters.
Propose amending the Constitution of Kentucky to add a new section permitting the General Assembly to limit noneconomic damages, limit punitive damages, provide for a statute of limitations on actions, and require alternative dispute resolution in cases involving health care providers licensed or certified by the Commonwealth; propose amending Section 14 relating to access to the courts, Section 54 relating to prohibiting limits on damages, and Section 241 relating to the right to sue in death and injury cases to conform; provide for submission to the voters in the normal manner.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 18-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005; 3rd reading, defeated 21-13-2
SB 108 (BR 1135) - A. Kerr
AN ACT relating to health data collection.
Amend KRS 216.2923, relating to health data advisory committee membership, to replace the member representing the Kentucky Commission on Women with a member representing the Office of Women's Physical and Mental Health.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 17-received in House
Feb 18-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
SB 109 (BR 1165) - A. Kerr
AN ACT relating to performance and payment bonds.
Amend KRS 45A.190 to raise minimum contract amount requiring performance and payment bonds.
SB 109 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, M. Cherry) - Amend to conform KRS 45A.185 relating to surety bonds to same increase as proposed for KRS 45A.190 relating to performance/payment bonds; codify state policy currently reflected in regulation on state's use of reverse auction process.
HCA (2/Title, M. Cherry) - Make title amendment.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to State Government (H)
Feb 25-posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendments (1) and (2-title)
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-recommitted to State Government (H)
SB 110/AA (BR 244) - J. Ridley
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Create a new section of KRS 61.515 to 61.705 to permit local health departments to offer a retirement incentive for employees eligible to retire; add 10% to the service of eligible employees of participating health departments who retire between November 1, 2005, and January 1, 2006; require the health department to pay the actuarial cost of the service within 60 days of the employee's retirement date.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 111 (BR 1128) - D. Seum
AN ACT relating to deeds and conveyances.
Amend KRS 382.135 to exempt deeds conveying real property to airport authorities from certain filing requirements.
SB 111 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, S. Riggs) - Amend SB 111/GA by deleting the word "authority" and replace it with "board."
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 32-3
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 17-to Local Government (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 84-6 with committee amendment (1)
Mar 4-received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House committee amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate concurred in House committee amendment (1); passed 31-3; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
Mar 21-became law without Governor's signature (Acts ch. 171)
SB 112 (BR 870) - D. Thayer, J. Denton
AN ACT relating to elections.
Amend KRS 118.255 to remove the requirement for fees to be deposited in the election campaign fund for public financing of gubernatorial elections; amend KRS 121.015, 121.056, 121.120, 121.170, 121.180 to remove references to restrictions on public campaign contributors and record keeping and other requirements established for public funding of gubernatorial elections; amend KRS 121.150 to remove the requirement that certain contributions be transferred to the fund for public financing of gubernatorial elections; amend KRS 121.220 to remove requirement for a campaign treasurer for a slate of candidates to comply with certain requirements established regarding public financing of gubernatorial elections; amend KRS 121.990 to remove penalty provisions regarding violation of certain public financing provisions; amend KRS 154A.160 to remove prohibitions regarding contributions for gubernatorial candidates seeking public financing; amend KRS 154A.990 to conform; repeal KRS 121A.005, 121A.010, 121A.015, 121A.020, 121A.030, 121A.040, 121A.050, 121A.060, 121A.070, 121A.080, 121A.090, 121A.100, 121A.110, and 121A.990.
SB 112 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions, except create a new section of KRS 121 to establish procedures to be followed if a vacancy occurs in a slate of candidates before an election.
SFA (1, E. Scorsone) - Amend to include a requirement that slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall participate in a public forum or debate in each congressional district within the state prior to each primary, runoff, and general election; provide that the McConnell Center for Political Leadership at the University of Louisville, the Institute of Government at Eastern Kentucky University, and the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky shall manage the candidate forums or debates, which shall be open to the media and KET.
SFA (2/Title, D. Thayer) - Make title amendment.
SFA (3, E. Scorsone) - Amend to include a requirement that slates of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall participate in a public forum or debate in each congressional district within the state prior to each primary, runoff, and general election; provide that the McConnell Center for Political Leadership at the University of Louisville, the Institute of Government at Eastern Kentucky University, and the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky shall manage the candidate forums or debates, which shall be open to the media and KET; provide penalty.
SFA (4, D. Thayer) - Amend KRS 121.015, 121.120, 121.150,121.170, and 121.180 to include a slate of candidates in certain reporting requirements set forth in KRS Chapter 121.
HCS - Retain original provisions, except to amend several statutes in KRS Chapter 121 to establish caucus campaign committees that may receive contributions and make expenditures to support or oppose one or more specific candidates or slates of candidates or a committee.
HFA (1, R. Damron) - Amend to limit the contribution to a caucus campaign committee; make technical corrections.
HFA (2/Title, R. Damron) - Make title amendment.
HFA (3, J. Hoover) - Retain original provisions, except delete all references to the establishment of caucus campaign committees that may receive contributions and make expenditures to support or oppose one or more specific candidates or slates of candidates or a committee.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
Feb 11-floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 14-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 15-3rd reading; floor amendment (1) withdrawn; floor amendment (3) defeated; passed 34-2-1 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2-title) and (4)
Feb 16-received in House
Feb 22-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 28-posting waived
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
Mar 3-placed in the Orders of the Day
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 78-17 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2-title); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2-title); passed 34-1; bill reconsidered; passed 36-1; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 105)
SB 113 (BR 1206) - A. Kerr
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Amend KRS 341.540, relating to successor employers' unemployment insurance rates, to add definitions for "substantially common" or "substantially the same," "trade" or "business," "knowingly," and "violates" or "attempts to violate"; clarify that if an employer transfers its trade or business to another employing unit and both are under substantially common ownership, management, or control, then the unemployment experience attributable to the transferred trade or business shall also be transferred to the employer to whom the trade or business is transferred; provide for assignment of highest contribution rate for an employing unit that knowingly violates or attempts to violate the successor provision; amend KRS 341.990 to establish a civil fine of not less than $5,000 for violations; direct that proceeds on penalties collected be deposited in the unemployment compensation administration account.
SB 113 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain provisions of original bill and amend to provide additional penalties for persons who knowingly violate provisions on procedures and rates for successor employees.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to Labor and Industry (H); posting waived
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 94-0
Feb 23-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 12)
SB 114 (BR 957) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to commercial transactions.
Amend KRS 355.9-706, relating to financing statements to specify that KRS 355.9-506 determines filing of financing statements under this section and permits filing of the statement to contain minor errors or omissions; create a new section of KRS 190.090 to 190.140 to create statutes of limitations for filing actions relating to retail installment contracts and specify finance charges; repeal KRS 382.675, relating to recording motor vehicle liens, and repeal KRS 378.040, relating to conveyance or encumbrance of personal property without delivery--Effect prior to recording.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 31-1
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 23-posted in committee
SB 115/FN (BR 1218) - J. Rhoads, D. Boswell, J. Ridley
AN ACT relating to toll roads.
Amend KRS 175.525 to make school district vehicles being operated in an official capacity eligible for a nonpaying toll-road identification card.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Transportation (S)
Feb 15-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 33-0; received in House
Feb 22-to Transportation (H)
Mar 2-posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 94-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 130)
SB 116 (BR 903) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to financial institutions.
Amend KRS 367.393, pertaining to automatic renewal of certificates of deposit of a financial institution, to require renewal at the best available rate of interest as posted at the issuing branch of the financial institution rather than at the issuing financial institution.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 16-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Mar 1-posted in committee; posting waived
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
SB 117 (BR 1207) - T. Shaughnessy
AN ACT relating to credit cards.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms pertaining to credit card transactions; prohibit a credit card issuer from increasing the applicable annual percentage rate or imposing fees on the account of a credit card holder, who has made all payments in compliance with the terms of the card holder agreement, due to the holder's indebtedness or failure to make timely payments to any other creditor or due to any negative information in the holder's consumer report about acts or omissions of the holder not directly related to the credit card account; deem violations of this Act an unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce in violation of KRS 367.170; provide for civil liability; make applicable to credit cards issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2005.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 118 (BR 1184) - D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to the compensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers for serving a Circuit or District Court.
Amend KRS 64.092 to increase the compensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers serving a Circuit or District Court from $8 to $15 per hour.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 119 (BR 1219) - V. McGaha, W. Blevins Jr, D. Mongiardo, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, G. Tapp, J. Westwood
AN ACT relating to school-based decision making councils.
Amend KRS 160.345 to add a classified employee representative as a member of a school-based decision making council; allow school employees to vote in the council election at the school where they spend the majority of the school day or where assigned for administrative purposes; allow school employees to be eligible to serve on the school council at the school where they spend the majority of the school day or where assigned for administrative purposes; in schools having eight percent or more minority students, allow classified employees to select a minority employee to serve as a classified employee member of the school council.
SB 119 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, H. Moberly Jr) - Increase the membership on a school-based decision making council from two parent members to three parent members.
HFA (2, T. Feeley) - Increase the membership on a school-based decision making council from two parent members to three parent members.
HFA (3, H. Moberly Jr) - Retain original provisions and specify the shared responsibilities and procedures to be used between the superintendent and the school-based decision making council in selecting a school principal; make other changes to conform.
HFA (4, M. Cherry) - Require a classified school employee to be a full-time employee in the school in order to be eligible to vote in the school council election or serve as a member of the school council.
HFA (5, F. Rasche) - Add a member who is representative of the business community in schools with grades seven and above.
HFA (6, J. Barrows) - Amend the membership of school councils to reduce the number of teachers from 3 to 2 and add 1 classified member.
HFA (7/P, K. Upchurch) - Amend KRS 160.380 to allow a principal's spouse who was employed in the principal's school during the 1989-90 school year or a principal's relative who has completed 10 years of consecutive employment in the school to be employed; attach provisions of HB 231.
HFA (8/Title, K. Upchurch) - Make title amendment.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Education (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House
Feb 24-to State Government (H)
Feb 25-posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (4) filed
Mar 3-floor amendments (5) (6) (7) and (8-title) filed
SB 120 (BR 1228) - J. Pendleton, W. Blevins Jr
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property taxation.
Propose an amendment to the Constitution to exempt public property owned by another state or political subdivision from the property tax if the other state or political subdivision provides a similar exemption for property owned by Kentucky or one of its political subdivisions.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 121 (BR 1177) - J. Turner
AN ACT relating to hardship driver's licenses.
Create various new sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640, relating to driver licensing, to allow a District Court to issue a person a hardship driver's license for violating general traffic laws that have caused a person's driver's license to be suspended; pattern the license after the provisions currently in place for a DUI hardship license; amend KRS 189A.450 to require a $20 service to be assessed when the court is petitioned for the issuance of a hardship driver's license.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Judiciary (S)
SB 122 (BR 1160) - B. Guthrie
AN ACT relating to surgical assistants.
Amend various sections of KRS 311.864 to 311.890 regarding surgical assistants to exempt from certification attending physicians and hospital supervisors who oversee surgical assistants; increase membership in the Advisory Committee for Surgical Assistants from six to seven by including one representative from the Kentucky Board of Medical licensure; accept continuing education guidelines from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and delete language regarding other national associations for surgical assisting; extend the grandfather provision from 2005 to 2008 and allow practicing surgical assistants who can demonstrate to the board's satisfaction proficiency in procedures deemed necessary by a delegating physician to be certified; require applicants after June 30, 2008 to hold and maintain national certification from one of three accrediting sources; and create a new section of KRS 311.864 to 311.890 to allow the board to issue temporary six-month certificates to qualifying individuals.
SB 122 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of bill, except amend KRS 311.864 to include definitions for "certified surgical assistant" and "intraoperative surgical care"; delete "perioperative" and add "intraoperative" as the registered nurse member of the Advisory Committee for Surgical Assistants; extend the grandfather provision from 2005 to 2006; delete language allowing a surgical assistant who can demonstrate proficiency to become certified; require completion of a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) for certification after June 30, 2006.
HCS - Retain original provisions and add sections to amend KRS 314.011 to authorize advanced registered nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances; limit the prescribing of Schedule II controlled substances written by an advanced registered nurse practitioner to a 72 hour supply; amend KRS 314.042 to require an advanced registered nurse practitioner to enter into a written collaborative practice agreement with a physician that defines the scope of the prescriptive authority prior to prescribing controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.010 to include an advanced registered nurse practitioner within the definition of "practitioner" and include an advanced registered nurse practitioner as a provider authorized to order a drug or medicine; and amend KRS 218A.202 to authorize the Board of Nursing to receive reports from the electronic system for monitoring controlled substances under specified circumstances if the nurse is working in a practice where a physician or another advanced registered nurse practitioner is under investigation or if the nurse working in a designated geographic area where inappropriate prescribing may be occurring.
HCA (1/Title, M. Marzian) - Make title amendment.
HFA (1, T. Feeley) - Amend sections of KRS 311.864 to 311.890 to allow all certified surgical assistants to work for and to be overseen by dentists and dental surgeons licensed under KRS Chapter 313.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 23-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 69-17 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 3-received in Senate
SB 123 (BR 1156) - R. Roeding, J. Pendleton, A. Kerr, G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.
Amend KRS 13A.010 to amend the definition of "promulgate"; amend KRS 13A.040 to authorize the regulation compilers to make technical changes to an administrative regulation in response to a specific written request from the agency; amend KRS 13A.050 to permit agencies to notify the regulations compiler of errors in the Administrative Register by e-mail, rather than solely in writing; amend KRS 13A.150 to provide that if meetings are required to be held by a specified date and that date is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the meeting shall be held by close of business on the next workday; amend KRS 13A.190 to change the effective time of emergency administrative regulations from 170 days from the date of publication to 180 days from the date of filing; require that the statement of emergency state whether the ordinary administrative regulation is or is not identical to the emergency administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.220 to specify that the line numbers shall begin with line number one on each page; amend KRS 13A.222 to specify that references to physicians shall include osteopaths; amend KRS 13A.2245 to require a clear statement of how a code or uniform standard was changed by an agency; amend KRS 13A.2251 to permit agencies to include optional information in the incorporation by reference section; require that material incorporated by reference be filed in a binder, be attached to the back of the administrative regulation, or be filed on a CD-ROM or DVD; amend KRS 13A.2255 to delete the requirement for listing the page numbers on which changes were made to material incorporated by reference in the summary; delete the requirement for filing a dirty copy of the material showing each of the changes that were made; amend KRS 13A.2261 to prohibit the incorporation by reference of federal statutes or regulations, rather than just federal statutes; amend KRS 13A.240 to require the tiering statement be included as part of the regulatory impact analysis; amend KRS 13A.255 to require the notice sent to organizations to include information about the public comment period; amend KRS 13A.270 to require agencies to accept written comments until the end of the calendar month in which the administrative regulation is published, rather than for 30 days; authorize agencies to e-mail the proposed administrative regulation to interested parties who have provided an e-mail address and mail the regulatory impact analysis to interested parties who have not provided an e-mail address; provide that if administrative regulation notices are not received by the second workday of a month, the administrative regulation shall be deferred; authorize agencies to send the required notifications by e-mail to the regulations compiler; amend KRS 13A.280 to require the filing of statements of consideration by the fifteenth day of the month, rather than fifteen days after the end of the comment period; provide that if comments are received, the administrative regulation shall be deferred to the following month's meeting; amend KRS 13A.290 to specify the items to be included on the subcommittee's agenda; amend KRS 13A.300 to provide for automatic deferral of administrative regulations upon receipt of a written request from an agency; provide that an administrative regulation that has not gone into effect within one year of the date of publication shall expire; amend KRS 13A.310 to authorize the Governor, as well as the promulgating agency, to withdraw a deficient administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.315 to specify that an administrative regulation shall expire if it is deferred more than 12 months; require the Governor to notify the regulations compiler if he or she decides a deficient administrative regulation should be withdrawn, rather than having the Governor inform the agency and the agency then informing the regulations compiler; amend KRS 13A.320 to require that all amendments offered by an agency prior to a subcommittee meeting be approved by the agency's head; amend KRS 13A.330 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 13A.335 to establish when an administrative regulation shall no longer be considered deficient and to require a statement to be added to deficient administrative regulations by the regulations compiler; amend KRS 13A.230 to conform; repeal KRS 13A.012, 13A.2264, and 13A.2267; create a noncodified section to provide that any administrative regulations that have been deferred 12 or more months as of the Act's effective date shall expire three months after the Act's effective date if they continue to be deferred.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 35-0
Feb 14-received in House
Feb 16-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 96-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 100)
Introduced Feb. 4, 2005
SB 124 (BR 1266) - B. Guthrie
AN ACT relating to the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky.
Amend KRS 164.131 to permit one of the ten members of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees representative of the learned professions to reside outside of Kentucky.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 16-to Education (H)
Feb 22-posting waived; posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 80-13
Mar 4-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 59)
SB 125 (BR 1275) - C. Borders
AN ACT relating to the Public Health Services Advisory Council.
Amend KRS 194A.050 to delete the requirement that secretary of the Cabinet for Health services utilize the Public Health Services Advisory Council to review and make recommendations on contemplated administrative regulations.
SB 125 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, C. Borders) - Amend KRS 194A.050 to clarify that the secretary for health services may utilize the Public Health Services Advisory Council to review administrative regulations relating to initiatives of the Department for Public Health; amend KRS 194A.090 to permit, rather than require, the council to advise the secretary about the delivery of health services.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 16-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Mar 2-posting waived; posted in committee; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005
SB 126 (BR 453) - K. Stine, R. Roeding, J. Westwood
AN ACT relating to school finance.
Amend KRS 157.360 to require that SEEK funding be provided for limited English proficient students, limit the funding for individual students to three academic years or less; amend KRS 157.370 to provide that, effective with the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, the aggregate and average daily attendance of transported pupils shall include all public school pupils transported at public expense who live one-fourth mile or more from school; define equivalent property tax rate and amend KRS 157.440 to permit local boards of education to levy an equivalent property tax rate up to the maximum of Tier 1 and for purposes of participation in Facilities Support Program of Kentucky (FSPK), subject to recall; equalize permissive tax revenue at 150% of the statewide average; allow districts currently not levying a permissive tax to do so subject to recall beginning with the 2005-2006 school year, unless the local board reduces its property taxes by rates resulting in equal calculated revenue; allow continued use of permissive tax revenue to calculate the equivalent tax rate for purpose of equalizing Tier 1 and FSPK, but disallow the use of permissive tax revenue to calculate the equivalent tax rate; permit a school district levying two permissive taxes at the effective date of this Act to use revenue in excess of that needed to equalize permissive tax for purposes of calculating an equivalent tax rate; amend KRS 160.470 to conform.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Education (S)
SB 127 (BR 1247) - R. Leeper, R. Sanders Jr, J. Denton, J. Turner
AN ACT relating to elections.
Amend KRS 118.176 to require any action commenced in a circuit court challenging the bona fides of a candidate seeking nomination or election be filed no later than 50 days prior to the primary or general election.
SB 127 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions except require the circuit judge to give preference to actions challenging the bona fides of a candidate over other civil actions or proceedings pending in the court; require the Court of Appeals to give preference over other civil actions or proceedings; require the Court of Appeals to render an order no later than the third Thursday before the general election.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 11-reassigned to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 18-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 34-2 with Committee Substitute; received in House
Feb 24-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 28-posting waived
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
SB 128/LM (BR 1186) - T. Buford, E. Worley, J. Carroll, D. Harper Angel, A. Kerr, E. Scorsone
AN ACT relating to pension systems of urban-county governments.
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 67A, relating to the retirement fund for urban-county police and firefighters; authorize members with 20 years of service who withdrew prior to age 46 to be eligible for health insurance paid by the government; permit members to retire at any age after attaining 20 years of service; increase the minimum monthly benefit to $1,250; eliminate the requirement that benefits to a surviving spouse cease upon remarriage; provide a minimum occupational disability of 75% of pay for members who began contributing prior to July 14, 1994; increase the death benefit to $1,500.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 129 (BR 1168) - E. Harris
AN ACT relating to donations to sheriffs.
Amend KRS 61.310 to allow sheriffs to accept donations of money and goods to further the public purposes of the office if the sheriff establishes a registry for recording donations; set out conditions for acceptance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 521 to state that the offering, application for, or acceptance of donations does not in itself constitute a violation of the provisions of applicable sections of KRS Chapter 521.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 17-reassigned to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 34-1-1
Feb 28-received in House
Mar 1-to Local Government (H); posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 91-1
Mar 4-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 103)
SB 130 (BR 1190) - T. Jensen
AN ACT relating to life insurance contracts and annuities.
Amend KRS 304.12-030 to define "replacement," "existing insurer," "replacing insurer," "existing life insurance policy or annuity contract," "financed purchase," and "direct-response solicitation"; provide that no replacing insurer shall issue a life policy or annuity contact in a replacement transaction to replace an existing policy or contract unless the replacing insurer agrees in writing with the insured that the policy or contract owner has the right to return a life insurance policy or annuity contract within thirty days of delivery of policy or contract; provide that subsection (2) does not apply to group life insurance or group annuities where there is no direct solicitation of individuals by an insurance producer, does not apply to group life insurance and annuities used to fund prearranged funeral contracts, does not apply to policies or contracts used to fund certain plans as specified in paragraph (3)(g), and does not apply where new coverage is provided under a life policy or contract and the cost is borne wholly by the insured's employer or by an association of which the insured is a member; and immediate annuities purchased with proceeds from an existing contract, and structured settlements; exempt policies or contracts used to fund ERISA plans, plans under Sections 402(1), 401(k), 403(b) 414 or 457of the Internal Revenue Code or a nonqualified deferred compensation arrangement established or maintained by an employer or plan sponsor from subsection (2) relating to replacing insurer requirements; except when the plan is funded solely by contributions an employee elects to make from a choice of two or more insurers and there is a direct solicitation of the employee and exempts new coverage under a life insurance policy with the cost borne wholly by the insured's employer or association, immediate annuities purchased with proceeds from an existing contract or structured settlements; amend KRS 304.15-315 to provide that to the extent a variable annuity contract provides benefits in accordance with KRS 304.15-390, the contract shall contain provisions to comply with this section and shall not be otherwise subject to this section; provide that after August 1, 2005, any insurer may file a notice of election to apply the provisions of Section 2 on a contract-form by contract-form basis to annuity contracts issued during the period from the date of election through June 30, 2006; provide that in all other instances insurers shall apply the provisions of Section 2 to annuity contracts issued through June 30, 2006; provide that insurers shall apply the provisions of Section 3 to all annuity contracts issued on or after July 1, 2006; create a new section of Subtitle 15 of KRS Chapter 304 to be known as the Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Individual Deferred Annuities of 2005; require certain provisions to be in annuity contracts issued on or after July 1, 2006; define minimum nonforfeiture amount; specify the interest rate used in determining minimum nonforfeiture amounts; authorize the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to provide for further adjustments to the calculation of minimum nonforfeiture amounts for contracts that provide substantive participation in an equity index benefit and for other contracts for which the commissioner determines adjustments are justified; provide that as to any paid-up annuity benefit available under a contract the present value on the date annuity payments are to commence is at least equal to the minimum nonforfeiture amount on that date; provide for the cash surrender benefits available prior to maturity for contracts which provide cash surrender benefits; provide for the present value of any paid-up annuity benefit available as a nonforfeiture option at any time prior to maturity for contracts which do not provide cash surrender benefits; provide that after August 1, 2005, any insurer may file with the commissioner a written notice of its election to apply the provisions of Section 2 on a contract-form by contract-form basis to annuity contracts issued from the date of election through June 30, 2006; require insurers to apply the provisions of Section 3 to annuity contracts issued on or after July 1, 2006.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House
Feb 22-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 24-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 90-0
Mar 3-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 47)
SB 131/LM (BR 978) - D. Seum
AN ACT relating to local property tax exemptions.
Amend KRS 132.200 to exempt biotechnology products assessed on or after January 1, 2002, from local property tax if those products are held in a warehouse for distribution or by an affiliate of the manufacturer.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 132 (BR 914) - R. Sanders Jr
AN ACT relating to deceptive business practices.
Create new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit misrepresentation of geographic location of floral businesses in telephone directories and other directory assistance databases; amend KRS 367.990 to provide a penalty of $2,500 per violation and to authorize both the Attorney General and the appropriate Commonwealth's Attorney to prosecute violations.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 11-reassigned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Labor and Industry (H)
SB 133 (BR 911) - R. Sanders Jr
AN ACT relating to guaranteed energy, water, or wastewater savings performance contracting.
Amend KRS 45A.345 of the Kentucky Model Procurement Code to include water, sewer, and metering upgrades in the definition of items appropriate for guaranteed energy savings performance contracting.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Feb 24-to State Government (H)
Feb 25-posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 95-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 163)
SB 134/FN (BR 498) - R. Stivers II, T. Shaughnessy, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, D. Harper Angel, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to the Governor's Scholars Program.
Amend KRS 158.796 to authorize Governor's Scholars Program, Inc. to manage and operate the Governor's Scholars Program and hire, fire, and manage personnel, including the executive director; transfer the Governor's Scholars Program from the Education Cabinet to the Governor's Office for administrative purposes; establish five board members to be appointed by the Governor; provide that appropriations from the general fund be transferred to Governor's Scholars Program, Inc. on July 1 of each year to facilitate the operation of the summer program; require quarterly and annual reports to be sent to the Governor's Office, the Finance Cabinet, and the Legislative Research Commission; require an annual financial audit conducted by an independent auditor and a detailed report detailing the operations of the program; amend KRS 12.020 and 12.023 to conform.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 35-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Appropriations and Revenue (H); posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 98-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 2-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 35)
SB 135/LM (BR 81) - D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to telecommunication rights-of-way.
Limit payment for right-of-way acquisition to actual cost to political subdivision.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to State and Local Government (S)
Introduced Feb. 7, 2005
SB 136 (BR 149) - D. Kelly
AN ACT relating to the Office of the Governor.
Amend KRS 12.023 to establish the organizational structure of the Office of the Governor, transferring some agencies, renaming others; amend KRS 147A.002 to change the name of the Department for Local Government to the Governor's Office for Local Development (GOLD); establish the organizational structure of the GOLD, including the establishment of the Division of Grants, Division of Financial Management and Administration, Office for Legislative Services, Office of Local Initiatives for a New Kentucky, Renaissance Kentucky Office, and Kentucky Community Development Office, and the duties of each; amend KRS 147A.003 to attach to GOLD, for administrative purposes, the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, East Kentucky Corporation, and West Kentucky Corporation; abolish the Kentucky Appalachian Commission, the Local Government Advisory Commission, Appalachian Development Council, State-Federal Council for Balance Economic Growth, Division of Flood Control, Water Resource Development Commission, and Flood Control Advisory Commission; amend KRS 42.4588 to direct that the Governor’s Office for Local Development administer the single county Local Government Economic Development Fund; expand grant eligibility for single county LGEDF projects; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 11.180 (Kentucky Appalachian Commission), KRS 11.182 (Membership), KRS 11.184 (Officers, Duties), KRS 147A.006 (Local Government Advisory Commission, KRS 147A.009 (Division of Flood Control), 147A.011 (Water Resource Development Commission), 151.560 (Flood Control Advisory Commission), 151.570 (Duties of Commission), and 154.33-020; provide directions to the reviser of statutes; confirm Governor's Reorganization Executive Order 2004-727, relating to the transfer of the administration of the single county coal fund to the Governor's Office for Local Development; confirm the portions of the Governor's Executive Order 2004-728, dated July 9, 2004, relating to the organization of the Office of the Governor, the renaming of the Department for Local Government, and the reorganization of the Governor's Office for Local Development, to the extent each order is not otherwise confirmed or superseded by this Act.
SB 136 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Make technical correction.
HFA (1, J. Barrows) - Delete the provision that expanded grant eligibility for single county Local Government Economic Development Fund projects; restrict award of grants by the commissioner of the Governor's Office for Local Development pursuant to executive branch budget appropriations.
HFA (2, J. Barrows) - Delete the provision that expanded grant eligibility for single county Local Government Economic Development Fund projects; restrict award of grants to a particular county by the commissioner of the Governor's Office for Local Development pursuant to executive branch budget appropriations for that particular county.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 15-received in House
Feb 16-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 1-floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 2-floor amendment (2) filed
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 95-0 with floor amendment (2); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (2) on Tuesday, March 08, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House floor amendment (2); received in House; posted for passage for receding from House floor amendment (2); House refused to recede from floor amendment (2); Conference Committee and Free Conference appointed in House and Senate
SB 137 (BR 1297) - E. Harris
AN ACT relating to employment contracts in the broadcast industry.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 372 to prohibit contractual noncompetition clauses and contractual provisions requiring the reporting of new employment offers after separation from employment in broadcasting employees' contracts; provide that attempts to enforce such provisions are subject to a civil action for damages, attorney's fees, and court costs.
SB 137 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, D. Mongiardo) - Add "physician employer" and "physician employee" to definitions; include physician employers to those prohibited from contractual noncompetition clauses in contracts; allow civil action for attempts to enforce them.
SFA (2/Title, D. Mongiardo) - Make title amendment.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 11-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
SB 138/LM (BR 1222) - J. Pendleton
AN ACT relating to property tax.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt from the property tax property owned by other states and their political subdivisions if a reciprocal agreement is in place exempting property owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky or its subdivisions.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 15-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
SB 139 (BR 1113) - D. Harper Angel, J. Pendleton, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, D. Mongiardo, R. Palmer II, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, E. Scorsone, J. Turner, E. Worley
AN ACT relating to importation of drugs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to require the Cabinet for Health Services to design a prescription drug program to facilitate the importation of prescription drugs from Canada by pharmacists, distributors, and wholesalers licensed in Kentucky; require that the program consist of a drug formulary and patient safety protections; specify requirements for the formulary; require the Governor, in coordination with the secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services, to request that the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services certify to Congress that drug importation from Canada by licensed pharmacists, distributors, and wholesalers poses no additional risk to the public's health and safety and would result in a reduction in prescription drug costs; require the Governor and the secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services to request that the secretary of the Department for Health and Human Services promulgate administrative regulations permitting pharmacists, distributors, and wholesalers to import drugs from Canada; require that the program be implemented upon promulgation of the federal regulations; require the cabinet to negotiate with pharmacists to ensure that any savings from importation be passed on to consumers and state health programs; require an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission regarding the effectiveness and cost savings of the program.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 140 (BR 1183) - D. Boswell, J. Rhoads
AN ACT relating to the transportation of prisoners.
Amend KRS 441.510 to require payment to sheriffs who transport prisoners at a rate of $10 per hour; amend KRS 64.070, 441.530, and 441.540 to conform.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 141 (BR 1319) - D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to certification of a geologist-in-training.
Amend KRS 322A.010 to add a definition for a geologist-in-training; amend KRS 322A.040 to require enrollment by the board for a geologist-in-training; amend KRS 322A.070 to include language to certify an enrolled geologist-in-training; and create a new section of KRS 322A to establish academic qualifications and testing requirements for a geologist-in-training to receive a certificate.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 24-posting waived; posted in committee
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 93-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 159)
SB 142 (BR 1245) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses and certificates.
Amend KRS 198B.605, relating to fire sprinkler workers and contractors, KRS 227.620, relating to mobile home and recreational vehicle retailers, KRS 318.054, relating to master and journeyman plumbers, and KRS 234.130, relating to liquid petroleum gas dealers, to require licensure renewal to occur on the last day of the licensee's or certificate holder's birth month.
SB 142 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of bill, except amend KRS 198B.712 to require that the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors be listed as a certificate holder on a policy insuring a home inspector.
HCS - Retain original provisions; add provision requiring that the fire sprinkler contractor obtain general liability rather than professional liability insurance.
CCR - Cannot agree.
FCCR - Retain original provisions of SB 142/HCS except delete requirement that fire protection sprinkler contractors have general liability insurance and require instead that fire protection sprinkler contractors and system designers have insurance to cover their legal liability for their erroneous acts or failures to act; amend KRS 311.878 to extend the deadline by one year for applicants applying as surgical assistants; amend KRS 271B.10-010 and 271B.10-060 to allow an ordinary corporation to convert to a nonprofit, nonstock corporation under KRS Chapter 273; amend to additionally create a new section of KRS Chapter 273 to clarify the attributes, liabilities, and components that a converted corporation will carry forward into its nonprofit status; create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to require the Department of State Police to operate a certification program for retired peace officers who desire to carry concealed deadly weapons inside and outside of the Commonwealth pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, PL 108-277; create new sections of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to set a minimum firearms marksmanship requirement for all certified peace officers; amend KRS 237.110 to specify when a person with a concealed deadly weapon license may carry a weapon into a detention facility; increase from 30 to 45 days the time for a student to return a class information form; require the State Police to revoke the license of a person found by the Department of Criminal Justice Training to have received no or insufficient training; amend KRS 237.115 and KRS 527.020 to specify when a person may carry a weapon into a detention facility; clarify that the term "detention facility" does not include courtrooms or other facilities used by the Court of Justice or administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts; establish a new renewal sequence for the concealed carry license; make title amendment.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 24-to Licensing and Occupations (H); posting waived; posted in committee
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate; posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute; received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 21-posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute; House refused to recede from Committee Substitute; Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; passed 69-18; received in Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; passed 34-0-1; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 182)
SB 143 (BR 1469) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to domestic relations.
Amend KRS 403.010 to make a technical correction.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 144 (BR 1467) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to trusts and estates.
Amend KRS 389A.025 to make language gender neutral.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 145 (BR 1466) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to civil actions.
Amend KRS 411.100 to make language gender neutral.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 146 (BR 1465) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 516.020, 516.030, and 516.040 to make language gender neutral.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 147 (BR 1341) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to assault in the third degree.
Amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to include assaulting a state officer or employee while the officer or employee is performing job-related duties or as a result of the performance of such duties.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 148 (BR 1446) - E. Scorsone, A. Kerr, T. Buford, J. Carroll
AN ACT relating to the official theatre pipe organ of Kentucky.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Kentucky Theatre's Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ located in Lexington as the official theatre pipe organ of Kentucky.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Economic Development (H)
Feb 24-posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 91-3
Mar 4-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 63)
SB 149 (BR 228) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Amend KRS 244.125, relating to carrying of loaded weapons in places where alcohol is sold, to reduce the restaurant seating requirement from 50 to 25 seats.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 150 (BR 1356) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to financing public projects.
Amend KRS 58.180 to delete the prohibition against bonding for electric facilities by governmental agencies.
SB 150 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, T. Buford) - Restore the prohibition except for electric facilities constructed or maintained to provide service solely for the customers of the municipal utility.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 37-0 with floor amendment (1); received in House
Feb 24-to Local Government (H)
Feb 28-posting waived
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 86-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 146)
SB 151 (BR 227) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Amend KRS 237.110, relating to concealed deadly weapon licenses, to reduce the residency requirement to obtain a license from 6 months to 30 days.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 152 (BR 1265) - B. Guthrie, G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to prescriptive authority of advanced registered nurse practitioners.
Amend KRS 314.011 to authorize advanced registered nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances; limit the prescribing of Schedule II controlled substances written by an advanced registered nurse practitioner to a 72 hour supply; amend KRS 314.042 to require an advanced registered nurse practitioner to enter into a written collaborative practice agreement with a physician that defines the scope of the prescriptive authority prior to prescribing controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.010 to include an advanced registered nurse practitioner within the definition of "practitioner" and include an advanced registered nurse practitioner as a provider authorized to order a drug or medicine; and amend KRS 218A.202 to authorize the Board of Nursing to receive reports from the electronic system for monitoring controlled substances under specified circumstances if the nurse is working in a practice where a physician or another advanced registered nurse practitioner is under investigation or if the nurse working in a designated geographic area where inappropriate prescribing may be occurring; amend KRS 314.195 to conform.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 153 (BR 1180) - R. Jones II
AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.
Amend KRS 238.545 to increase the prizes awarded for bingo during any twenty-four hour period from $5,000 to $15,000; amend KRS 238.555 to delete provision that permits facilities in first and second class cities or counties with such cities to have more bingo sessions that smaller cities or than counties containing such cities; allow facilities irrespective of location to have up to 18 bingo sessions per week; amend KRS 238.540 to conform.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
SB 154/LM (BR 1197) - R. Jones II
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 218A.1422, regarding possession of marijuana, to require confinement for thirty days in the county jail and a fine of five hundred dollars for the first offense; require court to order defendant, at defendant's cost, to receive a substance abuse assessment, complete treatment and rehabilitation, and pass random drug and alcohol testing; require court to impose original sentence if defendant fails to complete the requirements or fails the drug and alcohol test; require court to suspend original jail sentence if defendant successfully completes the requirements; require court to expunge record of defendant's conviction if defendant qualifies; specify new penalties for possession of marijuana, second offense and third and subsequent offenses; prohibit pretrial diversion for possession of marijuana offenses; amend KRS 218A.010 to conform; repeal KRS 218A.276, regarding treatment and rehabilitation for possessors of marijuana.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 155/CI (BR 1268) - R. Jones II
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A, relating to controlled substances, to require life imprisonment without the benefit of probation or parole for twenty-five years upon conviction of third or subsequent qualifying trafficking offense; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "qualifying trafficking offense"; and amend KRS 218A.1412, 218A.1413, and 218A.1414 to conform.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)
Introduced Feb. 8, 2005
SB 156 (BR 1301) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to economic development for small business.
Create new sections of subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to allow the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) to develop a small business loan program and provide loans to small businesses engaged in manufacturing, agribusiness, or service and technology; allow KEDFA to establish terms and conditions less stringent than industry standards; require at least one new job per loan; amend KRS 154.12-216 and 154.12-223 to specify duties of Division of the Small Business, including providing technical resources to facilitate sales transactions between Kentucky businesses.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Economic Development (H); posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 94-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 158)
SB 157/LM (BR 1664) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to appeal bonds in land use appeals and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to provide for an appeal bond of $25,000 to $100,000 when an appeal is filed in a land use case; EMERGENCY.
SB 157 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, D. Thayer) - Amend to exempt local governments from bond requirements.
HFA (1, T. Riner) - Amend to exempt neighborhood organizations and churches from the requirement of certain appeal bonds.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 33-3 with committee amendment (1)
Feb 22-received in House
Feb 24-to Judiciary (H)
Mar 2-floor amendment (1) filed
SB 158 (BR 1270) - B. Guthrie, R. Sanders Jr
AN ACT relating to tourism attraction projects.
Amend KRS 139.531 and 148.850 to extend the term of tourism attraction agreements granting a sales tax refund to 20 years.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 159/FN (BR 1511) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to the emergency telephone system.
Amend KRS 65.7621 to require all end users of wireless telephone service, including those who use prepaid wireless, to pay the surcharge assessed for upgrading of the emergency 911 system; amend 65.7629 to allow the CMRS board to approve funding and matches for federal grants for the emergency 911 system.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
SB 160 (BR 1675) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to medical expenses submitted to a reparation obligor.
Amend KRS 3043.39-020, pertaining to the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act to eliminate the presumption of reasonableness of a medical bill under the definition of "medical expense"; amend KRS 304.39-210 to require a provider of services for medical expenses to submit initial and continuing claims for services to a reparations obligor within 60 days from the date the health services were rendered.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Judiciary (S)
SB 161 (BR 1555) - J. Carroll, T. Jensen, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, D. Harper Angel, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, T. Shaughnessy, R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to Kentucky National Guard and Reserve death benefits, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.
Amend KRS 61.315 to require that the State Treasurer pay death benefits in the amount of $75,000 when a member of the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve dies on federal active duty; make an appropriation in the amount of $225,000 to carry out the provisions of the Act; make amendments to KRS 61.315 retroactive to July 1, 2002; EMERGENCY.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 162/LM/CI (BR 1339) - R. Palmer II, D. Harper Angel, R. Jones II, D. Mongiardo, J. Pendleton, J. Turner
AN ACT relating to Internet pharmacies.
Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 315, relating to pharmacies and pharmacists, to require Internet pharmacies to have a permit to operate in Kentucky and obey Kentucky pharmacy laws; specify permitted and prohibited acts for Internet pharmacies, how prescriptions for Internet pharmacies are to be filled, and related matters; give the Attorney General and Commonwealth's attorneys concurrent jurisdiction over felony offenses related to Internet pharmacies; provide for seizure and forfeiture of illegal shipments of drugs; amend KRS 315.010, relating to definitions, to conform; amend KRS 315.990, relating to penalties, to conform.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Judiciary (S)
SB 163 (BR 1232) - R. Sanders Jr
AN ACT relating to viatical settlements.
Create a new section of Subtitle 15 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that nothing in this Act preempts the provisions of the Securities Act of Kentucky; amend KRS 292.310 to define "viatical settlement investment"; amend KRS 304.9-150 to require a licensee that is a business entity to notify the commissioner of all changes of members, directors, officers and other individuals within 30 days of the change; amend KRS 304.9-170 to exempt a licensed insurance agent operating as a viatical settlement broker pursuant to this Act from the prelicensing education or examination requirement; amend KRS 304.9-440 to conform and to expand the basis for the commissioner to probate, suspend, impose conditions upon or revoke or refuse to renew any license and require the commissioner to comply with KRS Chapter 13B when taking any action involving a license; amend KRS 304.15-020 to define "business of viatical settlements", chronically ill", "financing entity", "fraudulent viatical settlement act", "viatical settlement contract", "viatical settlement provider", "viator", "viaticated policy", "related provider trust", "special purpose entity", and "terminally ill", and to delete the definition of "independent third party trustee" and "viatical settlement purchaser"; amend KRS 304.115-700 to require licensure of viatical settlement providers and viatical settlement brokers by the Department of Insurance, exempt an insurance agent with a life line of authority pursuant to specified requirements, exempt a licensed attorney, certified public accountant or financial planner accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation agency; amend KRS 304.15-705 to require specified record retention of all transactions of viatical settlement contracts; amend KRS 304.15-710 to require that upon application a viator receive a copy of the department's consumer guide relating to viatical settlements from the provider or broker, that the viator be advised that the proceeds may be taxable under federal or state tax law, may be subject to claims of creditors and may affect other rights or benefits, require that funds be sent to the viator within three (3) business days after the provider receives the insurer's acknowledgment of the policy, require specified disclosures to the viator and delete subsections (6), (7), (8) and (9); amend KRS 304.5-715 to establish rules governing the relationship between the policyowner, the insurer, and the viatical settlement licensees, to require a document releasing the insureds medical records to the provider agent or broker or the insurance company if the policy was issued less than two years before application; require the insurer to respond within thirty days to a request for verification of coverage; require the provider to obtain a witnessed document from the viator giving consent to the contract stating the viator has a full understanding of the contract and has acted freely and voluntarily prior to execution of the contract, and if the viator is terminally or chronically ill that the condition was diagnosed after the policy was issued, and provide that the contract shall contain an unconditional right to rescind within the lesser of 30 days of execution of the contract or within 15 days of receipt of the proceeds, with the repayment of all proceeds, premiums, loans and loan interest to the provider and that if the viator dies during the rescission period the contract shall be deemed rescinded, that a financial advisor should be consulted, that funds will be sent to the viator within three business days of transfer acknowledgment from the insurer, provide that failure to tender consideration to the viator shall render the contract voidable, rather than void, provide limitations on contacts with the insured to determine the health status of the insured, and delete subsection (7) and (8); amend KRS 304.15-716 to provide that it is a violation of subtitle 15 of KRS Chapter 304 for a person to enter into a viatical settlement contract within a 2 year period after issuance of a policy unless specified conditions are met and accompanied by independent evidence and require submission of the evidence to the insurer which shall establish that the viatical settlement contract meets the requirements of this section and require the insurer to respond in a timely manner, delete conflicting provisions; amend KRS 304.15-717 to provide that it is unlawful to intentionally enter into a viatical settlement contract by means of a false, deceptive, or misleading application for the life insurance policy, to knowingly or intentionally interfere with enforcement of the provisions of this subtitle, to knowingly or intentionally permit a person to commit a felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust to participate in the business of viatical settlements, or to commit a fraudulent viatical settlement act as defined in Section 6 of this Act, require a statement in each viatical settlement contract and application that providing false information on the said documents is a crime, require a person engaged in the business of viatical settlements who knows of a fraudulent act involving a viatical settlement act to notify the commissioner and prohibit civil liability for such notification, provide that evidence submitted to the commissioner relating to fraudulent acts are privileged and confidential, provide that this subsection does not apply to statements made with actual malice, provide that this section does not preempt the authority of other law enforcement or regulatory agencies to investigate suspected fraud involving viatical settlement contracts nor does this subsection abrogate or modify common law or statutory privileges or immunities, provide that documents and evidence provided to the commissioner are privileged and confidential, require viatical settlement providers to adopt specified antifraud initiatives; amend KRS 304.15-718 to establish the procedure for executing and funding a viatical settlement contract including the requirement that a viatical settlement provider instruct the viator to send the executed documents involving the ownership, assignment, or change in beneficiary to the escrow agent, provide instruction for the provider if the viator fails to comply, require deposit of the proceeds into an escrow or trust account insured by the FDIC, provide that the escrow agent pay the proceeds to the viator upon proper completion of the process, and delete conflicting provisions; and, amend KRS 304.15-720 to authorize the commissioner to establish standards for viatical settlement contracts if the viator is terminally or chronically ill and to adopt rules governing the relationship between the parties to a viatical settlement contract; amend KRS 304.99-020 to subject viatical settlement providers to the penalty provision.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House
Feb 22-to Banking and Insurance (H); posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 92-0
Mar 4-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 58)
SB 164 (BR 1344) - R. Stivers II, J. Turner
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.
Create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.645, relating to Medicaid, to define "claims processing," "other prescription drug or drug services," and "pharmacy benefit manager"; prohibit the Cabinet for Health Services from entering into a contract with a pharmacy benefit manager unless the pharmacy benefit manager is not owned, in whole or in part, by a drug company and agrees to disclose ownership of five percent or more in a pharmacy, to pass along cost savings negotiated with a pharmacy to Medicaid, not to discriminate against a pharmacy in favor of another pharmacy in which the company has an ownership interest of five percent or more, to make public annually the percentage of rebates received that is passed back to Medicaid, to annually provide financial and utilization information, and to annually provide financial terms for remuneration between the pharmacy benefit manager and any drug company; provide that any contract be voidable if the pharmacy benefit manager fails to comply with these requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A, relating to the state employee health insurance program, to define "claims processing," "other prescription drug or drug services," and "pharmacy benefit manager"; prohibit the Finance and Administration Cabinet from entering into a contract with a pharmacy benefit manager unless the pharmacy benefit manager is not owned in whole or in part by a drug company and agrees to disclose ownership of five percent or more in a pharmacy, to pass along cost savings negotiated with a pharmacy to the state employee health insurance program, not to discriminate against a pharmacy in favor of another pharmacy in which the company has an ownership interest of five percent or more, to make public annually the percent of rebates received that is passed back to state employee health insurance program, to annually provide financial and utilization information, and to annually provide financial terms for remuneration between the pharmacy benefit manager and any drug company; and provide that any contract be voidable if the pharmacy benefit manager fails to comply with these requirements.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (S)
SB 165 (BR 1648) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to access control to highways.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to allow partial control of access on the Hal Rogers Parkway in accordance with KRS 177.315.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Transportation (S)
Introduced Feb. 9, 2005
SB 166 (BR 1652) - D. Seum
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission.
Amend KRS 39E.030 to add the Executive Director of the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education or the director's designee to the membership of the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 28-received in House
Mar 2-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Mar 3-posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 7, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 96-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 82)
SB 167/LM/CI (BR 1669) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to Internet pharmacies.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 relating to pharmacies and pharmacists to require internet pharmacies to have a permit to operate in Kentucky and to obey Kentucky pharmacy laws; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to specify permitted and prohibited acts for internet pharmacies, how prescriptions for internet pharmacies are to be filled and related matters; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to give the Attorney General and Commonwealth's attorneys over felony offenses related to internet pharmacies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to provide for seizure and forfeiture of illegal shipments of drugs; amend KRS 315.010 relating to definitions to conform; amend KRS 315.990 relating to penalties to conform.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Judiciary (S)
SB 168/CI (BR 1214) - G. Neal
Mar 1-WITHDRAWN
SB 169 (BR 1502) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to nursing homes.
Amend KRS 216.515 to require nursing facilities to comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, including access and services for the deaf and hard of hearing and specify that residents and family members or guardians be informed of rights under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Health and Welfare (S)
SB 170/LM/CI (BR 1438) - R. Jones II
AN ACT relating to the funding of county jails.
Amend KRS 431.215 to require the state to pay the cost of incarceration of felons, beginning the day after a determination of guilt; amend KRS 532.120 to provide that a county shall be reimbursed the per diem amount established in KRS 431.215 for the incarceration of a state prisoner who serves time in a local jail, is convicted, or pleads guilty to a charge; specify that this reimbursement to the county shall include all time spent in custody at a local jail.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 171 (BR 1179) - R. Jones II
AN ACT relating to an insured's or claimant's right to choose a motor vehicle repair facility.
Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to direct that an insured or claimant has the right to choose any repair facility for the repair of a motor vehicle loss; prohibit an insurer from requiring that a motor vehicle be repaired at a specific repair facility; provide that if an insurer provides information about a repair facility the insurer must inform the insured or claimant of this right to choose; provide that if the insured or claimant elects to have the vehicle repaired at the repair facility of his or her choice the insurer is prohibited from limiting or discounting the reasonable repair costs based on charges that would have been incurred had the vehicle been repaired by the insurer's chosen repair facility; provide that if an insured or claimant selects a repair facility to repair the insured's or claimant's motor vehicle in which the insurer owns an interest in that repair facility, the adjuster for the motor vehicle cannot be employed by the repair facility or have any direct authority over that facility's recommendations or decisions relating to the repair of the insured's or claimant's motor vehicle; authorize the commissioner to suspend or revoke a license or certificate of authority for any violation of this Act and subjection any violation to the penalties in KRS 304.99-020.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Banking and Insurance (S)
SB 172/FN (BR 1174) - A. Kerr, W. Blevins Jr, E. Scorsone
AN ACT relating to health and nutrition in schools.
Amend KRS 156.160 to require 30 minutes of physical activity each day in schools, or 150 minutes per week, coordinated by a certified physical education specialist, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year for preschool through intermediate programs, 2007-2008 for middle school programs, and 2008-2009 for high school programs; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, a school from preparing or serving deep-fried foods in the cafeteria during the school day; require each school to publish a school menu that specifies nutritional information; require each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the cafeteria, whether sold by contract or commercial vendor; require each school district to appoint a food service director, but allow two or more contiguous districts to form one "school food service area" with only one food service director; require the food service director to obtain a school food service and nutrition specialist credential or the Level 2 certificate issued by the American School Food Service Association within three years; require 10 hours of continuing education to maintain the credential in applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation; require the Department of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to specify minimum nutritional standards for all foods and beverages sold outside the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs; define "competitive foods," "school day," and "school-day-appropriate beverage"; prohibit a school from selling competitive foods until 30 minutes after the last lunch-serving period; permit only school-day-appropriate beverages to be sold in elementary schools during the school day; require each school food service director to annually assess the school nutrition and physical activity environment and issue a written report to parents, the local school board, and site-based decision making councils; require the Department of Education to develop an assessment tool; require each school board to discuss the findings of the report and seek public comments; require, by January 31 of each year, the local board of education to hold an advertised public forum to present a plan to incorporate recommendations of the report; and require each school district to compile a summary of findings and recommendations and submit the summary to the Kentucky Board of Education.
SB 172 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Amend KRS 156.160 to require 30 minutes of physical activity each day in schools, or 150 minutes per week, coordinated by a certified physical education specialist, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year for preschool through intermediate programs, 2007-2008 for middle school programs, and 2008-2009 for high school programs; create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, a school from preparing or serving deep-fried foods in the cafeteria during the school day; require each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the cafeteria, whether sold by contract or commercial vendor; require each school district to appoint a food service director, but allow two or more contiguous districts to form one "school food service area" with only one food service director; require the food service director to obtain a school food service and nutrition specialist credential or the Level 2 certificate issued by the American School Food Service Association within three years; require 8 clock hours of continuing education to maintain the credential in applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation; require the Department of Education to promulgate an administrative regulation to specify minimum nutritional standards for all foods and beverages sold outside the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs; define "competitive foods," "school day," and "school-day-appropriate beverage"; prohibit a school from selling competitive foods from the time of arrival of the first student in the morning until 30 minutes after the last lunch-serving period; permit only school-day-appropriate beverages to be sold in elementary schools during the school day; require each school food service director to annually assess the school nutrition environment and issue a written report to parents, the local school board, and school-based decision making councils; require the Department of Education to develop an assessment tool; require each school board to discuss the findings of the report and seek public comments; require, by January 31 of each year, the local board of education to hold an advertised public forum to present a plan to improve school nutrition and physical activities in the district; require each school district to compile a summary of findings and recommendations and submit the summary to the Kentucky Board of Education.
SCA (1, K. Winters) - Permit schools to use up to 30 minutes of the instructional day for recess time to provide students with physical activity; remove mandatory language regarding physical activity.
SCA (2, A. Kerr) - Make technical correction.
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Retain original provisions, except delete the requirement for 30 minutes of daily physical activity for high school students.
SFA (2, D. Kelly) - Retain original provisions, except delete the requirement for 30 minutes of daily physical activity for middle and high school students.
SFA (3, D. Kelly) - Clarify that fundraisers may sell other items in addition to beverages.
HCS - Delete original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "competitive food," "school-day-approved beverage," and "school day"; prohibit a school from selling, in vending machines, school stores, canteens, or fundraisers, during a school day certain chewing gum and water ices, food with more than 40% added sugar by weight, or items with more than 6 grams of fat per serving, except for seeds and nuts; prohibit a school from selling competitive foods through vending machines, school stores, canteens, or fundraisers until 30 minutes after the close of the last lunch period unless a waiver of this prohibition has been obtained from the Department of Education; permit a school to offer the a la carte sale in the cafeteria line those items that meet the United States Department of Agriculture standard for a breakfast or lunch component, except permit the sale of frozen desserts that have at least 25% real juice, yogurt, and dairy products; require that beverages sold in vending machines, school stores, canteens, or fundraisers to elementary school students during a school day be school-day-approved beverages; require during a school day that 75% of beverages offered in middle and high schools consist of school-day-approved beverages, except that the sale of beverages to students in competition with the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program shall be prohibited during the school day until 30 minutes after the close of the last lunch serving period, unless a waiver is obtained from the Kentucky Board of Education; provide that the provisions relating to the sale of foods and beverages do not prohibit or limit the sale of any food or beverage to teachers, administrators, or other adult school employees in a separate area that is not accessible to students; begin the food and beverage requirements with the 2006-2007 school year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to require each school district to appoint a food service director, although two or more contiguous districts may form one school food service area with only one food service director; require the food service director to obtain a school food service and nutrition specialist credential or the Level 2 certificate issued by the American School Food Service Association by July 30, 2008; require 10 hours of continuing education to maintain the credential; require school cafeteria managers to obtain at least two hours of continuing education each year in applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation; amend KRS 156.160 to permit elementary schools to offer up to 30 minutes of recess time, to be considered part of the instructional day, for the purpose of providing students physical activity; require the Board of Education to report to LRC no later than November 1 on the number of schools providing physical activity in recess and on the types of physical activity being provided; specify penalties for violation of provisions relating to the sale of competitive foods and beverages; EMERGENCY.
HCA (1/Title, T. Burch) - Make title amendment.
HFA (1, T. Feeley) - Delay the requirement for physical activity in the preschool through intermediate programs until the 2008-09 school year; encourage the same schools to offer 30 minutes of physical activity in each school year before the 2008-09 school year; delete the requirement that the physical activity be coordinated by a certified physical education specialist in a school or school district; and clarify that the physical activity may be supervised by a classroom teacher in consultation with a certified physical education teacher.
HFA (2, A. Arnold) - Retain original provisions except require, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, that the weekly menus average no more than 30% fat, and no more than 10% of that fat shall be saturated fats, instead of prohibiting fried foods.
HFA (3, J. Comer Jr) - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to encourage schools to offer physical activity consistent with certain suggested guidelines; and delete the requirement for mandated physical activity in the 2006-07 school year.
HFA (4, C. Siler) - Delete provisions relating to mandated physical activity beginning in 2006-07, and instead permit elementary schools to offer 30 minutes of recess time, to be considered part of the instructional day, for the purpose of providing physical activity to students; require the Department of Education to report to the Legislative Research Commission no later than November 1 each year on the number of schools that are providing physical activity during recess and on the types of physical activity being provided.
HFA (5, C. Siler) - Retain original provisions except delete the prohibition against a school preparing or serving deep-fried foods and require that each school comply with the United States Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
HFA (6, J. Carr) - Delete provisions relating to mandated physical activity beginning in 2006-07, and instead permit elementary schools to offer 30 minutes of recess time, to be considered part of the instructional day, for the purpose of providing physical activity to students; require the Department of Education to report to the Legislative Research Commission no later than November 1 each year on the number of schools that are providing physical activity during recess and on the types of physical activity being provided.
HFA (7, S. Lee) - Delete provision of optional physical activity in elementary schools, and require, beginning with 2006-07 school year, moderate to vigorous physical activity to be offered in the preschool through the high school program for at least 30 minutes each day, coordinated by a certified physical education specialist in a school or district; permit the activity to be completed through a combination of traditional classroom instruction, structured recess, and physical education; require regulation to specify model programming, alternative plans, and optional activities for integration of physical activity during the school day; encourage schools to consult with a certified physical education specialist in the development of a physical activity plan.
HFA (8, S. Lee) - Delete provision of optional physical activity in elementary schools, and require, beginning with 2006-07 school year, moderate to vigorous physical activity to be offered in the preschool through the high school program for at least 60 minutes each day, coordinated by a certified physical education specialist in a school or district; permit the activity to be completed through a combination of traditional classroom instruction, structured recess, and physical education; require regulation to specify model programming, alternative plans, and optional activities for integration of physical activity during the school day; encourage schools to consult with a certified physical education specialist in the development of a physical activity plan.
HFA (9, T. Pullin) - Retain original provisions except require each district or school food service area to have one person credentialed or certified as a food service and nutrition specialist within 3 years of the effective date of the Act and require at least 8 hours of continuing education on applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation.
CCR - Cannot agree.
FCCR - Retain provisions of SB 172/GA, except amend KRS 156.160 to insert penalties for violations of provisions relating to the sale of competitive foods and beverages, with the fines reverting to the school district's food service fund; delete the physical activity provisions of SB 172/GA; delete provision prohibiting use of deep-fried foods; permit the person responsible for menu planning, as an alternative to the school food service director, to be credentialed; require 2 hours of continuing education for school cafeteria managers; permit schools to request a waiver of requirements established by the Department of Education in an administrative regulation that specifies minimum nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside the national school food and lunch programs, and exempt foods and beverages sold in fundraisers off school property from the requirements; amend KRS 160.345 to require each school council, or principal if there is no council, to develop and implement a wellness policy that includes moderate to vigorous physical activity; specify guidelines for the policy; require the Department of Education to report to LRC on how schools are providing the physical activity.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Education (S)
Feb 15-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading; returned to Education (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) and (2); floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005; 3rd reading; committee amendment (1) defeated; floor amendment (1) withdrawn; passed 26-10 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (2), floor amendments (2) and (3)
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 23-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 28-floor amendments (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6) filed
Mar 1-recommitted to Health and Welfare (H); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 2-floor amendments (7) (8) and (9) filed to Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading; floor amendment (7) rejected; passed 87-6 with Committee Substitute; bill reconsidered; passed 70-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 4-received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) on Tuesday, March 08, 2005; Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); received in House; posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); House refused to recede from Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report filed in House; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; passed 63-23; Free Conference Committee report filed in Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; passed 23-7; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 84)
SB 173/LM (BR 1120) - E. Scorsone, T. Shaughnessy, D. Harper Angel, G. Neal
AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and KRS 18A.095, relating to the same, to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.680, 344.370, and 344.380, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; and make various technical amendments.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Judiciary (S)
SB 174 (BR 1226) - J. Pendleton, E. Worley, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, D. Harper Angel, R. Jones II, D. Mongiardo, R. Palmer II, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, J. Turner
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale of feed, seed, commercial fertilizer, farm machinery, farm machinery repair parts, horse embryos and semen, fuel, and on-farm facilities to persons engaged in raising equine as a business; amend KRS 139.470 to conform; provide that the Act takes effect July 1, 2005.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 175 (BR 1470) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to the issuance of federal permits by the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet.
Amend KRS 224.16-050, relating to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, to allow the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet to issue permits for the discharge of fill material into streams and wetlands; require the cabinet to enter into a memorandum of understanding with USDA prior to assuming such authority; permit the cabinet to charge a fee for processing permit applications.
SB 175 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, E. Scorsone) - Require the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet to report and make recommendation to the Governor on requesting approval by the U.S. EPA for state administration of the federal Clean Water Act, Section 404 program; require any state 404 water program to provide for review comparable to National Environmental Policy Act and public interest review.
HFA (1, T. Riner) - Change Section 1 to amend KRS 224.16-050 to provide that the cabinet shall not impose under a permit issued pursuant to the section any effluent limitation, monitoring requirement, or other condition which is more or less stringent than federal requirements.
HFA (2, T. Riner) - Require the cabinet to complete a feasibility study that demonstrates it can administer the 404 water permit program without additional funding and that the program will be as protective of public health, safety, and the environment as if the program remained under federal administration.
HFA (3/P, R. Nelson) - Attach provisions of HB 172/HCS.
HFA (4/Title, R. Nelson) - Make title amendment.
HFA (5/P, R. Nelson) - Provide that Department of Agriculture reauthorize the Forest Health Task Force; provide that state government agencies furnish State Entomologist with information; provide that State Entomologist submit report to General Assembly.
HFA (6, R. Meeks) - Provide that the cabinet shall report no later than January 1, 2006 on costs, personnel, and other changes needed to support state assumption of the permitting program under 33 U.S.C 1344 (e) and (g).
HFA (7/Title, R. Nelson) - Make title amendment.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 22-3rd reading; floor amendment (1) defeated; passed 35-2; received in House
Feb 24-to Natural Resources and Environment (H); posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
Mar 3-floor amendments (3) (4-title) and (5) filed
Mar 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day; floor amendments (6) and (7-title) filed; 3rd reading, passed 89-0 with floor amendment (6); received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (6) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 as a Consent bill; Senate concurred in House floor amendment (6); passed 35-2
Mar 21-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 174)
SB 176 (BR 1688) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.
Amend KRS 218A.202 to require the Cabinet for Health Services to provide prescription drug monitoring data to an approved workers' compensation insurance carrier or utilization review vendor involved in a bona fide utilization review; require an insurance carrier or its representative to present data or reports on overutilization by a workers' compensation claimant as evidence in any proceeding before an administrative law judge under KRS Chapter 342.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (S)
SB 177 (BR 1235) - G. Neal, D. Harper Angel
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 145 and 150 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the restoration of civil rights for felons.
Propose an amendment to Section 145 of the Kentucky Constitution, pertaining to persons entitled to vote, to require automatic restoration of civil rights, under specified circumstances, for persons convicted of felonies by distinguishing the requirements therefor based upon the length and completion of prison sentence; propose an amendment to Section 150 of the Kentucky Constitution, pertaining to disqualification and exclusion from office, to require automatic removal of the disability of certain felons to serve in public office, under specified circumstances, by distinguishing the requirements therefor based upon the length and completion of prison sentence.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 178 (BR 1725) - G. Neal
AN ACT relating to a civil claim against the Commonwealth for wrongful imprisonment.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 44 to permit convicted felons who were wrongfully incarcerated to bring a claim in the Board of Claims for wrongful incarceration; place limits on damage awards.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Judiciary (S)
SB 179 (BR 1362) - A. Kerr
AN ACT relating to tax credits to promote educational quality in Kentucky schools.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an education improvement tax credit program; provide for tax credits to eligible nonprofit education organizations that are organized for the purposes of providing grants, scholarships, and incentives to quality principals to increase the number of teachers in Kentucky, decrease shortages of teachers in critical teaching areas, and provide quality principals to serve in academically low performing schools that have high poverty and high incidence of students classified as nonwhite; define terms; define limits of tax credits; provide that the Revenue Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to implement the tax credit program for eligible nonprofit education organizations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to permit principals to be provided monetary incentives from an eligible nonprofit education organization to accept a position in an academically low performing school; specify the responsibilities of the Kentucky Department of Education; limit the amount of a monetary incentive and exempt it from calculation of teacher' retirement benefits; amend KRS 141.0205 to conform.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Introduced Feb. 10, 2005
SB 180 (BR 1687) - R. Stivers II
AN ACT relating to remining and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 350.085 to extend the authority, beyond September 30, 2004, for remining incentives in Kentucky when the federal authority is extended; amend KRS 350.095 to extend the authority beyond September 30, 2004, for remining incentives in Kentucky when the federal authority is extended; EMERGENCY.
SB 180 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1/LM, R. Nelson) - Attach provisions of HB 172/HCS.
HFA (2/Title, R. Nelson) - Make title amendment.
HFA (3/P, R. Nelson) - Provide that Department of Agriculture reauthorize the Forest Health Task Force; provide that state government agencies furnish State Entomologist with information; provide that State Entomologist submit report to General Assembly.
HFA (4/Title, R. Nelson) - Make title amendment.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Feb 24-to Natural Resources and Environment (H); posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3) filed
Mar 4-floor amendment (4-title) filed
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 95-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 114)
SB 181 (BR 1324) - R. Sanders Jr
AN ACT relating to recreational vehicles.
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 227 to delete the Recreational Vehicle Certification and Licensure Board and all of its duties, all references to it, and all obligations owed by persons to it; delete references to recreational vehicles under the provisions of the chapter; require that all recreational vehicles and park trailers sold, leased, or offered for sale by a retailer to a consumer in the state are constructed in accordance with the most recent ANSI standards.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Transportation (S)
SB 182 (BR 1375) - D. Mongiardo
AN ACT relating to employment contracts involving physicians.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 372 to define "physician employer" and "physician employee"; prohibit a physician employer from requiring a physician employee to refrain from obtaining employment in a specified geographic area for a specified time after termination of employment with that physician employer and from requiring a physician employee to disclose and from requiring a physician employee to disclose the terms of an offer of employment the terms of an offer of employment from any other physician employer; permit a civil action for damages, attorney's fees, and costs against a person who violates the prohibitions.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Judiciary (S)
SB 183/LM (BR 282) - W. Blevins Jr
AN ACT relating to voting.
Create new section of KRS Chapter 117 to provide that any qualified voter in a county may vote on a voting machine in the county clerk's office, or other designated and approved location during the 12 days prior to a regular or primary election when absentee voting is allowed; require the location for early voting to be published prior to the early voting period; provide that the county board of elections shall select the necessary election officials to staff the early voting location; require the State Board of Elections furnish county clerks with early voting rosters and early voting request forms; provide instructions for the county clerk or election official in verifying the eligibility of a person to vote during the early voting period and method of recording those votes; require that early voting ballots be tabulated in the same manner as set forth in KRS Chapter 117.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
SB 184 (BR 1600) - G. Tapp, D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to electrical licensing.
Amend KRS 227A.030 relating to requirements for electrical licensing, to exempt work performed by employees of industrial manufacturing facilities.
SB 184 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of the bill, except amend KRS 227A.030 to exempt from electrical licensure employees who work in industrial manufacturing facilities.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 24-to Licensing and Occupations (H); posting waived; posted in committee
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 92-0
Mar 3-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 41)
SB 185 (BR 1445) - R. Jones II
AN ACT relating to hospital-acquired infections.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define "Ambulatory surgical center," "Cabinet", "Hospital," and "Hospital-acquired infection"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require the cabinet to collect data on hospital-acquired infection rates and require a quarterly report from each hospital and ambulatory surgical center on their infection rates; establish an advisory committee to assist the cabinet in evaluating reported data; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require the cabinet to annually report to the Legislative Research Commission a summary of the data received from the hospitals' and ambulatory surgical centers' quarterly reports; create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 216 to create a penalty of termination of licensure, or other sanctions determined by the cabinet and a civil penalty of $1000 per day per violation for hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers that misleads or withholds information; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to make the cabinet responsible for enforcing compliance.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Health and Welfare (S)
SB 186 (BR 1251) - J. Carroll
AN ACT relating to compulsive gambling, making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to create the Compulsive Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Fund to be administered by the Division of Substance Abuse of the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services; appropriate moneys for the purposes defined; establish funding mechanism and limitations on expenditures; define responsibilities of director; amend KRS 138.510 to partially fund the Compulsive Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Fund from the total amount wagered in Kentucky subject to excise taxes; amend KRS 154A.130 to partially fund the Compulsive Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Fund from the gross revenues of the state lottery; amend KRS 238.570 to partially fund the Compulsive Gamblers Awareness and Treatment Fund from the gross receipts derived from all charitable gaming; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 187 (BR 1764) - J. Denton
Feb 14-WITHDRAWN
SB 188 (BR 1384) - J. Carroll, D. Boswell, W. Blevins Jr, T. Buford, D. Harper Angel, D. Mongiardo, J. Rhoads, E. Scorsone, T. Shaughnessy
AN ACT relating to the safety, learning, and well-being of students.
Amend KRS 158.440 to require school districts to have procedures in place to address student harassment, intimidation, and bullying; amend KRS 158.441 to define "harassment, intimidation, or bullying"; amend KRS 158.148 to require school districts to formulate a code of acceptable behavior prohibiting student harassment, intimidation, or bullying that includes procedures for reporting and investigating complaints, a strategy for protecting complainants from retaliation, and a process for annually discussing the code with students; require school districts, under certain conditions, to provide training to school employees on the district's acceptable code of behavior; require school districts to include the code of acceptable behavior in the district employee training manual; amend KRS 158.150 to include student harassment, intimidation, or bullying as a cause for suspension or expulsion; amend KRS 158.444 to require local school districts to collect and provide to the Kentucky Department of Education information related to all incidents of student harassment, intimidation, or bullying; amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to include strategies to address student harassment, intimidation, or bullying as part of the school's comprehensive safety plan; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to provide immunity to school employees and students from a cause of action for damages arising from reporting a student's disruptive or disorderly behavior.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Judiciary (S)
Introduced Feb. 11, 2005
SB 189 (BR 1472) - J. Denton, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to medication administration at school.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to require schools to have an employee designated to administer glucagon subcutaneously for students that are unconscious due to a hypoglycemic episode or Diastat rectally to a student to stop a seizure; require the parent or guardian to provide written authorization and a statement from the student's health care practitioner; require written consent to administer the medication at school; require the medication to be in an unopened, sealed package; require the student's parent or guardian to sign a written statement acknowledging that the school is not liable for any injury to the student related to the administration of the student's medication; and require the school to check the expiration of the student's medications on a monthly basis and notify the parent of impending expiration at least one month in advance.
SB 189 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions, except use the generic name for Diastat; apply the requirement that a school have an employee trained to administer rectal diazepam gel to stop a seizure and glucagon for a low blood sugar to only those schools which have a student with a prescription for one of these emergency medications.
HCS - Retain original provisions except require administration of glucagon when a student experiences hypoglycemia or a condition noted in the health professional's statement on file with the school; change the liability language to relate to the administration of medications; and amend KRS 158.440 to require school districts to have procedures in place to address student harassment, intimidation, and bullying; amend KRS 158.441 to define "harassment, intimidation, or bullying"; amend KRS 158.148 to require school districts to formulate a code of acceptable behavior prohibiting student harassment, intimidation, or bullying that includes procedures for reporting and investigating complaints, a strategy for protecting complainants from retaliation, and a process for annually discussing the code with students; require school districts, under certain conditions, to provide training to school employees on the district's acceptable code of behavior; require school districts to include code of acceptable behavior in district employee training manual; specify that the Kentucky High School Athletic Association's conduct and behavior rules apply during sanctioned sporting events; amend KRS 158.150 to include student harassment, intimidation, or bullying as a cause for suspension or expulsion; amend 158.444 to require local school districts to collect and provide the Kentucky Department of Education information related to all incidents of student harassment, intimidation, or bullying; amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to include strategies to address student harassment, intimidation, or bullying as part of the school's comprehensive safety plan; create a new section of KRS 158 to provide immunity to school employees or students from a cause of action for damages arising from reporting a student's disruptive or disorderly behavior.
HCA (1, T. Burch) - Clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to the administration of his or her medications to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure, and that a parent or guardian shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to the administration of glucagon if the reaction is not due to negligence or misconduct on behalf of the school or its employees.
HCA (2/Title, T. Burch) - Make title amendment.
HFA (1, K. Stein) - Retain original provisions; add that each school shall have an employee to administer medications at all school-sponsored events; describe the conditions under which such medications shall be administered.
HFA (2, M. Harmon) - Retain original provisions and add that no school policies or procedures shall require staff or students to act in a manner that would conflict with personal religious beliefs.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate; to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 24-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Mar 1-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 2-recommitted to Health and Welfare (H)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (2-title); floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 7, 2005
SB 190 (BR 1728) - R. Jones II
AN ACT relating to the use of juries in competency hearings conducted in guardianship proceedings.
Amend KRS 387.570 and 387.580 to allow a hearing conducted in a guardianship proceeding to be by the court if certain conditions are met.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Judiciary (S)
SB 191/LM (BR 1685) - D. Boswell, J. Pendleton, J. Carroll
AN ACT relating to charter county governments.
Amend KRS 67.830 to require that a commission be formed after the filing of a petition to study both the adoption of a charter county government and the consolidation of city and county services and functions; require that in order to call a referendum for the question of the adoption of a charter county government or consolidation of services, a percentage of the voters from the preceding presidential election rather than from the preceding regular election are required to sign the petition; allow the custody judge/executive to appoint a designee to serve on the commission; stipulate that the commission may recommend that no changes take place and, if so, that a referendum shall not be held; stipulate that the commission not submit a comprehensive plan that either sets out a charter county government or recommends that one or more services or functions of the county or cities to be consolidated.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 192 (BR 1583) - J. Pendleton
AN ACT relating to religious tolerance.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit state and local agencies from imposing or implementing a land use or public health regulation in a manner that imposes a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or institution, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden is in furtherance of a compelling government interest.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 193 (BR 1338) - G. Tapp
AN ACT relating to landlord-resident relations in manufactured housing communities.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to set definitions for this act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to prevent retaliation by community owners or operators against residents that report health and safety violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 establishing the conditions under which a community owner or operator may bring action for the possession of premises; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 establishing community owner and operator requirements for maintenance and inspection; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 establishing the requirements for residents of the community to obey community rules and personal regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to establish rights and obligations for community owners and operators who sell the community for uses other than manufactured housing residential uses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 requiring owners and operators to offer each resident an equivalent rental agreement and establishing time for time requirements for the issuance of this agreement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 requiring that community owners and operators disclose all fees and charges, in writing, to residents; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 requiring that community owners or operators promulgate rules for the community and require the posting of these rules; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 preventing community owners or operators from requiring residents to purchase personal property from the owner or operator; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 preventing community owners or operators from charging a fee for the installation of appliances; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 preventing community owners or operators from requiring that residents purchase services from specific vendors; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to prohibit community owners and operators from certain actions relating to the sale of housing, discrimination, or undisclosed fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 prohibiting the requiring of the sale or sublet of a lot or manufactured housing to a specific individual; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 prohibiting community owners or operators from charging a sales commission for the rental of lots, unless certain conditions are met; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 allowing additions to the rental agreement, not prohibited by law; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 establishing procedures and rights of residents that make material violations of community rules; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to prohibit the seizure of goods and property without a court order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 establishing procedures for the retention and repayment of security deposits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to establish requirements for the notification of residents of the business address of the owner or operator of the community and a listing of resident rights in every rental agreement.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Judiciary (S)
SB 194 (BR 1647) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to the equine industry program.
Amend 138.510 to increase funding for equine industry program at University of Louisville from two-tenths to three-tenths of one percent of total amount wagered on live racing in Kentucky and from one-twentieth to three-tenths of one percent of the total amount wagered on intertrack and interstate wagering; amend KRS 230.550 to specify purposes for which the moneys are to be spent; require the University of Louisville to work cooperatively with representatives of key racing and breeding organizations to determine the time, agenda, and content of the symposium.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 195 (BR 1686) - J. Pendleton, J. Denton, A. Kerr, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to a residential hospice exemption from certificate of need.
Amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt residential hospice facilities established by licensed hospice programs from the certificate of need process.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 18-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Feb 24-to Health and Welfare (H); posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 90-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 102)
SB 196 (BR 1385) - K. Winters
Feb 16-WITHDRAWN
Introduced Feb. 14, 2005
SB 2 (BR 1308) - D. Mongiardo, D. Williams, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Denton, D. Harper Angel, R. Jones II, A. Kerr, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, R. Roeding, E. Scorsone, T. Shaughnessy, E. Tori, J. Turner, E. Worley
AN ACT relating to health information and declaring an emergency.
Create various sections of KRS 216 to define terms, create the Kentucky Health Care Infrastructure Authority jointly by the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville; identify responsibilities of the authority which include conducting research on health information electronic applications, conducting pilot projects, and serving as a forum for the exchange of ideas and consensus building related to the advancement of the health information infrastructure and health care applications; permit the authority to seek federal and private funding; require an annual report to the Governor, secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services, Legislative Research Commission, Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, and Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance; create the Kentucky e-Health Network Board to oversee the development, implementation, and operation of a statewide electronic health network of voluntary participants using federal and voluntarily contributed funds; attach the network to the Cabinet for Health Services for administrative purposes; establish the membership of the board and various committees; require the board to appoint an advisory group to ensure input into implementation of the network; authorize the Governor to restructure the Telehealth Board under the Cabinet for Health Services and to restructure the Telehealth Board as a Telehealth Committee of the Ke-HN Board subject to confirmation of the Kentucky General Assembly under KRS 12.028; require the board to consider various models, including a model with the capability to integrate with an electronic Medicaid management information system and public health alert features; require the board to submit the model to be implemented to the Legislative Research Commission; require any transactions to comply with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; require the board to oversee the development of the network of providers and payors and adopt standards for computer systems communicating with the network; require that geographical locations that are critical to homeland security and protection of energy production be given priority in phasing in the network; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; require an annual report to the Governor, Cabinet for Health Services, Office for the New Economy, Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, and the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance; establish a "Ke-HN fund"; amend KRS 45A.605 to permit the network to use the "information highway" for transactions, but not limit the network to the use of the highway to implement its communications; and delay the appointment of board members until funds are available for administrative costs of the board; EMERGENCY.
SB 2 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions, except include optometrists in the definition of "health care provider"; permit the Governor to appoint an insurance representative to the Kentucky e-Health Board who is recommended by the Kentucky Association of Health Plans or an employee of a company which has its headquarters located in Kentucky; and make technical corrections.
HFA (1, T. Thompson) - Retain original provisions; create a new section of subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require any insurer issuing or delivering group health benefit plans in the Commonwealth to provide an employer-organized association health benefit plan with information relating to its health benefit plan that has been requested, including aggregate claims experience data, total premiums paid, total number of insureds, and details to permit the association to verify eligibility and participation of the groups and individuals participating in the employer-organized association program; require the Department of Insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this section by July 15, 2005; and permit the insurer to provide nonpublic personal health information to the employer-organized association health benefit plan as a covered entity to cover entity transfer under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 if the health benefit plan certifies that it will treat the information in accordance with HIPAA.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Health and Welfare (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 15-laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 22-received in House
Feb 23-to Health and Welfare (H); posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 97-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 2-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 30)
SB 197 (BR 1451) - J. Westwood, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to an alternative assessment and accountability pilot program under the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System.
Amend KRS 158.6453 to add an alternative assessment pilot program to the components of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS); create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the pilot program to permit selected districts to use specified nationally standardized achievement tests and other component in lieu of the CATS Assessment; enumerate the requirements for the alternative assessment program; require the Kentucky Board of Education to consult with school districts in developing the program; require the administrative regulations to establish the application procedures and selection criteria for school districts to participate in the pilot program, and to develop accountability goals for school districts; require the Kentucky Department of Education to provide districts funds to implement the program; require the Kentucky Department of Education to seek a waiver from the Secretary of the United States Department of Education to permit implementation of the alternative assessment pilot program; amend KRS 164.6455 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 15-2nd reading; to Education (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, to Rules
Feb 18-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 20-16; received in House
Feb 28-to Education (H)
SB 198 (BR 1077) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to education finance.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157.611 to 157.640 to establish the urgent need school trust fund; amend KRS 157.611 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 199 (BR 482) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to community mental health-mental retardation services.
Amend KRS 210.420 to specify the distribution of all state funds to community mental health-mental retardation boards as 70% for per capita allocations adjusted yearly, 10% for incentive allocations, and 20% for discretionary allocations.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 200/LM (BR 1663) - R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to legal publications.
Amend KRS 91A.040 to change auditor's requirements for city audits; allow local governments to publish a legal advertisement announcing the audit and its findings; permit local governments to publish components of the audit on the Internet; allow audit report to be inspected by public during normal business hours; amend KRS 424.130 to permit counties other than those containing a city of the first class or a consolidated local government to publish delinquent taxes on the Internet, in lieu of newspaper publication; amend KRS 424.220 to allow cities, counties, and special districts to publish financial statements on the Internet; amend KRS 424.330 to permit sheriffs and cities to publish lists of uncollectible delinquent taxes on the Internet.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 201 (BR 1215) - T. Buford
AN ACT relating to charitable health care.
Repeal, amend, and reenact KRS 216.940, 216.941, 216.942, 216.943, and 216.945 as new sections of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304, transferring responsibility for registration of charitable health care providers to the Department of Insurance; and amend KRS 304.40-075, 313.254, and 313.445 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (S)
SB 202 (BR 1323) - A. Kerr
AN ACT relating to adjustments to child support awards for shared parenting time.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to establish conditions for adjusting the presumptive child support award under the child support guidelines table on the basis of a shared parenting order for physical custody of a child; exempt children receiving public assistance.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Judiciary (S)
SB 203 (BR 1593) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Amend KRS 341.190 to authorize the unemployment insurance program to contract with consumer reporting agencies to provide secure electronic access to wage and employment data of employees; require written consent from employee; require the consumer reporting agency to comply with federal and state credit reporting laws; require the secretary for workforce development to establish audit and security standards, and establish fees; require consumer reporting agency to pay all development and start-up costs; direct that proceeds be deposited in the general fund.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (S)
SB 204/LM (BR 1560) - R. Palmer II
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.
Amend KRS 189A.010 relating to driving under the influence to increase the time to take a blood alcohol test from two hours after driving to four hours after driving; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to require law enforcement agencies in other jurisdictions in Kentucky to secure blood alcohol tests for requesting peace officers when the defendant is located in that other jurisdiction.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Judiciary (S)
SB 205/LM (BR 497) - R. Roeding, D. Thayer
AN ACT relating to labor organizations.
Amend KRS 336.130 to prohibit mandatory membership or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 336.180 to revise the definition of "labor organization" to include a union; define "public body" to mean the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions including, school districts and postsecondary education systems; define "employee" to mean any person employed by an employer, including employees of a public body; amend 336.990 to make a violation of this Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages and provide injunctive relief; create a new section to exempt existing contracts or agreements; create a new section to name this Act as the "Kentucky Right to Work Act"; amend KRS 67A.6904, KRS 67C.406, KRS 78.470, KRS 78.480, and KRS 345.050 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
SB 206 (BR 1609) - T. Jensen
AN ACT relating to sales tax on telecommunication carriers.
Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt some wholesale telecommunication sales from collection of sales and use tax.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 207 (BR 1589) - R. Sanders Jr
AN ACT relating to the provision of telecommunications service.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to permit a telephone utility to elect an alternative regulation market-based competition plan; define "basic communications service," nonbasic service," "electing company"; permit a telephone utility to elect the alternative regulation plan at its discretion and without Public Service Commission approval; make election effective upon written notice by the electing company to the commission; make withdrawal from the plan at the discretion of the electing company; permit the electing company to elect to operate at its discretion under a new state or federal statute or alternative regulation plan in the event such a plan is approved; prohibit, while the plan is in effect, the electing company from increasing its rates for basic telecommunications service above the rates in effect on December 31 of the year preceding the day the electing company files its notice of election; require, while the plan is in effect, the electing company to maintain on file with the commission its rates and tariffs for basic telecommunications service generally available to all subscribers; permit the electing company to maintain at its discretion, and without commission approval, tariffs with respect to nonbasic services and require that such tariffs be deemed valid and effective upon filing; permit the electing company, at its discretion and without commission approval, to adjust basic telecommunication service rates as long as the rates remain at or below the rates that were in effect on the day of election, establish its depreciation rates, adjust its rates for nonbasic services, offer customer-specific or location specific rates, and offer bundled services at a single price; require that the electing company's rates, charges, earnings, and revenues in effect prior to and following its election under the Act to be deemed just and reasonable; exempt the electing company from commission action or review under 17 sections of KRS Chapter 278, all administrative regulations pursuant to KRS Chapter 278, and any regulations and provisions of law inconsistent with the provisions of the Act; enable the electing company to request additional exemptions from the requirements of KRS Chapter 278; require equal and uniform imposition of any commission rule or order concerning retail service objectives or retail service quality standards upon all telephone utilities; prohibit the retail service objectives and retail service quality standards from exceeding administrative regulations in effect as of the date the Act becomes effective.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 23-recommitted to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
SB 208 (BR 305) - R. Roeding, J. Denton
AN ACT relating to the Medicaid drug utilization review.
Amend KRS 205.5634 to require the Cabinet for Health Services to identify appropriate use of pharmaceuticals and determine any need for educational interventions; amend KRS 205.561 to delete the requirement that Medicaid dispensing cost reports be submitted to the Drug Management Review Advisory Board; create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.630 to encourage the Cabinet for Health Services to confer with affected parties prior to promulgating administrative regulations related to Medicaid; repeal KRS 205.5636 and 205.5638.
SB 208 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Make technical correction by deleting the strike through the word "shall."
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House
Feb 23-to Health and Welfare (H)
Mar 1-posted in committee; posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
SB 209 (BR 1318) - J. Denton, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to health insurance and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 304.14-500 to define "Medicare supplement policy"; provide that medicare supplement policy does not include Medicare Advantage under Medicare Part C, nor prescription drug plans under Medicare Part D, nor health care prepayment plans pursuant to an agreement under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1395l(a)(1)(A); amend KRS 304.17A-095 to change the guarantee of a lifetime minimum loss ratio for individual health benefit plans from seventy percent (70%) to sixty-five percent (65%); EMERGENCY.
SB 209 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, S. Riggs) - Permit an insurer to amend policy forms used prior to the effective date of the change in the minimum loss ratio guarantee under this Act and to amend the minimum loss ratio guarantee on policy forms filed and used prior to the effective date of this Act to provide for a minimum loss ratio guarantee allowed under this Act for policies issued, delivered, or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 32-1; received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 28-posted in committee; posting waived
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 83-1 with floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Mar 21-posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (1) on Monday, March 21, 2005; Senate concurred in House floor amendment (1); passed 34-1; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 183)
SB 210 (BR 1594) - J. Denton
Feb 18-WITHDRAWN
SB 211 (BR 1595) - J. Denton, R. Roeding
AN ACT relating to licensure and regulation of health facilities and services.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to allow a facility with beds licensed as nursing home beds to convert licensed nursing home beds to licensed intermediate care facility beds, and exempt the conversion from the certificate of need process; prohibit any facility with more than 60 beds from converting the beds; and require any conversion to occur prior on or before September 1, 2005; amend KRS 142.301 to except services provided through licensed personal care beds from the definition of nursing facility services, and define "total bed capacity"; amend KRS 142.361 to revise the provider assessment against nursing facility services, and exempt state veterans nursing homes; amend KRS 142.307 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Mar 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 21-2nd reading, to Rules
SB 212/CI (BR 1439) - J. Pendleton
AN ACT relating to the licensure of prescription drug wholesalers.
Amend KRS.036 to require licensure of wholesale distributors of prescription drugs; amend KRS 315.010 to define terms; create various new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to specify licensure requirements for wholesale distributors of prescription drugs; require a criminal background check for an applicant for licensure; require wholesale distributors to complete continuing education and pass a test on federal and state laws regarding the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs; establish requirements for representatives of wholesale distributors; require wholesale distributors applying for licensure to submit a bond of at least $100,000 or other equivalent security; permit wholesale distributors to receive prescription drugs from a pharmacy under an agreement between the parties; prohibit the sale of drugs to parties other than those licensed to receive the drugs; require prescription drugs to be delivered only to the premises listed on the license, except in certain circumstances; permit prescription drugs to be delivered to a hospital; require the maintenance of records and tracking of all transactions; require electronic tracking of prescription drug distribution on December 31, 2007; establish requirements for the drug pedigree; permit the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out these requirements; establish violations; and amend KRS 315.990 to establish penalties of 15 years in prison or a $50,000 fine or both for certain violations and increase the penalty to any number of years in prison or a $500,000 fine or both for knowingly committing certain violations.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Judiciary (S)
SB 213/LM (BR 1557) - D. Seum
AN ACT relating to air pollution control districts.
Amend KRS 77.015 to abolish air pollution control districts in consolidated local governments; pass funding to consolidated local government; allow consolidated local government to create new agency for air pollution control or to pass rights and duties to existing agency; stipulate that any rules and regulations be no more stringent than relevant federal rules.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
SB 214 (BR 1558) - D. Seum
AN ACT relating to land use.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require that parcels of land in residential subdivisions designated as green spaces, parks, golf courses, or similar uses continue to be used similarly once all the original residential lots in the subdivision have been sold by the developer.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 215 (BR 1581) - D. Seum
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 36 of the Constitution of Kentucky, relating to sessions of the General Assembly.
Propose to amend Section 36 of the Kentucky Constitution to limit odd-year sessions to revenue and appropriation bills, other subjects that may be proposed by the Governor, any two subjects proposed for consideration by the Senate President and House Speaker and agreed to by both of them, and items referred by statutorily created legislative committees to the General Assembly for action; restrict action upon revenue and appropriation bills in even-year sessions to a three-fifths vote; provide transition schedule for effectiveness of amendment; submit to voters.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
SB 216/FN (BR 406) - J. Rhoads, R. Jones II, D. Boswell
AN ACT relating to blood lead testing of children.
Amend KRS 158.035 to require student to present proof of blood lead testing prior to enrollment in any public or private elementary or secondary school; amend KRS 158.037 to require schools to report blood lead test results to local health departments; amend KRS 214.034 to require parents or guardians to have children tested for a blood lead level and have proof presented to schools and day care centers; and amend KRS 214.036 to permit an exemption from blood lead level testing if contrary to child's health or contrary to religious belief.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Education (S)
SB 217 (BR 1307) - C. Borders
AN ACT relating to the licensure and regulation of health care facilities and services.
Amend KRS 216B.455 to require approval of a nonsubstantive review of an application seeking to increase the number of beds if the application is submitted by an 8 or 16 bed psychiatric residential treatment facility holding an approved certificate of need on July 13, 2004.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 28-posted in committee; posting waived
Mar 1-posted in committee; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 95-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 126)
SB 218 (BR 1317) - C. Borders
AN ACT relating to medical assistance.
Amend KRS 205.640 to redirect distribution of disproportionate share funds to cover unreimbursed indigent care costs of nonstate publicly owned hospitals, allow for unreimbursed indigent care costs of state-owned university hospitals to be covered based upon transfer of the state share of payments from the hospitals to the Cabinet for Health Services, and allow for funds to private acute care hospitals to be based on the availability of state matching funds; provide for payments to be made annually to private acute state-owned university and private and public psychiatric hospitals, and quarterly to nonstate public acute hospitals; delete requirement that payments to state mental hospitals, university hospitals, acute care hospitals, and private psychiatric hospitals be equal to the maximum amount of disproportionate share payments established under the Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
SB 218 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 205.640 to retain the existing distribution percentage of disproportionate share funds for acute care hospitals and university hospitals.
HCS - Retain original provisions; establish effective date contingent upon certification, no later than July 1, 2006, to the Reviser of Statutes from the secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services that necessary federal approval of the proposed distribution of disproportionate share funds has been obtained.
HFA (1, T. Burch) - Amend KRS 205.640 to restore original language requiring total annual disproportionate share payments to be equal to the maximum amount established under federal law, subject to the availability of adequate state matching funds and not exceeding uncompensated costs.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 22-received in House
Feb 24-to Health and Welfare (H)
Mar 1-posted in committee; posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 8-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); received in Senate; posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute; bill reconsidered; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; Senate concurred in House floor amendment (1); passed 31-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 107)
SB 219 (BR 1772) - R. Roeding
Feb 15-WITHDRAWN
SB 220 (BR 1505) - D. Williams
AN ACT relating to drug testing of teachers.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to require a teacher to submit to random drug testing for a period not to exceed 12 months if the teacher has been reprimanded, disciplined, or had his or her certification suspended or revoked as a result of illegal use of controlled substances.
SB 220 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions except to clarify that drug testing of a teacher shall only be done after an administrative or judicial proceeding; provide that the Education and Professional Standards Board, rather than the Ky. Board of Education, will promulgate administrative regulations relating to drug testing; delete maximum 12 month duration of drug testing when a certificate has been revoked or suspended; clarify that Education Professional Standards Board may require other conditions for reissuance or reinstatement of certificate; define "teacher" as any person for whom certification is required for employment in the public schools of the commonwealth.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Education (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Feb 23-recommitted to Education (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute; received in House
Feb 28-to Education (H); posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
SB 221 (BR 969) - K. Stine
AN ACT relating to occupational license fees in counties and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 68.197 to make grammatical changes; EMERGENCY.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SB 222 (BR 1374) - W. Blevins Jr, E. Worley
AN ACT relating to recommendations for a healthy Kentucky and declaring an emergency.
Create sections of KRS Chapter 194A to set forth General Assembly findings, declarations, and goals; create the nine member Commission for a Healthy Kentucky within the Cabinet for Health Services to develop an action plan to improve the health and well-being of all Kentuckians pursuant to the goals identified by Health Kentuckians 2010; establish membership qualifications with members to be appointed by Governor by June 1, 2005; require Governor to appoint the chair; require the First Lady of the Commonwealth to be a special advisor to the commission; permit members to be reappointed to a second term of four years, and permit staggering of terms to assure continuity of experience; require commission to cease to exist no later than December 31, 2010; require commission to meet monthly for first 18 months, and quarterly thereafter, with first meeting by August 1, 2005; establish duties of the commission to include an inventory of local resources, including faith-based, for-profit, not-for-profit entities that are active in providing health care education, preventive care, disease detection, and treatment; require testimony to be solicited from local citizens, health department directors, directors of family resource and youth services centers, teachers, students, school cafeteria administrators, and others; require strategies to be developed to achieve goals of commission; require input from local extension agents; place local groups with responsibility to implement the plan, such as 4-H Club councils, faith-based organizations, extension advisory councils, among others; encourage development of incentives for participation in employee wellness programs; involve state college and university personnel for assistance with developing action plan; require media consultation for advice on methods to disseminate information about the action plan; build upon existing collaborative initiatives, wherever possible; assess availability of federal and other grant opportunities; permit commission to employ consultants; permit commission to form subcommittees or work groups consisting of members or nonmembers of the commission; require commission to use available data to assess effectiveness of local entities in meeting the health care goals; require recommendations for an action plan in a report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "competitive food," "school-day-approved beverage," and "school day"; prohibit a school from selling during a school day certain chewing gum and water ices, food with more than 40% added sugar by weight, or items with more than 6 grams of fat per serving, except for seeds and nuts; prohibit an elementary school from selling anything other than school-day-approved beverages in vending machines and through fundraisers during a school day; permit a school to offer the a la carte sale in the cafeteria line those items that meet the United States Department of Agriculture standard for a breakfast or lunch component, except permit the sale of frozen desserts that have at least 25% real juice, yogurt, and dairy products; require during a school day that 75% of beverages offered in a middle school consist of school-day-approved beverages, except that the sale of beverages to students in competition with the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program shall be prohibited during the school day until 30 minutes after the close of the last lunch serving period, unless a waiver is obtained from the Kentucky Board of Education; provide that the food and beverage requirements are effective with the 2006-2007 school year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to require each school district to appoint a food service director, although two or more contiguous districts may form one school food service area with only one food service director; require the food service director to obtain a school food service and nutrition specialist credential or the Level 2 certificate issued by the American School Food Service Association by July 30, 2008; require ten hours of continuing education to maintain the credential; require school cafeteria managers to obtain at least two hours of continuing education each year in applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation; amend KRS 156.160 to permit physical activity to be performed during recess in elementary schools and require that any such recess be considered part of the instructional day; specify penalties for violation of provisions relating to the sale of competitive foods and beverages; EMERGENCY.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Education (S)
SB 223/LM (BR 1654) - V. McGaha
AN ACT relating to the Office of Inspector General.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the authority of the Inspector General to investigate allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance, misfeasance, malfeasance, violations of the chapter, or violations of other laws or procedures relating to programs in the Cabinet for Health Services or Cabinet for Families and Children; require state and local government employees to cooperate with investigations of the Inspector General; permit the Inspector General to have access to records relating to investigations, and require recipients of public assistance to give consent, as condition precedent to receiving public assistance, to the cabinet making inquiry of past and present employers, income tax returns, and other records; establish authority for administrative subpoenas within the Office of the Inspector General in response to failure to appear for show cause order; allow service and enforcement of administrative subpoenas; amend KRS 194A.505 to define "administrative penalties" and "program abuse"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require persons with knowledge to report fraud, waste, and abuse, and establish a fine of $1,000 for failure to make a report; create the fraud, waste, and abuse recovery fund; amend KRS 194A.505 to permit the Inspector General to commence administrative proceedings to enforce violations of the chapter, and permit cumulative effect of the penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish prohibited activities to procure benefits; specify administrative penalties and allow for enforcement; amend KRS 205.010 to define "overpayment"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require records that relate to goods or services to be maintained by providers or subcontractors, and establish penalty of 150% of the amount payable for which insufficient audit records exist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to specify for administrative sanctions; amend KRS 205.8451 to clarify definition of provider abuse; amend KRS 205.8455 to allow for recipient utilization controls and remove references to the Recipient Utilization Review Committee; amend KRS 205.8467 to permit certain recoveries to be made into the fraud, waste, and abuse recovery fund; amend KRS 194B.500 to define "administrative penalty," "provider," "and program abuse"; amend KRS 194B.505 to permit the Inspector General to commence administrative proceedings to enforce violations of the chapter, and permit cumulative effect of the penalties; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish prohibited activities to procure benefits, and specify administrative penalties and allow for enforcement; amend KRS 205.8459 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 16-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Health and Welfare (S)
SB 224 (BR 1473) - J. Rhoads, D. Mongiardo
AN ACT relating to health care providers.
Amend KRS 304.13-051 to require medical malpractice insurers who, for the 90-day period prior to filing, did not issue or renew medical malpractice insurance policies in Kentucky to file rates at least 30 days before the proposed effective date of the rates; authorize the commissioner to hold a hearing on the rate filing; require the insurer to notify policyholders of the proposed rate increase; create new sections of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to require medical malpractice insurers before the first of March 2005 and annually thereafter to file with the commissioner a medical malpractice insurance premium and market statement for the preceding calendar year; create new sections of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to create the Kentucky Health Care Providers' Mutual Insurance Authority to provide medical malpractice insurance to health care providers; provide that the authority is a nonprofit, independent, self-supporting de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth; provide for a board of directors which shall function in a manner similar to the governing body of a mutual insurance company; direct the board to hire a manager who shall have proven successful experience for a period of at least five years as an executive at the general management level in insurance operations or in the management of a state fund for medical malpractice; establish powers and duties of the manager; require the authority to provide medical malpractice insurance to any health care provider who pays the premium and complies with any other qualifications and conditions adopted by the authority; require the authority to provide coverage to any health care provider who is unable to secure coverage in the voluntary market unless the provider owes undisputed premiums to a previous medical malpractice carrier or to a medical malpractice residual market mechanism; direct the authority to establish separate rating plans, rates, and underwriting standards for different classes of risks; require rates to be based only on Kentucky experience; authorize the board to declare an annual dividend and distribute it in the form of premium discounts, dividends, or a combination of discounts and dividends if certain conditions are met; require a quarterly report of assets and liabilities to be provided to the board, the Governor, and the Legislative Research Commission; require the board to file an annual report indicating the business done in the previous year and deliver the report to the Governor, commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, and co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission; prohibit the authority from entering into a contract for an audit unless the Auditor of Public Accounts has turned down a request to perform the audit; provide that if the assets of the authority are less than its liabilities, the board may levy an assessment on its policyholders; require the board to formulate and adopt an investment policy; require the manager to compile and maintain statistical and actuarial data; prohibit the authority from receiving any direct state general fund appropriation; provide that upon request of the board, the Governor and the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet may determine additional initial funding which may include a loan from an existing state agencies not to exceed seven million dollars ($7,000,000); authorize the issuance of revenue bonds not to exceed forty million dollars ($40,000,000) upon approval of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; provide that the authority may utilize only agents duly and legally licensed and in good standing with the provisions of this chapter; exempt board members, the manager, and any employee from being held personally liable for acts taken in official capacity; require the board, manager, and employees to comply with the Executive Branch Code of Ethics; prohibit the authority from participating in any plan, pool, association, guarantee, or insolvency fund required by this chapter; require the board to comply with the open meetings and open records laws; direct the Attorney General and the Auditor of Public Accounts to monitor operations of the authority and authorize each to make examinations or investigations of the operations, practices, management, and other matters of the authority; require the Attorney General and the Auditor of Public Accounts to report jointly to the General Assembly in January in each even-numbered year in which the General Assembly convenes in a regular session the results of their monitoring activities; create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to require a plaintiff alleging malpractice against a health care provider to serve upon the defendant an affidavit stating that the facts of the case have been reviewed by plaintiff's attorney with an expert and it is the opinion of the expert that one or more defendants deviated from the applicable standard of care and caused injury to the plaintiff; require that a lawsuit against a health care provider be submitted to mediation to be held within 180 days after all responsive pleadings are filed; allow parties to consent to a postponement of up to 60 days; permit parties to opt out of mediation only by obtaining a court order; permit parties to mutually agree to select a mediator; direct the court to appoint mediator if parties cannot agree within 20 days after all responsive pleadings are filed; require parties to provide mediator with a statement of issues at least seven days prior to mediation; authorize mediator to cancel mediation if all parties do not submit statement of issues or any party fails to attend within the first 30 minutes of the session; authorize those persons present at the session to settle the case for an amount deemed appropriate by the party or parties they represent, direct the parties to extend authority to settle to their insurers where consent to settle is required by the policy of insurance; provide that if a settlement is reached the parties must file notice with the court within ten days; require the mediator to file a report with the court on the outcome of mediation; require the parties to pay the mediator's fee equally; permit the substitution of the liability insurer as the real party in interest in a claim for medical malpractice or negligence against a health care provider if the plaintiff files a verified acknowledgment that the plaintiff will accept the limits of any available insurance in payment of any settlement or verdict; create new sections of KRS 216B to create a patient safety center within the Cabinet for Health Services or the Cabinet for Public Health; require as a condition of licensure that every hospital and ambulatory surgical center establish a process for identifying and managing sentinel events; provide that hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations shall be in compliance if they comply with joint commission standards for sentinel events; require the cabinet to analyze the root cause for each sentinel event directly reported to the center and provide evidence-based recommendations to the facility reporting the event; require the cabinet to annually obtain from the joint commission a nonidentifiable report summarizing the number and type of sentinel events and types of root causes reported to it by Kentucky facilities; require every hospital to establish a patient safety program as a condition of licensure; and amend KRS 311.377 to provide that certain information is confidential and cannot be used in a civil action alleging negligent credentialing.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (S)
SB 225/CI (BR 1305) - D. Williams
AN ACT relating to controlled substances.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to specify that possession of a controlled substance includes having that controlled substance in one's body, as identified by blood, breath, urine or hair testing; specify a penalty one degree lower than for possession of the same substance outside of the body and the same controlled substance outside the body arising from the same course of conduct.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Judiciary (S)
Senate Resolutions
Includes opposite chamber sponsors where requested by primary sponsors of substantially similar bills in both chambers and jointly approved by the Committee on Committees of both chambers. Opposite chamber sponsors are represented in italics.
Introduced Jan. 4, 2005
SR 1 (BR 260) - D. Williams
Adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the 2005 Regular Session of the Senate.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
SR 2 (BR 259) - D. Williams, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, K. Winters, E. Worley
Invite the pastors of the various churches of Frankfort to open daily sessions of the 2005 Regular Session with prayer.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
SR 3 (BR 258) - D. Williams
Direct appointment of a committee to wait upon the Governor.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
SJR 4 (BR 325) - J. Turner
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name a section of KY 317 in Letcher County the "Letcher County Coal Miners Highway," and erect appropriate signs.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Transportation (S)
SR 5 (BR 397) - R. Roeding, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Jack Wright.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 6 (BR 804) - T. Buford, R. Roeding, D. Thayer, J. Westwood
Urge the Congressional Delegation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to support legislation to abolish the federal estate tax permanently.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
SR 7 (BR 401) - T. Buford, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of J. T. Collins.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 8 (BR 402) - T. Buford, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Edgar Ray Burrus.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 9 (BR 499) - T. Buford, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Sandi Bastin.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 10 (BR 338) - D. Boswell, J. Carroll, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, T. Buford, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of John William Muster III.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 11 (BR 398) - R. Roeding, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Theodore Courtney Schrand.
Jan 4-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Jan. 5, 2005
SJR 12 (BR 322) - G. Tapp
Designate Shelby County as the American Saddlebred Horse Capital of the World.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, adopted 34-0
Feb 11-received in House
Feb 14-to State Government (H)
SR 13 (BR 396) - R. Roeding, K. Stine, E. Harris, D. Thayer, J. Westwood
Adjourn the Senate in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 14 (BR 472) - A. Kerr
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Lance Corporal Sean M. Langley.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SJR 15 (BR 58) - C. Borders
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name a road under construction in Lewis County the "Ronald Reagan Memorial Parkway," and erect appropriate signs upon opening the road to traffic.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Transportation (S)
SR 16 (BR 835) - D. Boswell, D. Williams, R. Leeper, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, T. Shaughnessy, J. Turner, K. Winters
Honor Mayor Waymond O. Morris on the occasion of his retirement from the Office of Mayor of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 17 (BR 468) - D. Boswell, D. Seum, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Sergeant James W. Harlan.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 18 (BR 410) - D. Seum, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Staff Sergeant George S. Rentschler.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 19 (BR 488) - R. Roeding, J. Westwood
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Carl J. Ruh.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Feb 2-adopted by voice vote
SR 20 (BR 474) - R. Leeper, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Sergeant Christopher T. Heflin.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 21 (BR 464) - T. Buford, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Corporal Nicholas J. Dieruf.
Jan 5-introduced in Senate
Jan 6-to Senate Floor
Jan 7-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Jan. 6, 2005
SR 22 (BR 864) - E. Scorsone, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Guy Mattison Davenport Jr.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SCR 23 (BR 487) - D. Williams
Provide that when the Senate and House of Representatives adjourn on January 7, 2005, they adjourn until February 1, 2005, when the second part of the 2005 Regular Session shall convene.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Jan 7-received in House; adopted by voice vote
SR 24 (BR 868) - R. Palmer II
Honor Ms. Louise Summers, Director of the Montgomery County Community Education program, on being elected to serve as president of the National Community Education Association for 2005.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 25 (BR 466) - B. Guthrie, R. Sanders Jr, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Lieutenant Robert L. Henderson II.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Senate Floor
Feb 9-adopted by voice vote
SR 26 (BR 860) - E. Harris, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Georgia Boxley Ensminger, upon the occasion of her death.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 27 (BR 862) - E. Harris, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Marion Alexander "Chunk" Caywood.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 28 (BR 863) - E. Harris, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Offer condolences to the family of Quinn Callahan Dunn.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 29 (BR 861) - E. Harris, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Janie Ruth Gilliam Clore.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 30 (BR 495) - R. Roeding, D. Thayer, J. Westwood
Request the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Congressional Delegation to support meaningful medical malpractice liability reform.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
SR 31 (BR 470) - E. Tori, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, D. Seum Stephenson, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Lance Corporal DeShon E. Otey.
Jan 6-introduced in Senate
Jan 7-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Jan. 7, 2005
SCR 32 (BR 311) - G. Tapp
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a study regarding the advisability of licensing physician assistants; report study results to the appropriate committees by December 15, 2005.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
SR 33 (BR 894) - T. Buford
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Michael Bruce Zirnheld.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Senate Floor
Feb 2-adopted by voice vote
SJR 34 (BR 165) - R. Sanders Jr
Direct the Cabinet for Health Services to establish a short term work group to develop legislative and policy recommendations on the creation of a statewide organ and tissue donor registry.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Health and Welfare (S)
SR 35 (BR 926) - D. Kelly
Recognize Dana Seum Stephenson as the duly elected and qualified member of the Senate from the 37th District; invite Stephenson to take the oath of office; provide that Stephenson be seated as the Senator from the 37th District.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate; posted for passage for Friday, January 7, 2005; adopted by voice vote
SR 36 (BR 917) - D. Thayer, J. Westwood, J. Denton, V. McGaha, R. Roeding, K. Stine, G. Tapp, E. Tori
Adjourn the Senate in honor of President Ronald Wilson Reagan, the fortieth President of the United States.
Jan 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 1-to Senate Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 1, 2005
SR 37 (BR 832) - G. Neal, W. Blevins Jr, D. Harper Angel, R. Jones II, D. Mongiardo, R. Palmer II, J. Ridley, J. Turner, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Shirley Chisholm.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 17-adopted by voice vote
SR 38 (BR 882) - R. Stivers II
Recognize the Kentucky Association of Circuit Court Clerks for its 100 years of service to the Commonwealth.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 15-adopted by voice vote
SR 39 (BR 972) - J. Westwood, R. Roeding
Honor the Beechwood High School Football Tigers, 2004 KHSAA Class A Football State Champions.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
SR 40 (BR 873) - D. Thayer
Support of the United States Armed Forces and President George W. Bush for their steadfast efforts in protecting our nation and fighting terror.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Mar 21-adopted by voice vote
SR 41 (BR 1078) - D. Thayer
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Daniel Raymond Gordon.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 18-adopted by voice vote
SR 42 (BR 1004) - E. Harris, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Memorialize Louis T. Peniston and adjourn the Senate in his honor.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 17-adopted by voice vote
SR 43 (BR 1040) - J. Ridley, J. Pendleton
Encourage promotion and preservation of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 3-adopted by voice vote
SR 44 (BR 1084) - E. Scorsone
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Harry Rosenberg.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 11-adopted by voice vote
SR 45 (BR 975) - E. Scorsone
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Michael Laine Allen.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 11-adopted by voice vote
SR 46 (BR 976) - E. Scorsone
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Sidney Belle Johnson.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 11-adopted by voice vote
SR 47 (BR 1144) - E. Scorsone, D. Mongiardo
Recognize March as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 14-adopted by voice vote
SR 48 (BR 384) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Randall G. Phillips to the Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 49 (BR 381) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Nancy R. Mitchell to the Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 50 (BR 376) - D. Williams
Confirm the reappointment of Richard M. Joiner as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2008.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 51 (BR 439) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of John W. Thacker as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2008.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 52 (BR 385) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Marcus Stephen Carey to the Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 53 (BR 441) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Jeanetta Lee Massey to the Kentucky Parole Board as a part-time member for a term expiring June 10, 2005.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 54 (BR 383) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Andrew F. Manno as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2008.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 55 (BR 386) - D. Williams
Confirm William Gregory Coker as a commissioner of the Public Service Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2008.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 7-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 56 (BR 442) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Mark Douglas Gibson to the Kentucky Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2007.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 57 (BR 440) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Theodore R. Kuster to the Kentucky Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2008.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 58 (BR 382) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of A. Thomas Davis as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2008.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 4-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 7-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 59 (BR 1153) - D. Williams, J. Denton, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, K. Winters, E. Worley
Memorialize James L. Meagher.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 3-adopted by voice vote
SR 60 (BR 1049) - R. Roeding
Recognize the third Saturday in May as Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
SR 61 (BR 991) - D. Boswell, J. Rhoads, W. Blevins Jr, T. Buford, D. Harper Angel, R. Leeper, D. Mongiardo, J. Pendleton, T. Shaughnessy, J. Turner, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Carroll Roberts.
Feb 1-introduced in Senate
Feb 2-to Senate Floor
Feb 3-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 2, 2005
SR 62 (BR 1164) - J. Westwood, K. Stine, V. McGaha, R. Roeding, D. Seum, D. Thayer, E. Tori
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Martha Jaynes Rassenfoss.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 3-to Senate Floor
Feb 4-adopted by voice vote
SR 63 (BR 496) - R. Roeding
Request the Commonwealth of Kentucky's United States Senators to move quickly to confirm all nominations by President George W. Bush to the United States Supreme Court.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Judiciary (S)
SCR 64 (BR 997) - J. Turner
Urge the United States Congress to require the Federal Railroad Administration to conduct a rule-making process on the use of unmanned remote control locomotives.
Feb 2-introduced in Senate
Feb 7-to Transportation (S)
SJR 65 (BR 998) - J. Turner, R. Jones II
Feb 3-WITHDRAWN
Introduced Feb. 3, 2005
SR 66 (BR 377) - D. Williams
Confirm the Governor's appointment of Raymond F. DeSloover to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation, replacing Gypsy L. Cantrell, for the remainder of the unexpired term ending November 28, 2006.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, adopted 35-0
SR 67 (BR 387) - D. Williams
Confirm the Governor's appointment of Jimmie D. Morgan to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation, replacing Bill Covington who resigned, for the remainder of the unexpired term ending November 28, 2005.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, adopted 35-0
SJR 68 (BR 1188) - J. Turner
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to Name KY 979 in Floyd County the "Eula Hall Highway," and erect appropriate signs.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Transportation (S)
SR 69 (BR 1171) - J. Turner, R. Jones II, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory of Jerry Fronce Howell.
Feb 3-introduced in Senate
Feb 4-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 4, 2005
SR 70 (BR 1421) - D. Harper Angel, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in honor of National Wear Red Day for Women on February 4, 2005.
Feb 4-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 7, 2005
SR 71 (BR 1146) - D. Harper Angel, J. Pendleton, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, R. Palmer II, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, E. Scorsone, J. Turner, E. Worley
Urge the Governor to establish a prescription drug importation program and to implement the program upon promulgation of the necessary federal regulations; recommend elements of the program, including safeguards and monitoring of the program to evaluate safety and efficacy of the drugs; recommend annual reporting on the effectiveness and cost-savings; urge the Governor to request that the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services certify to Congress that importation of drugs from Canada by licensed pharmacists, distributors, and wholesalers does not pose any additional risks and would result in a significant decrease in the cost of drugs; urge the Governor to request that the secretary of the Department for Health and Human Services promulgate administrative regulations permitting pharmacists, distributors, and wholesalers to import drugs; direct the Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Office of the Governor.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
SR 72 (BR 1016) - J. Westwood, K. Stine, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Senator and Mrs. Richard L. Roeding upon the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Senate Floor
Feb 17-adopted by voice vote
SR 73 (BR 1059) - E. Scorsone
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Holly Buckner Salisbury upon the occasion of her imminent retirement as Executive Director of the University of Kentucky's Singletary Center.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Senate Floor
Feb 14-adopted by voice vote
SR 74 (BR 380) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of William Paul Reed to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority for a term expiring December 31, 2005.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, adopted 35-0
SR 75 (BR 388) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of William P. Emrick as the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, adopted 35-0
SR 76 (BR 379) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Lois Ann Disponett to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority for a term expiring December 31, 2005.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, adopted 35-0
SR 77 (BR 389) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Jon W. Ackerson to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority for a term expiring December 31, 2007.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, adopted 35-0
SR 78 (BR 1257) - E. Harris
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of James Paul Proctor.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Senate Floor
Feb 9-adopted by voice vote
SJR 79 (BR 1386) - J. Turner
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name the bridge on KY 1428 in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, over the CSX railroad the "Col. Andrew Jackson May Bridge," and erect appropriate signs.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Transportation (S)
SR 80 (BR 1340) - D. Thayer, T. Buford, J. Carroll, A. Kerr, E. Scorsone
Support and commend the annual Festival of the Bluegrass and the annual collaboration between the Festival of the Bluegrass and the Kentucky Horse Park.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 8-to Senate Floor
Feb 18-adopted by voice vote
SCR 81 (BR 1181) - J. Pendleton, J. Ridley, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, D. Harper Angel, R. Jones II, R. Leeper, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Rhoads, E. Scorsone, T. Shaughnessy, J. Turner, E. Worley
Establish a Task Force on Firefighter Benefits; set reporting date for final report.
Feb 7-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 15-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Introduced Feb. 8, 2005
SJR 82 (BR 1420) - T. Buford, E. Worley, G. Neal
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a section of US 25 in Madison County in honor of John G. Fee, founder of Berea College.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Transportation (S)
SR 83 (BR 1736) - D. Seum, C. Gibson, K. Winters
Adjourn the Senate in honor of the 95th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 9-to Senate Floor
Feb 14-adopted by voice vote
SR 84 (BR 1345) - E. Scorsone
Urge the members of the Kentucky Delegation to the Congress of the United States to reintroduce the provisions of the Elder Justice Act of 2003 as the Elder Justice Act of 2005, to pass the act, and send it to the President.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Judiciary (S)
SJR 85 (BR 1145) - D. Harper Angel, W. Blevins Jr, D. Boswell, J. Rhoads, T. Shaughnessy, J. Turner, E. Worley
Direct the Cabinet for Health Services and the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities to study and report on the needs of and services available to older caregivers who provide care to persons with mental retardation or developmental disabilities.
SJR 85 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Require only the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities to conduct the study and make the report.
SCA (1/Title, D. Harper Angel) - Make title amendment.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, adopted 34-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 23-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, adopted 95-0
Mar 4-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 65)
Introduced Feb. 9, 2005
SR 86 (BR 992) - G. Neal
Honor the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 87 (BR 371) - D. Williams
Confirm Executive Order 2004-597, dated June 15, 2004, appointing Timm Marden Hurst to the Personnel Board to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of Jack C. Smith , Jr. ending January 1, 2008.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor
Feb 10-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
SR 88 (BR 370) - D. Williams
Confirm Executive Order 2004-597, dated June 15, 2004, appointing Rick W. Ifland to the Personnel Board for a term to expire on January 1, 2008.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor
Feb 11-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
SR 89 (BR 1389) - W. Blevins Jr, J. Turner, D. Boswell, D. Harper Angel, R. Leeper, R. Palmer II, J. Rhoads
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Irene Bowen Cornett.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor
Feb 14-adopted by voice vote
SR 90 (BR 1735) - J. Turner, D. Kelly, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Declare February 9, 2005 to be Disabilities Awareness Day.
Feb 9-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 10, 2005
SR 91 (BR 1751) - R. Sanders Jr
Honor the Simpson County Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Senate Floor
Mar 21-adopted by voice vote
SJR 92 (BR 1200) - G. Neal
Direct the Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the resources needed in each school to help each child achieve reading and literacy proficiency by 2014; require the Department of Education to submit its findings and recommendations to the Interim Joint Committee on Education no later than November 1, 2005.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Education (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, adopted 35-0
Feb 22-received in House
Feb 24-to Education (H)
Feb 28-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, adopted 97-0; received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 94)
SR 93 (BR 1740) - G. Neal
Honor and recognize Kentuckians who served our country as members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Senate Floor
Feb 16-adopted by voice vote
SJR 94 (BR 1274) - C. Borders
Direct the Cabinet for Health Services to expand community based services that are self-directed by the consumer and that promote independence and productivity using evidence-based best practices.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, adopted 36-0; received in House
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 23-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, adopted 95-0
Mar 4-received in Senate; enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
Mar 8-enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 64)
SJR 95 (BR 1474) - J. Rhoads, D. Mongiardo, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, R. Jones II, G. Neal, J. Pendleton, J. Ridley, E. Scorsone, J. Turner, K. Winters, E. Worley
Direct the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate to establish the Blue Ribbon Panel on Health Insurance in the Private Market; require the panel to report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Governor no later than October 31, 2005; require the panel to address accessibility to health insurance, trends in health insurance, quality of health care in Kentucky, ability of consumers to control costs, health status of Kentuckians, high deductible health plans, health savings accounts, health reimbursement accounts, flexible spending accounts, and other issues identified by the panel; EMERGENCY.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (S)
SCR 96 (BR 956) - J. Denton, D. Seum, T. Buford, D. Harper Angel, G. Neal, E. Scorsone, T. Shaughnessy
Recognize the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville and the Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center at the University of Kentucky as comprehensive cancer centers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, adopted 35-0
Feb 18-received in House
Feb 22-to Education (H)
Feb 28-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005
SR 97 (BR 1390) - W. Blevins Jr, R. Jones II, D. Boswell, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, J. Turner
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Harold R. Johnson.
Feb 10-introduced in Senate
Feb 11-to Senate Floor
Feb 14-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 11, 2005
SR 98 (BR 1752) - D. Williams
Declare the month of February 2005 as American Heart Month and February 15, 2005 as Go Red for Women Day in Kentucky.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Senate Floor
Feb 15-adopted by voice vote
SR 99 (BR 1745) - E. Scorsone
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Joseph S. Wile.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 14-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SJR 100 (BR 1076) - J. Turner
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate KY 3024E as "Kassidy Mountain Road," and erect appropriate signs.
Feb 11-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Transportation (S)
Introduced Feb. 14, 2005
SR 101 (BR 1756) - V. McGaha
Recognizing February 13-19, 2005, as Career and Technical Education Week and February 15, 2005 as Student Organization Leadership day.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor
Feb 15-adopted by voice vote
SR 102 (BR 1748) - V. McGaha
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Curtis Lee Wilson.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Senate Floor
Mar 21-adopted by voice vote
SJR 103 (BR 1744) - J. Westwood
Urge the Secretary of State, the Department of Education, the Administrative Office of the Courts and others to continue to expand the work of the 2004 Summit on Civic Literacy to encourage citizens to be more involved members of their communities.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Education (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
Mar 1-received in House
Mar 2-to Education (H)
SR 104 (BR 1149) - D. Williams
Confirm the Governor's reappointment of Porter G. Peeples to the Kentucky Housing Corporation's Board of Directors, representing the interests of the homeless population, for a term ending October 30, 2008.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 105 (BR 444) - D. Williams
Confirm the Governor's appointment of Don Ball to the Kentucky Housing Corporation's Board of Directors, representing the interests of the home construction industry, for the remainder of the unexpired term of David Greenburg ending October 30, 2007.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 106 (BR 368) - D. Williams
Confirm the Governor's reappointment of Judge James William Howerton to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation for a term ending November 28, 2008.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 107 (BR 966) - D. Williams
Confirm the Governor's appointment of Gail Melvin to the Kentucky Housing Corporation's Board of Directors, representing the interests of local government, for a term expiring October 30, 2008.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 108 (BR 445) - D. Williams
Confirm the Governor's appointment of David A. Wombwell to the Kentucky Housing Corporation's Board of Directors, representing the interests of financial lending institutions, for the remainder of the unexpired term of Michael N. Harreld ending October 30, 2007.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 109 (BR 369) - D. Williams
Confirm Executive Order 2004-917, dated August 19, 2004, appointing John Chowning to the Personnel Board to serve out the unexpired term of Robert A. Bowman ending January 1, 2006.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 110 (BR 1631) - D. Williams
Confirm Executive Order 2005-125, dated February 7, 2005, which appoints Joy A. Moore of Florence, Kentucky, to the State Personnel Board for a term to expire on January 1, 2009.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 111 (BR 1290) - D. Williams
Confirm the appointment of Martin J. Koetters as the Executive Director of the Office of Insurance.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 112 (BR 1291) - D. Williams
Confirm Kenneth O. Mitchell as administrator of commercial mobile radio service emergency communications.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 113 (BR 1632) - D. Williams
Confirm appointment of Walter Patrick of Lawrenceburg to the Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring August 15, 2008.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 114 (BR 1758) - G. Neal
Honor Ray Charles.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Senate Floor
Feb 17-adopted by voice vote
SR 115 (BR 1759) - G. Neal
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Dr. Dorothy Height and her contributions to the liberation of black women in the United States.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Senate Floor
Feb 17-adopted by voice vote
SR 116 (BR 1762) - G. Neal
Honor the accomplishments of Kentucky educator James Bond.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Senate Floor
Feb 17-adopted by voice vote
SR 117 (BR 1766) - E. Tori
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Dominik Bonano.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate
Feb 15-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 118 (BR 1763) - D. Williams, D. Kelly
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Alice Geneva Meimann Roeding.
Feb 14-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor
Mar 21-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 15, 2005
SR 119 (BR 1768) - D. Thayer, A. Kerr, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of John R. Gaines.
Feb 15-introduced in Senate
Feb 16-to Senate Floor
Mar 21-adopted by voice vote
SR 120 (BR 1777) - D. Thayer
Consent to the appointment of Melinda Wheeler as director of the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Feb 15-introduced in Senate
Feb 18-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
SR 121 (BR 1760) - G. Neal
Memorialize Ossie Davis.
Feb 15-introduced in Senate
Feb 16-to Senate Floor
Feb 17-adopted by voice vote
SR 122 (BR 1757) - G. Neal
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of A. Philip Randolph.
Feb 15-introduced in Senate
Feb 16-to Senate Floor
Feb 17-adopted by voice vote
SR 123 (BR 1776) - E. Worley, R. Jones II, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, G. Neal, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Larry M. Greathouse.
Feb 15-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 16, 2005
SR 124 (BR 1780) - G. Neal
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Allen Allensworth.
Feb 16-introduced in Senate
Feb 17-to Senate Floor
Feb 25-adopted by voice vote
SR 125 (BR 1755) - G. Neal
Honor Melvin "Kip" Holden.
Feb 16-introduced in Senate
Feb 17-to Senate Floor
Feb 25-adopted by voice vote
SR 126 (BR 1784) - V. McGaha, D. Williams
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Curtis Lee Wilson.
Feb 16-introduced in Senate; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 17, 2005
SR 127 (BR 1781) - G. Neal
Honor the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials and the Kentucky Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials.
Feb 17-introduced in Senate
Feb 18-to Senate Floor
Feb 24-adopted by voice vote
SR 128 (BR 1761) - G. Neal
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Barbara Jordan.
Feb 17-introduced in Senate
Feb 18-to Senate Floor
Feb 25-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 18, 2005
SR 129 (BR 1787) - G. Tapp
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Kiwanis International upon the occasion of its 90th birthday on January 21, 2005.
Feb 18-introduced in Senate
Feb 22-to Senate Floor
Feb 23-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 22, 2005
SR 130 (BR 1753) - B. Guthrie, R. Sanders Jr
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Mills Davis upon the occasion of reaching the earth's highest peak, Mount Everest, on May 24, 2004.
Feb 22-introduced in Senate
Feb 23-to Senate Floor
Feb 24-adopted by voice vote
SR 131 (BR 1800) - D. Williams
Honor and pay a final tribute to Mrs. Opal Mae McWhorter-Hendley.
Feb 22-introduced in Senate
Feb 23-to Senate Floor
Mar 21-adopted by voice vote
SR 132 (BR 1796) - J. Carroll, D. Kelly, D. Thayer, E. Worley
Honor and commend the retired teachers of the Commonwealth.
Feb 22-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 133 (BR 1797) - G. Neal
Honor Dr. Joseph H. McMillan.
Feb 22-introduced in Senate
Feb 23-to Senate Floor
Feb 24-adopted by voice vote
SR 134 (BR 1795) - G. Neal, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Recognize the month of February 2005 as Black History Month.
Feb 22-introduced in Senate
Feb 23-to Senate Floor
Feb 24-adopted by voice vote
SR 135 (BR 1799) - D. Harper Angel, T. Shaughnessy, W. Blevins Jr
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Hunter S. Thompson.
Feb 22-introduced in Senate
Feb 23-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 23, 2005
SR 136 (BR 1792) - G. Neal, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Honor the 2004 U of L Football Cardinals, C-USA and Liberty Bowl Champions.
Feb 23-introduced in Senate
Feb 24-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 137 (BR 493) - R. Roeding
Urge United States Congressional Delegation from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to reform tort law relating to the firearms industry.
Feb 23-introduced in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
SR 138 (BR 494) - R. Roeding
Request the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Congressional Delegation to support meaningful class action reform and medical malpractice liability reform.
Feb 23-introduced in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
SR 139 (BR 1749) - W. Blevins Jr, D. Harper Angel, C. Borders, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, E. Harris, R. Jones II, R. Palmer II, J. Rhoads, J. Turner, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Warren Kenneth Clevenger.
Feb 23-introduced in Senate
Feb 24-to Senate Floor
Mar 1-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 24, 2005
SR 140 (BR 1801) - E. Scorsone
Honor Suketu P. Bhavsar, Ph.D., a recipient of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award.
Feb 24-introduced in Senate
Feb 25-to Senate Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
SR 141 (BR 1803) - E. Scorsone
Honor Eugene R. Gaetke, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award.
Feb 24-introduced in Senate
Feb 25-to Senate Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
SR 142 (BR 1805) - E. Scorsone
Honor Thomas A. McConnell, D.D.S., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award.
Feb 24-introduced in Senate
Feb 25-to Senate Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
SR 143 (BR 1806) - E. Scorsone
Honor Bruce A. Swetnam, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award.
Feb 24-introduced in Senate
Feb 25-to Senate Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
SR 144 (BR 1804) - E. Scorsone
Honor Richard Labunski, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award.
Feb 24-introduced in Senate
Feb 25-to Senate Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
SR 145 (BR 1802) - E. Scorsone
Honor Ellen Furlough, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award.
Feb 24-introduced in Senate
Feb 25-to Senate Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
SR 146 (BR 1812) - R. Leeper
Adjourn the Senate in honor of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky who have been inadvertently overlooked by this honorable body.
Feb 24-introduced in Senate
Feb 25-to Senate Floor
Mar 4-adopted by voice vote
SR 147 (BR 1765) - G. Neal
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Lyman T. Johnson.
Feb 24-introduced in Senate
Feb 25-to Senate Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 25, 2005
SR 148 (BR 1816) - J. Pendleton
Honor Robert Penn Warren on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of his birth in Guthrie, Kentucky.
Feb 25-introduced in Senate
Feb 28-to Senate Floor
Mar 1-adopted by voice vote
SR 149 (BR 1814) - E. Harris
Urge the United States Senate to enact the Clear Skies Act of 2005.
Feb 25-introduced in Senate
Feb 28-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
SR 150 (BR 1820) - T. Buford
Adjourn the Senate in honor of James E. and June C. Long upon the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Feb 25-introduced in Senate
Feb 28-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 28, 2005
SR 151 (BR 1818) - R. Leeper
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Staff Sergeant Robert S. Doughty.
Feb 28-introduced in Senate
Mar 1-to Senate Floor
Mar 3-adopted by voice vote
SR 152 (BR 1828) - R. Jones II, R. Palmer II
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Jason Todd Rowe.
Feb 28-introduced in Senate
Mar 1-to Senate Floor
Mar 8-adopted by voice vote
SR 153 (BR 492) - R. Roeding, D. Thayer
Mar 1-WITHDRAWN
Introduced Mar. 1, 2005
SR 154 (BR 1831) - G. Tapp, E. Tori
Express the support of the Kentucky Senate for the Kentucky Clean Coal Energy Project; recommend allocation of two million dollars ($2 million) in future years from the surplus coal severance tax fund to assist the project.
Mar 1-introduced in Senate
Mar 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 4-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, adopted 37-0
SR 155 (BR 1822) - G. Tapp
Honoring the Tsunami SOS International Concert.
Mar 1-introduced in Senate
Mar 2-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 156 (BR 1829) - R. Jones II
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Willard Slone Sr.
Mar 1-introduced in Senate
Mar 2-to Senate Floor
Mar 8-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 2, 2005
SR 157 (BR 1844) - R. Roeding
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Cathy W. Weckenbrock.
Mar 2-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 158 (BR 1846) - J. Pendleton
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Dr. Russell King Heltsley.
Mar 2-introduced in Senate
Mar 3-to Senate Floor
Mar 4-adopted by voice vote
SR 159 (BR 1847) - J. Pendleton
Recognize April 2005 as Hopkinsville Community College month.
Mar 2-introduced in Senate
Mar 3-to Senate Floor
Mar 4-adopted by voice vote
SR 160 (BR 1845) - D. Harper Angel, T. Shaughnessy, G. Neal
Honor Lilialyce Akers for being distinguished by the Kentucky Commission on Women and adjourning the Senate in her honor.
Mar 2-introduced in Senate
Mar 3-to Senate Floor
Mar 4-adopted by voice vote
SR 161 (BR 1849) - G. Neal, W. Blevins Jr, C. Borders, D. Boswell, T. Buford, J. Carroll, J. Denton, C. Gibson, B. Guthrie, D. Harper Angel, E. Harris, T. Jensen, R. Jones II, D. Kelly, A. Kerr, R. Leeper, V. McGaha, D. Mongiardo, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Ridley, R. Roeding, R. Sanders Jr, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Stine, R. Stivers II, G. Tapp, D. Thayer, E. Tori, J. Turner, J. Westwood, D. Williams, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of George W. Wilson.
Mar 2-introduced in Senate
Mar 3-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SCR 162 (BR 1808) - E. Worley
Declare Traveller's Rest a property worthy of preservation; direct the Kentucky Heritage Council, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and the Kentucky Department of Parks to work to preserve the property for future generations.
Mar 2-introduced in Senate
Mar 3-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Introduced Mar. 4, 2005
SR 163 (BR 1838) - E. Scorsone
Honor the contributions of Robert Jefferson.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 164 (BR 1837) - E. Scorsone
Honor the contributions of Freddie Brown.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 165 (BR 1836) - E. Scorsone
Honor the life-long contributions of S. T. Roach.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 166 (BR 1853) - R. Palmer II
Urge the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary to study the advisability of increasing the penalties for sexual offenses.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
SR 167 (BR 1848) - R. Jones II
A resolution adjourning the Senate in loving memory and honor of Kendra Tackett Cavins.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 168 (BR 1841) - E. Scorsone
A resolution honoring the life-long contributions of Reverend Dr. T. H. Peoples.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 169 (BR 1840) - E. Scorsone
Honor the life-long contributions of Kathryn S. Stephens.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 170 (BR 1839) - E. Scorsone
Honor the life-long contributions of Mae S. Cleveland.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 171 (BR 1854) - G. Neal
Mar 8-WITHDRAWN
SR 172 (BR 1856) - G. Neal
Adjourn the Senate in honor of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F&AM of Kentucky, Inc., and Our Grand East Masonic Temple.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 173 (BR 1859) - E. Worley
Declare Traveller's Rest a property worthy of preservation; direct the Kentucky Heritage Council, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and the Kentucky Department of Parks to preserve the property for future generations.
Mar 4-introduced in Senate
Mar 8-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 8, 2005
SR 174 (BR 1864) - R. Stivers II
Urge the United States Congress to reauthorize the abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation fee and appropriate money collected in the federal AML Trust Fund.
Mar 8-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SCR 175 (BR 1825) - D. Williams
Adjourn the Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, and reconvene on Monday, March 21, 2005.
Mar 8-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote; received in House; adopted 80-5
SR 176 (BR 1867) - G. Neal
Honor the life-long contributions of Reverend Dr. Kevin W. Cosby.
Mar 8-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 177 (BR 1870) - J. Rhoads, W. Blevins Jr, D. Harper Angel, T. Shaughnessy
Honor the TRIO programs.
Mar 8-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 178 (BR 1872) - R. Jones II
Memorialize Jean H. Johnson.
Mar 8-introduced in Senate
Mar 21-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 179 (BR 1875) - R. Stivers II, W. Blevins Jr, D. Harper Angel
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of the premature passing of Brent Scott Cantrell, Brian Keith Kennard, and Phillip Whitney Christian Allen.
Mar 8-introduced in Senate
Mar 21-to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 21, 2005
SR 180 (BR 1883) - E. Harris
Memorialize Dena Lange Leslie and adjourn the Senate in her honor.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 181 (BR 1887) - T. Buford
Memorialize Robert A. Williams, Sr. and adjourn the Senate in his memory.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 182 (BR 1886) - T. Buford
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of the late Joseph Marshal Herron.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 183 (BR 1873) - D. Thayer
Honor Commissioner Tom Bennett upon his retirement from the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 184 (BR 1893) - E. Scorsone, T. Buford, J. Carroll, A. Kerr
Honor the UK Wildcats on their accomplishments thus far this season, and wish the team continued success in the future.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 185 (BR 1892) - G. Neal, T. Shaughnessy, J. Denton, D. Harper Angel, R. Jones II, D. Seum, E. Tori, E. Worley
Honor the U of L Cardinals on their accomplishments thus far this season, and wish the team continued success in the future.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 186 (BR 1881) - D. Harper Angel, G. Neal, D. Boswell, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Winters
Honor David Clark on the occasion of his retirement.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 187 (BR 1879) - W. Blevins Jr, J. Rhoads, C. Borders, D. Boswell, J. Carroll, C. Gibson, D. Harper Angel, R. Palmer II, J. Pendleton, R. Roeding, T. Shaughnessy, J. Turner, K. Winters, E. Worley
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Bill Joe Ross.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 188 (BR 1877) - D. Harper Angel, G. Neal, D. Boswell, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, E. Scorsone, D. Seum, T. Shaughnessy, K. Winters
Congratulate Dr. Sena Jeter Naslund on the occasion of her appointment and acceptance of the position of Kentucky Poet Laureate.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 189 (BR 1880) - D. Harper Angel, G. Neal
Honor the contributions and the election of Dr. Barbara Shanklin as the first African-American woman President of the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Council.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 190 (BR 1903) - R. Jones II, J. Carroll, W. Blevins Jr
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Cleophas "Red" Varney.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 191 (BR 1905) - R. Jones II, J. Carroll, W. Blevins Jr
Honor the Big Sandy Community and Technical College and its president, Dr. George Edwards.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 192 (BR 1894) - G. Neal, D. Harper Angel
Honor and memory of Willie B. Bright.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 193 (BR 1907) - D. Kelly
Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Specialist Jonathan A. Hughes.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 194 (BR 1902) - E. Worley, R. Jones II, G. Neal, R. Palmer II
Congratulate the Eastern Kentucky University Colonels basketball team on a successful season.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SCR 195 (BR 1826) - D. Williams
Adjourn the 2005 General Assembly sine die.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2005; adopted 34-0; received in House; adopted 85-0
SR 196 (BR 1908) - R. Roeding
Honor the Villa Madonna Academy on its 100th anniversary.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
SR 197 (BR 1896) - R. Jones II
Adjourn the Senate in honor of the bravery and service of Sergeant First Class Benny Davidson, Jr.
Mar 21-introduced in Senate; to Senate Floor; adopted by voice vote
House Bills
Includes opposite chamber sponsors where requested by primary sponsors of substantially similar bills in both chambers and jointly approved by the Committee on Committees of both chambers. Opposite chamber sponsors are represented in italics.
Introduced Jan. 4, 2005
HB 2 (BR 80) - M. Weaver, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, C. Belcher, J. Carr, M. Cherry, H. Collins, R. Damron, M. Denham, M. Henley, C. Miller, B. Montell, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, J. Richards, T. Thompson, S. Westrom
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to legislative sessions.
Propose to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require the General Assembly to remain in even-year regular session beyond 60 days, if necessary, to enact a budget bill; prohibit consideration of any other bill or resolution having the force of law, except for budget memoranda, after the 60th legislative day; provide that members of the General Assembly shall not receive compensation for their services after the 60th day; provide for two day veto override period after enactment of budget in extended session; submit to voters; provide ballot language.
HB 2 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, A. Arnold) - Propose to amend Section 74 of the Constitution of Kentucky to deny compensation to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Governor's chief of staff, the state budget director, and cabinet secretaries if the General Assembly fails to enact a bill or bills appropriating money for the operation of state government in an even-numbered year and continues in session beyond the 60th legislative day.
HFA (1, S. Riggs) - Propose to amend Section 74 of the Constitution of Kentucky to deny compensation to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Governor's chief of staff, and cabinet secretaries if the General Assembly fails to enact a bill or bills appropriating money for the operation of state government in an even-numbered year and continues in session beyond the sixtieth legislative day.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 14-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 25-floor amendment (1) withdrawn
HB 3 (BR 221) - J. Stacy, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, C. Belcher, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, H. Collins, J. Crenshaw, R. Damron, M. Denham, T. Edmonds, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, Ji. Lee, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, A. Simpson, A. Smith, T. Thompson, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, B. Yonts
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to legislative sessions.
Propose to amend Section 42 of the constitution of Kentucky to require the General Assembly to remain in even-year regular session beyond 60 days, if necessary, to enact a budget bill; prohibit consideration of any other bill or resolution having the force of law, except for budget memoranda, after the 60th legislative day; provide that members of the General Assembly shall not receive compensation for their services after the 60th day; provide for 2 day veto override period after enactment of budget in extended session; submit to voters; provide ballot language.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
HB 4/FN (BR 63) - A. Simpson, T. Kerr
AN ACT relating to delinquent property taxes.
Amend KRS 134.500 relating to delinquent property taxes, to include the filing of a cross claim as litigation by the taxpayer, and to require rather than allow the addition of the 13% county attorney fee to the total due.
HB 4 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Retain original provisions of bill; make language permissive rather than mandatory.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-received in Senate
Feb 16-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 51)
HB 5/LM/CI (BR 71) - R. Wilkey, J. Crenshaw, R. Webb, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to criminal record expungement.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to allow persons convicted of one Class D felony or a series of Class D felonies arising out of a single event to petition to have their record expunged; provide steps for Commonwealth's attorneys' involvement in the process, notification of victim, and payment of fee; amend KRS 431.078 to provide that a person convicted of a misdemeanor may petition for expungement of the record five years after adjudication, and to increase fee; amend KRS 431.076 to impose a fee of $50 on any person filing a motion after a dismissal resulting from successful completion of a diversion or mediation program; amend KRS 527.040 to exempt individuals who have had their records expunged from the statute on a felon in possession of a firearm.
HB 5 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM/CI - Retain original provisions; amend to require Commonwealth Attorney to set out reasons for recommending against granting of expungement petition and provide for distribution of $250 fee as follows: $125 to Department of State Police; $75 to Circuit Clerk; $50 to Department of Corrections for processing applications and expunging the record.
HFA (1, J. Vincent) - Amend to allow expungements to be accessed for the purpose of preparing presentence investigations reports in felony sentencing.
HFA (2, J. Hoover) - Amend to delete provision requiring court to deny an application for expungement in all cases where the Commonwealth Attorney objects to the expungement.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 77-11 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2)
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Judiciary (S)
HB 6 (BR 2) - E. Ballard
Feb 3-WITHDRAWN
HB 7/FN (BR 7) - J. Jenkins, R. Adams, T. Burch, De. Butler, J. Carr, L. Clark, P. Clark, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, J. DeCesare, D. Graham, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, D. Keene, T. Kerr, M. Marzian, T. McKee, R. Meeks, C. Miller, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, R. Rand, S. Riggs, C. Siler, K. Stein, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to breast cancer research, education, awareness, screening, treatment, and funding through a replacement checkoff program, and making an appropriation therefor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an income tax checkoff for the breast cancer research and education trust fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the breast cancer research and education trust fund and appropriate the funds for the uses set forth in the Act; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the trust fund board and to establish the duties of the board; repeal KRS 141.442, relating to tax refund designations.
HB 7 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Retain provisions of original bill; add the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services and the Commissioner of the Department for Public Health to the oversight board; provide that the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services shall convene the first meeting of the board.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 1-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 27)
HB 8/FN (BR 82) - H. Cornett, W. Hall, C. Meade, B. Smith, J. Stacy
AN ACT relating to the transportation of natural resources.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to define the terms "cargo", "coal by-product", "natural resources", "natural resource by-product", "single axle", "steering axle", "tandem axle", and "tridem axle"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the extended weight road system; Amend KRS 177.9771 to rename the "extend weight coal haul road system" the extended weight road system, change references to "coal and coal by-products" to "natural resources or natural resource by-products", rename the "energy recovery road fund" the "natural resources recovery road fund"; amend KRS 177.9772 to clarify that an overweight violation that does not occur on the extended weight road system shall be a violation of KRS 189.221 or 189.222; amend KRS 177.979 to allow carriers of natural resources to bond with the Cabinet to exceed weight limits on roads that are not part of the extended weight system through a cooperative agreement; amend KRS 177.977, 177.978, 189.230, and 177.990 to conform.
HB 8 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Make technical corrections to change additional references to the "extended weight coal or coal by-products haul system" to the "extended weight road system".
HFA (1, A. Smith) - Retain original provisions of the bill and add the following new sections: amend KRS 175.640 and 175.650, regarding resource recovery roads, to change references to "coal" to "natural resources"; amend KRS 143.090, regarding distribution of coal severance tax, to clarify that the Transportation Cabinet shall certify the amount of coal severance tax receipts required to make payments on resource recovery road projects; create a new section of KRS Chapter 143A to require the Transportation Cabinet to certify the amount of natural resource severance tax receipts required to make payments on resource recovery road projects; create a new section of KRS Chapter 137 to require the Transportation Cabinet to certify the amount of crude petroleum severance tax receipts required to make payments on resource recovery road projects.
SCS (1) - Retain the original provisions of HB 8/ GA with the following exceptions: Amend Section 3 to limit the extended weight road system to roads over which 50,000 tons of coal are carried in a year; allow trucks hauling natural resources to operate on the extended weight system up to 120,000 pounds; amend Section 3 to require a representative of the Cabinet instead of the secretary to meet with a local government which has filed a resolution regarding the extended weight system; amend Sections 3 and 5 to change newly inserted references to "natural resources" back to the original "coal"; amend Section 6 to retain the original statutory language that a bonded state road can become part of the extended weight system when 50,000 tons of coal are transported on it; create a new Section 7 to establish a cooperative agreement process whereby a local government can allow a hauler of natural resources to operate on a locally controlled road up to 120,000 pounds to access the extended weight system; allow a person denied the ability to enter into a cooperative agreement to appeal to the commissioner of highways; allow the commissioner, if he finds the cooperative agreement terms offered by a local government to be unreasonable, to place the road into the extended weight system; throughout the Act, change newly inserted references to "natural resources" to include "natural resource by products."
SCS (2/LM) - Retain the provisions of Senate Committee Substitute #1 with the following exceptions: amend Section 2 to require the Cabinet to promulgate regulations to ensure motor carriers operating under an extended weight tag meet federal and state safety requirements; amend Sections 3 and 7 to eliminate from the extended weight system any road segment that lies within the boundaries of a consolidated local government or urban county government; amend Section 7 to eliminate the appeal to the Commissioner of Highways and replace with an administrative hearing conducted under KRS 13B.
SFA (1, J. Denton) - Exclude any road or portion of road that lies within the boundaries of a consolidated local government from the extended weight road system.
SFA (2, E. Scorsone) - Exclude any road or portion of road that lies within the boundaries of an urban county government from the extended weight road system.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Exclude any road or portion of road that lies within the boundaries of a consolidated local government and urban-county government from the extended weight road system.
SFA (4, B. Guthrie) - Amend Section 2 to require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations setting out standards and inspection methods to ensure the safety of extended weight trucks.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 15-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 22-3rd reading; floor amendment (1) ruled not germane; passed 55-32 with Committee Substitute
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Transportation (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 4-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for; floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 8-taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; recommitted to Transportation (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading; Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn; floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4) withdrawn; passed 23-11-2 with Committee Substitute (2); received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2) for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (2); Bill defeated 33-50
HB 9 (BR 65) - R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to economic development and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 154.45-010 to change "Enterprise Zone" to "Economic Growth District" or "district"; amend KRS 154.45-030 to allow a local government to apply for the designation of an area as an economic growth district; specify that only one economic growth district shall be located within the jurisdictional area of a local government; amend KRS 154.45-040 to provide that an area may be designated an economic growth district if the population of all census tracts in the area decreased by ten percent or more between 1990 and 2000; amend KRS 154.45-050 to provide that enterprise zones existing on December 29, 2003, shall be designated as economic growth districts; delete the requirement that an economic growth district shall sunset on the twentieth year following designation; amend KRS 154.45-070 to require the authority to promulgate administrative regulations to verify whether the qualified employees of a qualified business reside within a district or are considered to be within the targeted workforce and to verify the total number of qualified employees of economic growth district firms; require that the sales taxes on equipment, machinery, and building materials and the motor vehicle usage tax are paid at the point of sale and refunded after documentation has been provided to the Revenue Cabinet; require cooperation between the authority and the Revenue Cabinet in collecting information to be used to determine the fiscal impact of the program on state tax revenues; require a qualified business that accepts economic growth district tax advantages to supply the authority or the Revenue Cabinet with its payroll, books, and other requested documentation demonstrating compliance with the provisions of economic growth district requirements; amend KRS 65.680, 141.0205, 141.120, and 154.12-224 to conform; repeal KRS 154.45-001; provide that qualified businesses may apply retroactively to the Revenue Cabinet for a refund on taxes paid from December 30, 2003, through the effective date of this Act; EMERGENCY.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Economic Development (H)
HB 10 (BR 67) - R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to animals.
Amend KRS 525.125, 525.130, and 525.135 to forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty and torture cases, and to prohibit ownership or possession of animals of the same species for two years.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
HB 11/LM/CI (BR 84) - B. Montell
AN ACT relating to grand juries.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 524 to criminalize disclosure of grand jury proceedings or testimony to the subject of the proceedings or testimony except under circumstances where the disclosure is allowed by rule or order of court.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
HB 12/LM/AA (BR 102) - B. Yonts, J. Bowen
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit public agencies from rehiring a person retired from the agency within one year except through a competitive hiring process; exempt local school districts and postsecondary education institutions from the provisions; amend KRS 61.637, relating to reemployment after retirement, to void the retirement of an elected official who resigns from office and is reemployed in an elected position contributing to the same retirement system within 12 months; require member to repay benefits received and to contribute to previous retirement account; apply provisions to elected officials who retire after effective date of the Act; amend KRS 64.5275 to provide that county judges/executives, county clerks, jailers, and sheriffs who are reemployed in their same position within twelve months of retirement shall be paid in accordance with Step I of the salary schedule.
HB 12 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, B. Yonts) - Amend to specify that employment restrictions do not apply to public agencies employing retirees from another public agency; amend to specify that restriction on retirement allowance of an elected official who resigns and retires from an elected position does not apply where the elected official completes one elected position and then is elected to another position.
HFA (2, B. Yonts) - Amend to specify that employment restrictions do not apply to public agencies employing retirees from another public agency; amend to limit reemployment restrictions to same position; amend to specify that restriction on retirement allowance of an elected official who resigns and retires from an elected position does not apply if the elected official completes one elected position and is elected to another elected position.
HFA (3, B. Yonts) - Amend to specify that employment restrictions do not apply to public agencies employing retirees from another public agency; amend to limit reemployment restrictions to same position; amend to specify that restriction on retirement allowance of an elected official who resigns and retires from an elected position does not apply if the elected official completes one elected position and is elected to another elected position.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 10-floor amendment (2) filed; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-floor amendment (3) filed
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 82-5 with floor amendment (3)
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 13/CI (BR 329) - J. Draud, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 516.010, relating to forgery definitions, to include a definition of academic degree; amend KRS 516.030, relating to forgery in the second degree, to include forgery of an academic degree.
HB 13 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/CI - Amend to include "diploma" in the definition of "Academic degree"; create additional definition for "academic degree."
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to Judiciary (S)
HB 14 (BR 49) - R. Wilkey, J. Carr
AN ACT relating to the refund of unearned insurance premiums.
Create new sections of Subtitle 17 of KRS Chapter 304, KRS 304.14-500 to 304.14-550, and KRS 304.14-600 to 304.14-625 to require an insurer to return promptly the unearned portion of any premium paid upon cancellation of an individual Medicare supplement, individual health, or individual long-term care insurance policy; provide that cancellation shall be without prejudice to any claim originating prior to the effective date of this Act.
HB 14 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions but make applicable to group policies; create a new section of Subtitle 18 of KS Chapter 304 to make applicable to group and blanket health insurance policies.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
HB 15 (BR 21) - B. Yonts
Feb 15-WITHDRAWN
HB 16 (BR 93) - J. Vincent
AN ACT relating to the marriage of minors.
Amend KRS 402.020 to require in cases where judicial permission is sought for permission to marry in situations involving a minor and pregnancy that the court, prior to granting the permission, first give the parents or guardian of the minor notice and an opportunity to be heard on the request.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
HB 17/LM (BR 94) - J. Vincent, D. Floyd
AN ACT relating to mobile infrared electronic transmitters.
Create a new section of KRS 189.910 to 189.950, regarding emergency vehicles, to define "MIRET", prohibit the use of mobile infrared transmitters to change traffic signals unless operating an emergency vehicle, and set penalties for violation.
HB 17 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. Vincent) - Amend to allow use of a MIRET device by a government employee or contractor.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 8-3rd reading, passed 99-1 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 9-received in Senate
Feb 14-to Transportation (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 28-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 28)
HB 18/LM (BR 92) - J. Vincent
AN ACT relating to insurance premium surcharges.
Amend KRS 91A.080 to permit the Department of Insurance to impose a penalty against an insurance company that willfully engages in a pattern of business of failing to properly collect and remit the fee or tax imposed by a city, county, charter county, consolidated local government, or urban-county government on insurance premiums; provide that the penalty shall be no greater than ten percent (10%) of the additional license fees or taxes determined to be owed to the local government; require the department to collect the penalty and remit it to the local government; provide that any agent or company that overpays any license fee or tax to a city, county, charter county, consolidated local government, or urban-county government must be refunded the amount overpaid; provide that if the local government fee or tax on insurance premiums was collected upon lives or risks which are discovered to be located outside the local government which was paid the fee or tax, the insurance company or agent who paid the tax shall be refunded the fees and taxes within 90 days of notice to the governmental entity paid.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 90-1
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Mar 2-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 31)
HB 19 (BR 110) - B. Montell, S. Baugh, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, Dw. Butler, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, R. Crimm, J. Draud, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, M. Harmon, M. Harper, J. Higdon, T. Kerr, S. Lee, R. Mobley, M. Rader, J. Reinhardt, T. Riner, C. Siler, B. Smith, T. Turner, J. Vincent
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 42 and 80 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the General Assembly.
Propose an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky to amend Section 80 to require the Governor to call the General Assembly into an extraordinary session if the General Assembly adjourns sine die without enacting a budget during a regular session occurring in an even-numbered year; and to amend Section 42 to prohibit members of the General Assembly from receiving compensation during an extraordinary session if the General Assembly adjourns sine die without enacting a budget during a regular session occurring in an even-numbered year.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
HB 20 (BR 50) - B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship program and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 164.7874 to change the definitions of "eligible postsecondary student" and "participating institution" to permit a student enrolled in a degree program not offered in Kentucky at an out-of-state institution to receive KEES awards if the institution is in a state contiguous to Kentucky or is a member of the Southern Regional Education Board; amend KRS 164.7881 to establish that an out-of-state KEES recipient shall lose his or her KEES award if the student changes majors to one that is offered in Kentucky; amend KRS 164.7885 to require a participating out-of state institution to certify the academic major of each KEES recipient; amend KRS 164.7883 and 164.753 to conform; provide that this Act applies retroactively to July 1, 2004; EMERGENCY.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
HB 21 (BR 57) - R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to failure to maintain security on a motor vehicle as required by Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304.
Create a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to provide that there shall be no recovery for the first ten thousand dollars of bodily injury and the first ten thousand dollars of property damage based on any cause or right of action arising out of a motor vehicle accident if the owner or operator fails to own or maintain security as required by this subtitle; provide that the limitation of damages shall not apply if the driver of the other vehicle is cited for driving under the influence, intentionally causes the accident, flees from the scene, or at the time of the accident is in furtherance of commission of a felony; provide that the limitation of damages does not apply if the other vehicle is not being operated at the time of the accident and is not in violation of KRS Chapter 189; provide that a person involved in an accident in which the other vehicle is not covered by insurance may assert, as an affirmative defense, the limitation of damages provisions of this Act; provide that if an owner of an uninsured vehicle institutes an action to recover damages and is awarded an amount equal to or less than the minimum insurance requirements of KRS 304.39-110, the owner or operator must be held liable for all court costs incurred by the parties to the action; provide that each person who applies for a driver's license, registers a motor vehicle, or operates or owns a motor vehicle in this state is deemed to have consented to being subject to this Act; require all persons who apply for issuance or renewal of a driver's license, motor vehicle title, or motor vehicle registration to sign a declaration that the person consents to the provisions of this Act; provide that this Act does not preclude a passenger from asserting a claim to recover damages which he or she occasioned by the negligence of another person arising out of the operation or use of a motor vehicle; provide that no insurer shall lose any rights of subrogation; provide that if no suit is filed, the claimant's insurer may recover any amount paid on behalf of the insured in excess of the first ten thousand dollars of bodily injury and property damages; provide that except for newly acquired vehicles added to a policy, the issuance, change, or adjustment of any motor vehicle liability security subsequent to an accident without proof of coverage having been bound prior to the accident shall not effectuate the recovery, the defeat of an affirmative defense, or the avoidance of liability for court costs; exempt from the provisions of this Act any vehicle which is legally parked at the time of the accident.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Banking and Insurance (H)
HB 22 (BR 128) - T. Burch, M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to graduated driver's licenses for teenagers.
Amend KRS 186.450 to require a person who is at least 16 years of age and under 18 years to hold an instruction permit for 180 days before applying for an intermediate license, and to hold an intermediate license for 180 days before applying for an operator's license; make a permit valid for three years and an intermediate license valid for two years; require a person applying for an intermediate license to be enrolled in a driver training program and to present a statement signed by a parent or a guardian attesting to at least 60 hours of supervised driving, including at least 10 hours at night with a licensed person at least 21 years of age; require a 180-day extension of the permit or intermediate license period for a violation or conviction under KRS Chapter 186, 189, or 189A; require the State Police to affix a sticker to an intermediate license and update computer information; require that the intermediate license be carried while operating a vehicle; prohibit an intermediate driver who is under 18 years of age from driving between 12 midnight and 6 a.m. or at any time with three or more people who are under age 18 and not related to the driver; amend KRS 186.412, 186.470, 186.480, 186.6401, and KRS 186.990 to conform.
HB 22 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain provisions of the original bill with the following exceptions: require that the statement testifying to an applicant having completed 60 hours of driver training be presented when applying for an intermediate license and instead of a full license; require completion of and not just enrollment in the driver training course required under KRS 186.410(4) prior to application for a full license.
HFA (1, T. Burch) - Make technical correction clarifying that individuals over the age of 18 at time of application shall hold an instruction permit for 180 days before applying for a regular license.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 72-19 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Transportation (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 3-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Transportation (S)
HB 23 (BR 54) - S. Nunn, Dw. Butler, M. Denham, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to adopted and foster children, and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 164.2847 to suspend the time frame for participation in the postsecondary tuition waiver program for foster or adopted children during the time the individual is serving in the Armed Forces or the Kentucky National Guard; require a demonstration of ineligibility for tuition assistance from military sources prior to resuming participation in the tuition waiver program.
HB 23 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill except amend to require that if the sum of the tuition waiver plus other financial assistance exceeds the total cost of tuition, the tuition waiver shall be reduced by the amount of exceeding the total cost of tuition, rather than the total cost of attendance.
HCA (1/Title, F. Rasche) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 24/FN (BR 131) - S. Nunn, Dw. Butler
AN ACT relating to foster families.
Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt the motor vehicle usage tax on transfers between a foster parent and a foster child.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Jan 7-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 22-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 25 (BR 182) - R. Webb, R. Adkins
AN ACT relating to health insurance.
Amend KRS 18A.225 to require a statewide policy of group health care coverage for preferred provider organization (PPO) for coverage for all classes of employees in 2006 and thereafter; require the Personnel Cabinet and Kentucky Group Health Insurance board to develop a proposal for legislation to be presented to the 2006 Regular Session to establish statewide self-funded health insurance plan; make technical corrections.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
HB 26 (BR 42) - A. Arnold, C. Embry Jr, J. Richards, T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to the regulation of elections and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 117.235 to prohibit electioneering within 100 feet rather than within 500 feet for a polling place; define electioneering to include soliciting signatures to a petition for a bona fide candidate or to advocate the passage or defeat of a ballot question; EMERGENCY.
HB 26 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions except change electioneering prohibition near a polling place from 100 feet to 300 feet.
SFA (1, W. Blevins Jr) - Amend HB 26 to prohibit electioneering during the period of time voters are allowed to vote in person by absentee ballot.
SFA (2, W. Blevins Jr) - Amend HB 26 to allow yard signs to be permitted on privately owned residential or other property within 300 yards of a polling location.
SFA (3, D. Thayer) - Amend KRS 118.255 to remove the requirement for fees to be deposited in the election campaign fund for public financing of gubernatorial elections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 121 to establish procedures regarding a vacancy in a slate of candidates; amend KRS 121.015, 121.056, 121.120, 121.150, 121.170, 121.180, 121.220, 121.990, 154A.160, 154A.990, and 6.611 to conform; and repeal KRS 121A.005, 121A.010, 121A.015, 121A.020, 121A.030, 121A.040, 121A.050, 121A.060, 121A.070, 121A.080, 121A.090, 121A.100, 121A.110, and 121A.990.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 2-posting waived; posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 8-received in Senate
Feb 11-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005; floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed
Feb 28-3rd reading; floor amendment (2) defeated; passed 35-1 with floor amendments (1) and (3)
Mar 1-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 2-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (3) on Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 8-House concurred in Senate floor amendment (1); House refused to concur in Senate floor amendment (3); received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate floor amendment (3) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate receded from floor amendment (3); passed 30-0 (with Senate Floor Amendment 1); received in House
Mar 21-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2005; passed 97-0 (with Senate Floor Amendment 1); enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 176)
HB 27 (BR 123) - P. Clark
AN ACT relating to domestic relations.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 403 to provide civil remedies for parental interference where court-ordered visitation with minor children is intentionally denied without good cause; allow interaction in public places between noncustodial parents and their children unless good cause exists to prohibit the interaction.
HB 27 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to require repeated violations before a custody modification may be requested; delete Section 2.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
HB 28 (BR 124) - P. Clark, R. Adams, S. Baugh, S. Brinkman, J. Carr, M. Cherry, R. Crimm, C. Embry Jr, D. Floyd, M. Harmon, M. Henley, J. Higdon, D. Horlander, S. Lee, G. Lynn, T. McKee, C. Miller, R. Mobley, L. Napier, M. Rader, T. Riner, C. Siler, A. Simpson, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to occupational license fees and taxes.
Amend KRS 68.180 to exempt ministers from the license and occupational tax in counties with a population of 300,000 or more; amend KRS 68.190 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 68.197 to exempt ministers from the license and occupational tax in counties having a population of 30,000 or more; amend KRS 91.200 to exempt ministers from the license and occupational tax in cities of the first class; amend KRS 92.300 to exempt ministers from the license and occupational tax in cities of the second to the sixth class; amend KRS 160.483 to exempt ministers from the license and occupational tax for schools; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2005.
HB 28 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend KRS 68.180, 68.197, 91.200, and 160.483 to create new language to establish that ministers shall not be required to be licensed but are subject to payment of occupational fees levied by cities, counties and school boards; make conforming changes to clarify references to license taxes and occupational fees.
SCS - Amend KRS 68.180, 68.197, 91.200, 92.300, and 160.483 to prohibit local governments from regulating ministers; clarify that ministers shall be subject to the same fees and taxes assessed against any other taxpayer.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 83-2 with Committee Substitute
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; passed 91-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 167)
HB 29 (BR 32) - L. Clark, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bruce, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, P. Clark, T. Couch, J. Draud, T. Feeley, D. Floyd, D. Ford, D. Graham, C. Hoffman, D. Keene, Ji. Lee, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, T. McKee, L. Napier, S. Nunn, T. Pullin, J. Reinhardt, T. Riner, J. Stacy, T. Thompson, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to sponsorship of bills.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to permit House and Senate members to co-sponsor a bill that has passed one chamber if a substantially similar bill is pending in the other chamber; require primary sponsors of the bills to jointly petition the Committees on Committees of both chambers for co-sponsorship authorization; require approval by both Committees on Committees; specify how primary sponsors and co-sponsors are to be listed.
HB 29 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to permit primary sponsors of substantially similar bills introduced in both chambers to petition the Committee on Committees in each chamber to authorize joint primary and co-sponsorship by members of both chambers, of one or both bills; set forth procedures for the authorization; establish effective time of the approval; specify the listing order of primary sponsors and co-sponsors on a jointly sponsored bill; establish procedures for any member to co-sponsor an approved jointly sponsored bill in the opposite chamber; establish procedures for any sponsor or co-sponsor of an approved jointly sponsored bill who wishes to withdraw sponsorship; direct LRC staff to develop a form by which primary sponsors petition the Committees on Committees in each chamber and on which the chairs of both Committees on Committees may, by their signatures, indicate written approval.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 92-1 with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-received in Senate
Feb 16-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 116)
HB 30 (BR 198) - S. Nunn
AN ACT relating to adoption.
Amend KRS 199.470 to permit a court to order a report on background check in a relative adoption; amend KRS 199.473 to specify that a report or background check of a proposed adoptive home be conducted prior to approval of the application for adoption; require home study to be conducted in accordance with administrative regulations; require the cabinet to conduct the home study for families whose income is less than 250% of the federal poverty level and provide information on licensed child-placing agencies to applicants whose income is more than 250% of the poverty level and require licensed agencies to conduct a home study for applicants with higher incomes; require a petition for temporary custody and a notice of intent to adopt to be filed with the court when temporary custody is sought prior to the secretary's ruling on an application for adoption; require notice to the cabinet; require a hearing on the petition within 72 hours; require records to be incorporated into the adoption file; require a hearing on the status and custody of the child if the adoption is not finalized within six months of the hearing on temporary custody; prohibit temporary custody prior to the secretary's ruling on adoption application until the court has reviewed a criminal records check on the applicant and require the background to be part of the adoptive home study; require the cabinet to notify or petition court for review when a child is placed in a home without the court's review of the background check or without permission of the cabinet secretary; increase the adoption application fee paid to the cabinet from $150 to $200; make technical changes; amend KRS 199.555 to conform.
HB 30 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, D. Owens) - Retain original provisions and add new sections to require Kentucky courts to recognize a final order of adoption from a foreign country; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Families and Children to issue a certified notice that the adoption is registered in Kentucky and to maintain adoption records; require state adoption procedures for a child born outside the United States who does not qualify for United States citizenship upon entry into the United States; amend KRS 199.470 to add international adoptions to adoptions that do not require approval of the cabinet secretary.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 1-floor amendment (1) filed
HB 31 (BR 170) - R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to license taxes on insurance companies.
Amend KRS 91A.080, relating to the insurance premium tax, to require risk locations to be determined by the latitude/longitude point of the risk and the boundary of the local government that the risk is located in, according to the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census' geographic files; make technical corrections.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
HB 32 (BR 129) - M. Marzian, J. Draud, J. Jenkins, R. Meeks, R. Palumbo, K. Stein, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation, and making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 142 to impose a tax of 32% of the gross receipts of wholesale sales of smokeless tobacco, cigars, loose tobacco, and pipe tobacco; specify that funds received shall be deposited into a new children's dental care fund; exempt sales between wholesalers and distributors; require certificate of registration; require tax returns; permit time extension for filing tax returns; require interest on tax not paid by date due; permit offset payments; require wholesalers and distributors to keep records for four years; permit tax refunds and credits; permit civil penalties for violations; amend KRS 138.140 to impose a surtax of $0.75 per pack of cigarettes and specify that funds received shall be deposited into a new Commonwealth fund; amend KRS 138.146 to specify that the tax evidence compensation remains at $.30 per $3 and require the $0.75 tax to be paid at the time of purchase of tax evidence stamps; amend KRS 248.652 to specify the $0.03 tax remains credited to the agriculture diversification and development fund; amend KRS 438.335 to specify that the Department of Agriculture retains $0.0005 of the $0.03 tax; amend KRS 438.337 to specify that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control retains $0.0005 of the $0.03 tax; create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to establish a children's dental care fund from the tax imposed on smokeless tobacco, cigars, loose and pipe tobacco and to create a Commonwealth Fund from the surtax imposed on cigarettes and specify use of cigarette tax money for mental health and substance abuse services, Medicaid health care services, health insurance for state and public school employees, smoking prevention and cessation, public school construction or renovation for local school districts with growth in enrollment, veterans' nursing homes, university medical schools for cancer research, and postsecondary tuition assistance, the state general fund; require any agency or entity receiving moneys from the Commonwealth Fund to report on use of the funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the Department for Public Health to administer the children's dental fund for children whose family income is below 250% of the federal poverty level, and require the Cabinet for Health Services to report on the use of funds; provide that the new cigarette and tobacco taxes take effect July 1, 2005. EMERGENCY; APPROPRIATION.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 33 (BR 109) - B. Montell, R. Mobley
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship.
Amend KRS 164.7881 to provide KEES scholarships to eligible high school seniors enrolled in a dual credit course of study; amend KRS 164.7885 to conform; amend KRS 164.7874 and 164.7879 to make technical corrections.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
HB 34 (BR 188) - B. Yonts
Feb 15-WITHDRAWN
HB 35/FN/LM (BR 163) - L. Clark, T. Burch, C. Hoffman, J. Jenkins, Ji. Lee
AN ACT relating to relative caregivers.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to require the Cabinet for Families and Children to create the KinCare Support Program; establish services provided by the program; require the cabinet to create an affidavit establishing a relative caregiver's authority to provide consent for medical treatment of a minor; establish information contained in the medical consent affidavit; allow a parent or legal guardian to supersede a decision of a relative caregiver for medical treatment of a minor; exempt persons who rely in good faith on the medical consent affidavit from civil or criminal liability, except for negligence; establish a penalty of a Class A misdemeanor for persons who make false statements on a medical consent affidavit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to create an affidavit establishing a caregiver's authority to make school-based decisions; establish information contained in the education affidavit; allow a parent or legal guardian to supersede a school-based decision of a relative caregiver; exempt persons who rely in good faith on the school-based decision affidavit from civil or criminal liability; establish a penalty of a Class A misdemeanor for persons who make false statements on a education consent affidavit.
HB 35 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN/LM - Retain original provisions except combine the medical and consent affidavits into one affidavit; delete references to "relative caregiver" throughout bill and use the term "caregiver" in lieu thereof; define "de facto custodian"; clarify the definition of "medical treatment" to include immunizations recommended by the federal Center for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; require the affidavit to include a notice that does not confer guardian or legal custodian status to the caregiver; require the affidavit to include a statement that identifies any party who has legal standing relating to the child's custody; and clarify that the education consent affidavit shall not supersede appropriate federal law and regulations.
HCA (1/Title, L. Clark) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, passed 96-2 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 9-received in Senate
Feb 14-to Judiciary (S)
HB 36/FN (BR 184) - E. Ballard, J. Carr, J. Gray, C. Hoffman, R. Palumbo, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to the provider tax.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 142 to require the Cabinet for Health Services to submit a waiver application to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to exempt state-operated veterans nursing homes from the provider tax; provide that if the waiver is granted veterans nursing homes shall be exempt from the tax beginning on the effective date of the waiver.
HB 36 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Delete original provisions; amend KRS 142.301, relating to definitions for the health care provider tax, to exclude state veterans nursing home facilities from the definitions of "nursing-facility services" and "provider"; amend KRS 142.307, relating to the provider tax on nursing-facility services, to exempt state veterans nursing home facilities from the tax; amend KRS 142.361, relating to additional assessments, on gross revenues received by all nursing facility services, to exempt state veterans nursing home facilities from the tax; apply the exemptions retroactively to July 1, 2004.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 15-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-received in Senate
Feb 23-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 37 (BR 204) - C. Embry Jr
AN ACT relating to compulsive gambling, making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 222 to create the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund to be administered by the Division of Substance Abuse of the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services; appropriate moneys for the purposes defined; establish funding mechanism and limitations on expenditures; define responsibilities of director; amend KRS 138.510 to partially fund the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund from the total amount wagered in Kentucky subject to excise taxes; amend KRS 154A.130 to partially fund the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund from the gross revenues of the state lottery; amend KRS 238.570 to partially fund the compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund from the gross receipts derived from all charitable gaming; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2005.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 38 (BR 215) - F. Nesler
AN ACT relating to Medicaid.
Create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.645 to increase the personal needs allowance to at least $80 for individuals eligible for nursing facility services in the Medicaid program.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 39 (BR 216) - F. Nesler
AN ACT relating to highway signs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177, relating to state and federal highways, to permit any local government to erect motorcycle awareness signs in the right-of-way of any highway that is part of the state primary road system established under KRS 177.020; require a local government wanting to erect the signs to give written notice to the Transportation Cabinet identifying the routes and specific locations on the routes where motorcycle awareness signs will be erected; permit the cabinet to suggest alternative locations if the original location poses a traffic hazard; establish the color, design, and language to be used on motorcycle awareness signs; require signs to meet the standards for retroreflectivity and illumination established in the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
HB 39 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, F. Nesler) - Require that a local government "request" rather than "notify" the cabinet of sign placement; give cabinet right to refuse placement and identify alternative locations; eliminate references to a specific sign color.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 87-0 with floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 113)
HB 40 (BR 343) - M. Weaver, J. Carr, J. Stewart III
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Amend KRS 186.041, relating to special military-related license plates, to increase the renewal fee by $5 on selected categories of plates to be designated for the Veterans' Program Trust Fund established under KRS 40.460; amend KRS 186.171, relating to congressional license plates, KRS 186.178, relating to legislative license plates and KRS 186.179, relating to judicial license plates, to increase the renewal fee by $5 to be designated for the Veterans' Program Trust Fund established under KRS 40.460.
HB 40 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. Stewart III) - Retain the provisions of the original bill in their entirety and add a new Section to authorize any person to make a voluntary contribution to the veterans' program trust fund when initially applying for or renewing any type of license plate; require the Transportation Cabinet to provide each county clerk's office with a poster to promote contributions to the veterans' program trust fund; establish specifications for the poster; require the design of the poster to be developed collectively by the cabinet and the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs.
HFA (2, M. Weaver) - Require recipients of a National Guard special license plate to pay an additional $5 fee upon renewal, which shall go to the Department for Veterans' Affairs.
HFA (3/Title, J. Stewart III) - Make Title Amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005; floor amendments (1) (2) and (3-title) filed
Feb 8-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with floor amendments (1) (2) and (3-title)
Feb 9-received in Senate
Feb 14-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 41 (BR 191) - B. Farmer
AN ACT relating to health insurance for school employees.
Amend KRS 18A.225 to permit school boards that terminate participation in the state group health insurance program to continue to receive a state appropriation for the employer's contribution if the school board provides health insurance to its employees comparable to the coverage under the state group; amend KRS 161.158 to permit school boards to join with other school boards and local governments to obtain group health insurance.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
HB 42 (BR 46) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to establishing Juneteenth National Freedom Day in Kentucky.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to establish June 19 as Juneteenth National Freedom Day.
HB 42 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain provisions of the original bill; make technical corrections.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-received in Senate
Feb 16-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 48)
HB 43/LM (BR 121) - J. Jenkins, P. Clark, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to breast cancer and making an appropriation.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, to create a special Breast Cancer Awareness license plate for the Kentucky Breast Cancer Alliance; require the alliance to obtain a minimum of 900 applications along with a $35 state fee for each application before the Transportation Cabinet is required to print the plate; provide that if the 900 applications are not submitted to the cabinet within a year of the effective date of the Act, the provisions creating the special plate expire; establish an initial fee for the plate of $38 and a renewal fee of $25, with $10 of the initial and renewal cost that will be sent to the breast cancer research and education trust fund; declare that the General Assembly appropriates the additional plate funds to be used for the purposes of the breast cancer research and education trust fund; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the breast cancer research and education trust fund and appropriate the funds for the uses set forth in the Act; establish the trust fund board and to establish the duties of the board.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
HB 44 (BR 211) - Dw. Butler
AN ACT relating to operator's licenses.
Amend KRS 186.540 to eliminate the requirement to obtain a corrected driver's license resulting from an address change if a person's street name or address was changed, and the person did not physically move to a new residence.
HB 44 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Require that a person whose address changes but does not move the location of residence report the address change to the circuit clerk and receive a free replacement license.
HFA (1, D. Butler) - Declare an EMERGENCY.
HFA (2/Title, D. Butler) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 15-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 17-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
HB 45/FN (BR 10) - R. Damron, M. Denham, S. Nunn, R. Palumbo, J. Richards, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to postsecondary institution debt.
Create new sections and amend existing sections of KRS 48 and 164A to provide a process for postsecondary institutions to issue auxiliary enterprises agency revenue bonds or hospital agency revenue bonds upon authorization by the General Assembly; and require all postsecondary institutions' general fund-supported bonds to be issued by the State Property and Buildings Commission unless otherwise approved by the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 7-3rd reading, passed 96-0
Feb 8-received in Senate
Feb 11-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 46/FN (BR 166) - R. Damron, S. Westrom
AN ACT creating the Interstate Compact for Juveniles.
Repeal and reenact KRS 615.010 to replace the existing interstate compact relating to juveniles with the Interstate Compact for Juveniles; repeal KRS 615.020; effective when the 35th state ratifies the compact or upon July 1, 2006, whichever is later; provide that until such time, KRS 615.010 and 615.020 shall remain in effect.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 94-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 4-recommitted to Judiciary (S)
Mar 8-taken from committee; returned to Rules (S); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 118)
HB 47 (BR 167) - R. Damron, J. Draud, M. Harper, G. Lynn, T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to certification of peace officers and court security officers.
Create new sections of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to establish minimum qualifications for court security officers; establish reasons for revoking the certification of a peace officer or court security officer; amend KRS 15.310 to define "certified court security officer" and "court security officer," and to include court security officer in existing terms; amend KRS 15.380 to establish that court security officers must be certified; amend KRS 15.382 to exclude court security officers from the qualifications for peace officers; amend KRS 15.386 to include court security officers in the certification categories, and to establish minimum qualifications for a person returning from inactive to active certification; amend KRS 15.388 to include court security officers, and to provide transfer requirements of a court security officer to another court security officer position or to a peace officer position; amend KRS 15.392 to provide that a person separated from service who successfully completes basic training shall be placed on inactive certification status, and if the person separated from service has not successfully completed basic training, the certification shall lapse; amend KRS 15.404 to include law enforcement training and in-service training requirements for court security officers; amend KRS 15.420 to provide that the term "police officer" does not include court security officers; amend KRS 23A.090 to provide that the sheriff of the county in which the Circuit Court is sitting shall provide certified court security officers as the Chief Circuit Judge deems necessary for security services; create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 to establish the duties of certified court security officers; amend KRS 70.030 to allow the sheriff to appoint his own certified court security officers and revoke the appointment at his pleasure; amend KRS 70.036 to provide that certified court security officers are authorized to wear approved uniforms; amend KRS 70.140 to allow certified court security officer to attend and keep order in the fiscal court and any court of the Court of Justice; amend KRS 527.020 to authorize certified court security officers to carry concealed weapons on or about their person.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
HB 48 (BR 233) - R. Damron, T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to the identification of certified volunteer firefighters.
Create new section of KRS 95A to establish a certified volunteer firefighter identification program; state the purpose of the program; establish requirements for application; establish fees; specify issuing agency; grant the Fire Commission the authority to promulgate administrative regulations for the creation of the program.
HB 48 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend House Bill 48 to increase fees for identification card to $5; grant $3 to county clerks; make chief of department responsible for collecting cards from inactive members and those separated from service.
HFA (1, R. Damron) - Delete original provisions relating to fees, increase fee to $9 and provide for its distribution; delete original provisions relating to return of identification cards and provide that the card be taken by the chief of the fire department if the member is no longer certified, is suspended from the department, leaves the department, or is no longer an active member of the department; insert provision permitting the Transportation Cabinet to use the nondriver identification card, with suitable modifications, as the certified volunteer firefighter identification card; insert provision requiring Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education, Transportation Cabinet, and Administrative Office of the Courts to cooperate in the program.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 15-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 95-1 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 17-received in Senate
Feb 23-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 151)
HB 49 (BR 235) - R. Damron, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to the Capital City Airport.
Amend KRS 36.400, 36.405, and KRS 36.410, relating to the Capital City Airport, to rename the airport "John Russell Groves Capital City Airport"; direct Clerk of the House to send copy of the Act to Mrs. Barbara Meyer Groves.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Mar 1-posting waived
HB 50 (BR 254) - B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to the use of juries in competency hearings conducted in guardianship proceedings.
Amend KRS 387.570 and 387.580 to retain the right to a trial by jury in a competency hearing conducted in a guardianship proceeding but allow the hearing to be held before the court without a jury if no jury trial is demanded.
HB 50 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to allow bench trial upon agreement of parties, when there is no objection from interested parties, and the judge finds no cause to require a jury trial.
SCS - Attach provisions of SB 157 except lower the minimum bond amount to $10,000.
SCA (1/Title, R. Stivers II) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 70-17 with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 4-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 34-1 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H)
HB 51/FN (BR 231) - K. Stein, J. Crenshaw, T. McKee, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to newborn screening.
Amend KRS 214.155 to permit the Cabinet for Health Services to establish separate fees for expanded newborn screening; require additional newborn screening tests for heritable disorders upon funding and acquisition of equipment and personnel; require the cabinet to enter into agreements with medical schools and laboratories to conduct screening; require the cabinet to apply for any federal funds or grants to expand or improve newborn screening programs.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
HB 52/LM/CI (BR 192) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Create three new sections of KRS Chapter 510 to criminalize sexual intercourse, deviant sexual intercourse, and sexual contact between school personnel and students; create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to require reporting to parents of students in a school of incidents where a sex crime has been committed against a student by school personnel; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Attorney General to develop an information pamphlet on recognizing the signs of sexual abuse; amend KRS 510.020 to provide that lack of consent is not an element for the offenses created in the first three sections of the bill; amend KRS 510.035 to provide that no offense occurs under sections 1 to 3 of the bill where the parties are married to each other; amend KRS 532.045 to bring sections 1 and 2 of the bill within the list of offenses for which conditional release is not available if certain additional criteria are met.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
HB 53/CI (BR 249) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.
Amend KRS 635.020 to allow a juvenile aged 14 or older charged with a felony sexual offense to be tried in adult court when the juvenile has been previously adjudicated guilty of a prior felony sexual offense; amend KRS 635.510 to broaden the criteria for declaring a juvenile to be a juvenile sexual offender where a prior sexual offense has been adjudicated; amend KRS 635.025, 640.010; amend 640.040 to conform.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 54/LM (BR 295) - C. Embry Jr
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
Amend KRS 189.030 to require that headlights must be in use when atmospheric conditions require the use of windshield wipers.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
HB 55 (BR 283) - C. Miller, J. Carr, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to waiver of tuition fees for spouses and dependents of veterans.
Amend KRS 164.507, to require a state-supported university, junior college, or vocational institute that collected tuition fees from an eligible dependent of a deceased veteran to reimburse the dependent the total amount of tuition fees paid; amend KRS 164.515 to require a state-supported institution of higher education or a vocational training school that collected tuition fees from an eligible dependent of a disabled veteran to reimburse the dependent the total amount of tuition fees paid.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
HB 56/FN (BR 12) - T. Burch, T. Feeley, J. Crenshaw, J. DeCesare, M. Denham, M. Marzian, S. Nunn, R. Palumbo, T. Riner, M. Weaver, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to recommendations for a healthy Kentucky and declaring an emergency.
Create sections of KRS Chapter 194A to set forth General Assembly findings, declarations, and goals; create the 9 member Commission for a Healthy Kentucky within the Cabinet for Health Services to develop an action plan to improve the health and well-being of all Kentuckians pursuant to the goals identified by Health Kentuckians 2010; establish membership qualifications with members to be appointed by Governor by June 1, 2005; require the Governor to appoint the chair; require the First Lady of the Commonwealth to be a special advisor to the commission; permit members to be reappointed to a second term of 4 years, and permit staggering of terms to assure continuity of experience; require commission to cease to exist no later than December 31, 2010; require commission to meet monthly for first 18 months, and quarterly thereafter, with first meeting by August 1, 2005; establish duties of the commission to include an inventory of local resources, including faith-based, for-profit, not-for-profit entities that are active in providing health care education, preventive care, disease detection, and treatment; require testimony to be solicited from local citizens, health department directors, directors of family resource and youth services centers, teachers, students, school cafeteria administrators, and others; require strategies to be developed to achieve goals of commission; require input from local extension agents; place local groups with responsibility to implement the plan, such as 4-H Club councils, faith-based organizations, extension advisory councils, among others; encourage development of incentives for participation in employee wellness programs; involve state college and university personnel for assistance with developing action plan; require media consultation for advice on methods to disseminate information about the action plan; build upon existing collaborative initiatives, wherever possible; assess availability of federal and other grant opportunities; permit commission to employ consultants; permit commission to form subcommittees or work groups consisting of members or nonmembers of the commission; require commission to use available data to assess effectiveness of local entities in meeting the health care goals; require recommendations for an action plan in a report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "competitive food," "healthy beverage," and "school day"; prohibit a school from selling during a school day certain chewing gum and water ices, food with more than 40% added sugar by weight, or items with more than 6 grams of fat per serving, except for seeds and nuts; prohibit an elementary school from selling certain soda waters during a school day; permit a school to offer the a la carte sale in the cafeteria line those items that meet the United States Department of Agriculture standard for a breakfast or lunch component, except permit the sale of frozen desserts that have at least 25% real juice, yogurt, and dairy products; require during a school day that 75% of beverages offered in a middle school consist of healthy beverages, except that the sale of beverages to students in competition with the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program shall be prohibited during the school day until 30 minutes after the close of the last lunch serving period, unless a waiver is obtained from the Kentucky Board of Education; prohibit healthy beverages from being sold at a higher price than other beverages; provide that the food and beverage requirements are effective with the 2006-2007 school year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to require each school district to appoint a food service director, although 2 or more contiguous districts may form one school food service area with only one food service director; require the food service director to obtain a school food service and nutrition specialist credential or the Level 2 certificate issued by the American School Food Service Association by July 30, 2008; require 10 hours of continuing education to maintain the credential; require school cafeteria managers to obtain at least 2 hours of continuing education each year in applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation; amend KRS 156.160 to require 30 minutes of physical activity each day in schools, or 150 minutes per week, coordinated by a certified physical education specialist, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year for preschool through intermediate programs, and 2008-2009 for middle school programs; specify penalties for violation of provisions relating to the sale of competitive foods and beverages; EMERGENCY.
HB 56 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Retain original provisions, except clarify that competitive foods are those that are sold in competition with the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program; require that only healthy beverages be sold in elementary schools; permit physical activity to be performed during recess in elementary schools; require that any such recess be considered part of the instructional day; and delete requirements for physical activity in the middle schools.
HFA (1, T. Burch) - Change references from healthy beverages to school-day-approved beverages; clarify that beverages requirement for the sale of school-day-approved beverages applies only to vending machines, school stores, canteens, or fundraisers; delete the requirement that healthy beverages not be sold at a price higher than any other beverages.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 9-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 10-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 85-4 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Education (S)
HB 57 (BR 263) - S. Baugh
AN ACT relating to tax credits for biodiesel.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 142 to provide nonrefundable tax credits to producers, blenders and retailers of biodiesel fuel; limit total credits available each year for each category to $1,000,000; encourage use of biodiesel blend in state-owned vehicles and equipment; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2006
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 58/CI (BR 291) - M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to security of vital records.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to require the Commonwealth to create indexes of birth, death, marriage, and divorce vital records; establish the contents of the indexes; require the Department for Libraries and Archives to provide copies of the indexes to the public for a fee; require the Department for Libraries and Archives to permit the public to inspect the indexes free of charge; amend KRS 213.041 to enhance the security features of certified copies of vital records; amend KRS 213.131 to establish who may obtain a certified copy of a vital record; amend KRS 213.136 to subject vital records to civil and criminal discovery under federal and state rules; require the Office of Vital Statistics to provide a certified copy of a vital record to a person when directed to do so by a court order; amend KRS 213.991 to increase the criminal penalties for violating the vital records statutes.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 59 (BR 292) - M. Weaver, J. Draud, C. Miller
AN ACT relating to public agencies and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 61.810 to create an Open Meetings Law exception for the discussion of certain homeland security records; amend KRS 61.878 to create an Open Records Law exception for certain homeland security records; amend KRS 313.130, 319.082, 327.070, and 342.347 to conform; EMERGENCY.
HB 59 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, M. Weaver) - Add an exception to the Open Records Law for a record when the disclosure of that record will expose a homeland security vulnerability and that record describes the exact physical location of hazardous chemical, radiological, or biological materials.
HFA (2, J. Wayne) - Permit a public agency to deny inspection of a homeland security public record only for a reason identified in the Act; require that a public agency provide the Attorney General with a copy of a written denial of a request to inspect a homeland security public record; require that the homeland security exception to the Open Records Law shall not affect the obligations of a public agency with respect to disclosure and availability of public records under state environmental, health, and safety programs.
HFA (3, T. Riner) - Permit a member of the Kentucky General Assembly to attend that portion of any public agency meeting closed for a discussion of a homeland security record.
HFA (4, T. Riner) - Permit a member of the Kentucky General Assembly to inspect a homeland security record otherwise exempt from disclosure.
SCS - Retain provisions of the bill; add an Open Records Law exception for certain historic, literary, artistic, and commemorative items accepted by the archivist of a public university, museum, or government depository; limit the exception to the extent that the donor requests nondisclosure; permit an official public custodian to certify a copy of a record.
SCA (1/Title, E. Tori) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 14-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 15-floor amendment (2) filed
Feb 18-floor amendments (3) and (4) filed
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 93-0 with floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4)
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading; Committee Substitute withdrawn; committee amendment (1-title) withdrawn; passed 36-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 93)
HB 60 (BR 344) - M. Weaver, J. Carr, R. Damron, M. Denham, C. Miller, R. Mobley, R. Nelson
AN ACT relating to the awarding of high school diplomas to veterans.
Amend KRS 158.140 to require a local board of education to award an authentic high school diploma to an honorably discharged veteran who did not complete high school prior to being inducted into the United States Armed Forces during World War II or the Korean conflict.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 91-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 53)
HB 61/LM (BR 346) - M. Weaver, R. Crimm, R. Palumbo, T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to certification of contractors.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198B to require residential contractors to be certified; create Kentucky Board of Residential Contractors within the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction; establish board membership criteria, responsibilities, and terms of office; exempt specific entities from certification requirement; require that hearings be conducted in compliance with KRS Chapter 13B; establish January 1, 2007, for residential contractors to be certified; allow local government entities to apply to administer and enforce state certification program; require certified electrical inspectors to include contractor's certification number or exemption status on certificate of approval; establish criteria for contracts between contractors and consumers for projects that exceed $2,500; preclude uncertified contractors from filing claims for compensation or liens with the board or a court for breach of contract; require six hours of annual continuing education for recertification; and cite the proposed legislation as the "Residential Contractor Certification Act."
HB 61 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Retain original provisions of bill except delete language exempting the board from posting bond if seeking injunctive relief; add language to allow a certified residential contractor to complete, or to designate an education agent to complete, a minimum of 6 hours of continuing education annually; add provisions to require individuals exempted from certification, who hold a current state license, to only engage in activities specified in their licenses; delete provision that precludes a non-certified residential contractor from filing a claim to seek compensation for non-payment of work performed; and clarify that fines against residential contractors may be assessed.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 15-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 44-38 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate
Mar 1-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
HB 62 (BR 345) - M. Weaver, R. Adkins, C. Belcher, J. Carr, M. Denham, M. Harper, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, R. Nelson, R. Palumbo, T. Pullin, M. Rader, K. Stein, R. Webb, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to women veterans.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to establish the Kentucky Women Veterans Program within the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs; establish the program's mission of ensuring that Kentucky women veterans have equitable access to federal and state veterans' services and benefits; establish the Women Veterans Coordinating Committee and its duties; permit the program to accept and expend moneys appropriated by the General Assembly or provided from other sources.
HB 62 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, M. Weaver) - Make technical correction.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 90-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 35-0
Feb 28-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 21)
HB 63 (BR 323) - R. Crimm, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance.
Amend KRS 304.39-080 to prohibit a person from operating a motor vehicle unless there is security on the motor vehicle in full force and effect, as required by Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304; provide that a person who operates a motor vehicle that is not covered by the required security shall be subject to the penalties in KRS 304.99-060; amend KRS 304.99-060 to provide that an operator of a motor vehicle without the required security shall be fined not less than $500 dollars nor more than $1000 or sentenced to not more than 90 days, or both; require for the second and each subsequent offense the revocation of the operator's license and a sentence of not more than 180 days, or a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,500, or both; provide that if the operator is also the owner of the motor vehicle, the person shall be subject to separate penalties as owner and operator.
HB 63 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Delete original provisions of the Act; amend KRS 304.39-080 to subject the owner of an uninsured vehicle who permits another person to drive the vehicle to penalties; amend KRS 304.99-060 to delete operator from the provision; require as a penalty that the owner have proof of insurance for one year or until registration renewal; add as a penalty for the second and subsequent offenses that the registration be revoked and the license plates suspended for one year; require a receipt for payment of premium be provided along with proof of insurance if the first offense penalty is conditionally discharged, suspended, or otherwise reduced; amend KRS 186.570 to permit the Transportation Cabinet to deny or suspend an operator's license if the person is a habitual violator of the statute that mandates owners to have liability insurance coverage on their vehicles.
SCS/LM - Delete original provisions; amend KRS 304.39-080 to subject the owner of an uninsured vehicle who permits another person to drive the vehicle to penalties; amend KRS 304.99-060 to provide that a person who operates a motor vehicle without the required security shall be fined between $500 and $1000 and sentenced to not more than 90 days or both, and for a second and subsequent offense within a 5-year period shall have his operator's license revoked and may be sentenced to 180 days in jail or fined between $100 and $2500, or both; subject to both penalties if the owner and the operator who operate the motor vehicle without security are the same person; amend KRS 186.570 to permit the Transportation Cabinet to deny or suspend an operator's license if the person is a habitual violator of the statute that mandates owners to have liability insurance coverage on their vehicles.
SFA (1, T. Jensen) - Amend Section 3 to define "habitual violator".
SFA (2, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 209/GA; amend KRS 91A.080 to apply exemptions on any license fee or tax imposed for premiums received on high deductible health plans.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Amend KRS 205.560 to require Medicaid to use forms and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of health care providers applying for participation in Medicaid; amend KRS 216B.155 to require health care facilities to use the application form and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of persons applying for privileges; and amend KRS 314.17A-545 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a uniform application form and guidelines for the evaluation and reevaluation of health care providers, including psychologists, who will be on a health benefit plan's list of participating providers.
SFA (5, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 209/GA to HB 63/SCS; amend KRS 91A.080 to apply exemptions on any license fee or tax imposed for premiums received on high deductible health plans.
SFA (6, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 209/GA to HB 63/SCS.
SFA (7, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 97/GA to HB63/SCS.
SFA (8/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (9, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 209.
SFA (10/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 16-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 94-1 with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendments (1) (5) (6) (7) (8) and (9) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (10) filed
Mar 4-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 8-3rd reading; floor amendments (2) (3) (5) (6) (7) (8-title) (9) and (10-title) withdrawn; passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); passed 83-1; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 152)
HB 64 (BR 226) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to the provision of services by county interlocal agreement, making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 65.250 to specify certain criteria for the approval of interlocal agreements; amend KRS 65.260 to grant the Department for Local Government the right to review all interlocal agreements; amend 95A.262 to allow a $1,650 payment to volunteer fire departments that have entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of fire protection services across county boundaries; require preferences be given to those volunteer fire departments that have entered into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of fire protection services across county boundaries; increase reimbursement to volunteer fire departments for lost equipment for those departments that have entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of fire protection services across county boundaries; amend KRS 311A.155 to require the board to grant preferences to counties that have entered into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; increase reimbursement to counties for lost equipment for those counties that have entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; reduce deduction from state aid for reimbursement of lost equipment to counties for lost equipment for those counties that have entered into a valid interlocal agreement for the provision of emergency services across county boundaries; amend KRS 39B.020 to encourage the creation of voluntary regional emergency service districts through the creation of interlocal agreements; increase supplementary state funds for those regional emergency service districts created through valid interlocal agreements; amend KRS 258.119 to require the commissioner grant preferences to those counties that have entered into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of animal control services across county boundaries; amend KRS 224.43-505 to require the reimbursement of 100% of direct expenses involved in eliminating illegal open dumps in counties that have entered into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of solid waste management services across county boundaries, provided other criteria is met; reduce matching grant requirements for counties that have entered into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of solid waste management services across county boundaries; amend KRS 177.320 to establish a new road fund for counties that have entered into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of road and bridge construction and maintenance across county boundaries; establish a formula for the distribution of this new road fund; set conditions for the use of this fund by counties that have entered into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of road and bridge construction and maintenance across county boundaries; provide for the lapsing of unused funds; amend KRS 75.440 to conform; require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to examine costs of supplemental aid to county police departments and sheriffs that enter into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of police or tax collection services across county boundaries; establish a reporting date for the Department; require the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to examine costs of supplemental aid to fire departments that enter into valid interlocal agreements for the provision of fire protection services across county boundaries; establish a reporting date for the commission, establish July 1, 2005, as the effective date of the Act.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
HB 65/LM (BR 361) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to firearms and ammunition therefor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to permit a private gun buy-back program to be conducted in cooperation with a law enforcement agency, specify terms and conditions; amend KRS 237.025, relating to gun buy-back programs, to conform.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
HB 66/AA (BR 347) - A. Arnold, T. Edmonds
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 6.515, relating to retirement service purchases for members of the General Assembly, to allow purchase of nonqualified service after 15 years and increase the number of years as a Master Commissioner eligible for purchase; amend KRS 6.520 and 61.510 to base creditable compensation of members of the General Assembly on taxable earnings as a legislator; amend KRS 6.525 to allow members of the General Assembly to retire after 27 years of service; amend KRS 21.370, relating to retirement service purchases for members of the Judicial Retirement Plan, to allow purchase of nonqualified service after 15 years, increase the number of years as a Master Commissioner eligible for purchase, and permit the purchase of up to five years teaching at a post-secondary institution; amend KRS 21.580, relating to the Senior Status Program for Special Judges, to eliminate the sunset provision and allow judges participating in the Kentucky Retirement Systems to participate in the Senior Status Program; amend KRS 21.400 to conform.
HB 66 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/AA - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 6.505 to permit a legislator who failed to join the Legislators' Retirement Plan at the time of taking office to join; base final compensation on the five highest years of earnings as a legislator, rather than last five years of earnings as a legislator; change sunset date for the Senior Status Judge Program from 2009 to 2015; amend KRS 61.680 to correct cite.
HFA (1, S. Baugh) - Amend to allow employees participating in KERS who retire between August 1, 2005, and January 31, 2009, to have final compensation based on the average of the three highest years if the employee has at least 20 years of service.
HFA (2, R. Wilkey) - Amend to require that for members of the Legislators' Retirement Plan who retire actual earned salary will only be used if the member pays the statutory contributions on the wages used.
HFA (3, T. Riner) - Amend to delete changes to retirement benefits of members of the General Assembly.
HFA (4, T. Riner) - Amend to delete changes to retirement benefits of members of the General Assembly.
HFA (5, R. Wilkey) - Amend to provide reciprocity between the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the other state administered retirement systems for current and future members.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 18-floor amendments (3) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4) filed
HB 67 (BR 273) - P. Marcotte
AN ACT changing the classification of the City of Union, in Boone County.
Reclassify the City of Union, in Boone County, population 3,048, from a city of the fifth class to a city of the fourth class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification of cities established by the former section 156 of the Kentucky Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification as a city of the fourth class requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
HB 67 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, D. Williams) - Insert language to reclassify the City of Corbin, in Whitley and Knox county, population 7855, from a city of the third to a city of the fourth class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification of cities established by the former section 156 of the Kentucky Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification as a city of the fourth class requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
SFA (2/Title, D. Williams) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 91-0
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005; floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 32-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
Feb 28-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 1-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title) for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title); passed 93-0
Mar 3-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 42)
HB 68 (BR 390) - J. Higdon, M. Harmon, D. Keene
AN ACT relating to health benefit plans that exclude mandated health benefits.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to permit an insurer offering health benefit plans to offer a high deductible health benefit plan that excludes state-mandated health benefits; restrict purchase of such plans to applicants who are uninsured on the date of application and have been uninsured for the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of application; define a high deductible health benefit plan as a health benefit plan with the same annual deductibles as required by federal law for health savings account high deductible health plans; require the prospective policyholder to sign a written disclosure statement; require the insurer to retain the completed disclosure statement, or an electronic copy, in its records for a reasonable period of time as set by the commissioner; require any advertisement of the high deductible health benefit plan to contain a statement clearly stating that all state-mandated health benefits are not covered in the high deductible health benefit plan.
HB 68 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, J. Higdon) - Allow waiver of mandated health benefits except for benefits mandated by federal law and mandated hospice care coverage.
HCA (2, R. Damron) - Allow waiver of mandated health benefits except for benefits mandated by federal law, mandated hospice care coverage, mandated diabetes coverage, and mandated reimbursement of services within the practice of an optometrist.
HFA (1, J. Higdon) - Prohibit exclusion of mandated benefits pertaining to the payment, indemnification, or reimbursement of chiropractors licensed under KRS Chapter 312.
HFA (2, A. Wuchner) - Require an insurer that offers a plan to provide adequate disclosure of plan differences with a side-by-side comparison of plans; require training of agents who sell the plans to ensure adequate knowledge be provided to the consumer; require that a copy of all printed materials and agent training information relating to the plan be filed with the department.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendments (1) and (2)
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 18-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 23-floor amendment (2) filed
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
HB 69/CI (BR 9) - S. Lee
AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights.
Create several new sections of KRS 421.500 to 421.575, the Kentucky Crime Victim Bill of Rights, to require courts to ensure that victims are afforded rights; allow the victim, his or her legal representative, and the attorney for the Commonwealth to assert the rights and prohibit defendants from obtaining any form of relief under KRS 421.500 to 421.575; require courts, in cases where the number of victims makes it impracticable to accord all of the victims the rights contained in KRS 421.500 to 421.575, to devise a procedure to give effect to KRS 421.500 to 421.575; allow the attorney for the Commonwealth or the victim to petition the next highest court for the issuance of an extraordinary writ if a court denies any right of the victim; allow the attorney for the Commonwealth in a defendant's appeal to assert as error the court's denial of any victim's right in the proceeding to which the appeal relates; amend KRS 421.500 to include notification of a victim if there is a motion for shock probation; amend KRS 421.500 to require law enforcement agencies, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and courts to make every reasonable effort to protect the privacy of the victim; amend KRS 421.500 to prohibit employers of victims or witnesses from retaliating against or discharging the victims or witnesses based on absence related to investigation or cooperation in the prosecution of the case; amend KRS 421.520 to clarify that the victim has a right to submit a written victim impact statement to the court if the court has before it a motion for shock probation.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
HB 70/FN (BR 112) - M. Harmon
AN ACT relating to state emblems.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Pioneer Playhouse as the official outdoor theatre capital of Kentucky.
HB 70 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, D. Floyd) - Retain original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre in Bardstown, the theatre home of "Stephen Foster--the Musical," as the official outdoor musical theatre of Kentucky.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-floor amendment (1) filed
HB 71 (BR 202) - S. Lee
AN ACT relating to student physical activity and health and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for the 2005-06 school year to include in the minimum requirements for high school graduation for all students the completion of the physical activity requirements and, for students entering the ninth grade, two credits of health and nutrition instruction; provide all students in kindergarten through grade twelve 45 minutes of daily or 225 minutes of weekly physical activity; specify alternative plans and activities for the integration of physical activity in the school day; encourage schools to develop physical education plans in consultation with a certified physical education specialist; clarify that the required physical activity shall be considered part of the instructional day; amend KRS 160.345 to require, beginning with the 2005-06 school year, a school council to adopt a plan to integrate daily physical activity into the school day; require a school council's student assignment policy to include for all students 45 minutes of daily or 225 minutes of weekly physical activity and for students in kindergarten through grade eight 45 minutes per week or 180 minutes per month of health and nutrition instruction; amend KRS 158.153 and 158.6455 to conform; declare an EMERGENCY.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
HB 72 (BR 125) - R. Nelson, T. Edmonds
AN ACT relating to habitual truancy.
Amend KRS 159.150 to identify any public school student, who has not reached his or her twenty-first birthday, who has been absent from school without a valid excuse for three or more days or tardy without valid excuse on three or more days as truant; identify as a habitual truant a student who has been reported as truant two or more times; amend KRS 159.990 to hold a public school student who has attained the age of 18, but who has not reached his or her twenty-first birthday, accountable if the student fails to comply with school truancy laws; hold the parent, guardian, or custodian of a public school student who has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday accountable if the student fails to comply with school truancy laws; hold the court-appointed guardian of a public school student who has not reached his or her twenty-first birthday, accountable if the student fails to comply with school truancy laws; require school district personnel to inform students, parents, guardians, and custodians of the penalties for violating school truancy laws; amend KRS 600.020 to identify as a habitual truant a student who has been reported as truant two or more times.
HB 72 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, K. Winters) - Remove the provision that requires a student absent from school for less than half a day be counted as tardy.
SFA (1, V. McGaha) - Make technical correction.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-3rd reading, passed 88-6
Feb 7-received in Senate
Feb 10-to Education (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with committee amendment (1)
Mar 2-floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with committee amendment (1), floor amendment (1); received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendment (1), floor amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate committee amendment (1), floor amendment (1); passed 91-5; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 172)
HB 73 (BR 214) - De. Butler, R. Crimm, R. Palumbo, R. Rand, T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to professional engineers and land surveyors.
Amend KRS 322.040 to exclude engineering projects from the list of licensure qualifications; remove all sections establishing the qualifications for licensure as a professional land surveyor; delete prescribed methods for substituting engineering education for engineering experience; make technical corrections to conform; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations directing how experience gained prior to graduation from an engineering school may be considered; create a new section of KRS Chapter 322 to establish the qualifications for licensure as a professional land surveyor; describe the specific examination, education, and experience standards necessary for licensure as a land surveyor; permit applications for licensure even if the applicant is not practicing land surveying at the time of the application; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the requirements for experience gained prior to graduation from a land surveying program and for the surveying core curriculum; create a new section of KRS Chapter 322 relating to land surveyors; limit the section to be effective only until June 30, 2011; list additional education and experience combinations by which a person may qualify for licensure as a professional land surveyor; enable applicants to substitute education for part of the experience requirements; limit the amount of experience an applicant can substitute with education to a maximum of four years; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations directing the methods for consideration of experience gained prior to graduation from a land surveying program; allow the board to promulgate administrative regulations to provide an exemption to certain licensure requirements based on a finding of hardship or medical necessity.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, passed 97-0
Feb 9-received in Senate
Feb 14-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 33-0; received in House
Feb 25-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 4-signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 20)
HB 74/LM (BR 326) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to criminal record expungement.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to allow a person convicted of one class D felony or a series of Class D felonies arising out of a single event to petition to have the record expunged; provide steps for Commonwealth's attorneys' involvement in the process, notification of victim, and payment of fee; prohibit expungement if the offense was a felony under KRS Chapter 507 relating to criminal homicide or KRS Chapter 508 relating to assault; amend KRS 431.078 to provide that a person convicted of a misdemeanor may petition for expungement of the record five years after adjudication and to increase the fee; amend KRS 431.076 to add a fee; amend KRS 527.040 to exempt individuals who have had their records expunged from the statute or felon in possession of firearms.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
HB 75/CI (BR 299) - B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to inmate labor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to allow the Department of Corrections to lease the labor of its inmates on certain conditions, including that the inmate be paid the prevailing wage in the locality for the work and that the inmate's earnings be used for payment of restitution, and support of dependents, with the goods produced being authorized to be sold both to public and private purchasers.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
HB 76/FN (BR 212) - D. Graham
AN ACT relating to hospital-acquired infections.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define "Ambulatory surgical center," "Cabinet", "Hospital," and "Hospital-acquired infection"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require the cabinet to collect data on hospital-acquired infection rates and require a quarterly report from each hospital and ambulatory surgical center on their infection rates; establish an advisory committee to assist the cabinet in evaluating reported data; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require the cabinet to annually report to the Legislative Research Commission a summary of the data received from the hospitals' and ambulatory surgical centers' quarterly reports; create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 216 to create a penalty of termination of licensure, or other sanctions determined by the cabinet and a civil penalty of $1000 per day per violation for hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers that misleads or withholds information; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to make the cabinet responsible for enforcing compliance.
HB 76 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Delete original provisions; direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a twenty member task force to study methods to reduce the number of hospital-acquired infections and increase public awareness; require a final report submission by November 15, 2005, to the Legislative Research Commission and to the Governor.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 81-13 with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Health and Welfare (S)
HB 77/LM (BR 426) - D. Graham
AN ACT relating to the dissemination of public information.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Attorney General to distribute Open Meetings and Open Records information to local government officials, superintendents of public school districts, and presidents of public universities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to require the Department for Libraries and Archives to assist the Attorney General; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require local government officials to further distribute the information; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require superintendents of public school districts to further distribute the information; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require presidents of public universities to further distribute the information.
HB 77 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Retain original provisions of the bill except include postsecondary educational institutions governed by KRS 164.001(12) or (16) among those entities which shall receive notification from the Attorney General on changes to open meetings and open records laws; require the presidents of those institutions to notify the Attorney General regarding who should receive the information.
SCS/LM - Retain original provisions of the bill except amend KRS 61.878 to include public or private records having historic, literary, artistic, or commemorative value accepted by the archivist of a public university, museum, or government depository from a donor or depositor other than a public agency among the exemptions from open records laws; require that the exemption shall apply to the extend that nondisclosure is requested in writing by the donor of the records but shall not apply to records the disclosure or publication of which is mandated by another statute or by federal laws; amend KRS 313.130, 319.082, 327.070, and 342.347 to conform.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 91-1 with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-received in Senate
Feb 16-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 28-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 1-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; passed 88-0
Mar 3-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 45)
HB 78 (BR 350) - C. Embry Jr
AN ACT relating to coroners.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to require coroners to report deaths that result from the presence of drugs or poisons in the body to the Office of Vital Statistics.
HB 78 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, C. Embry Jr) - Amend to allow laboratory examination in the determination of deaths caused by drugs or poisons; amend to delete the provisions that coroners shall report deaths caused by drugs or poisons occurring during the preceding month and provide that the report shall be made the month following the completion of the post-mortem examination or laboratory examination.
HFA (1, B. Yonts) - Retain the original provisions of the bill; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to require peace officers to cause the testing of blood, breath, or urine, or a combination thereof, of a person believed to be operating a motor vehicle when the vehicle is involved in an accident that results in death or serious physical injury to determine the presence and concentration of alcohol or any substance that may impair driving; create a penalty for refusal of testing.
HFA (2/Title, B. Yonts) - Make title amendment.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 24-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
HB 79 (BR 416) - S. Baugh, R. Mobley
AN ACT relating to the master logger program.
Amend KRS 149.342 to a create temporary master logger designation and require the cabinet to specify requirements; require that when a temporary master logger is used that this be reported.
HB 79 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of bill except to provide that a temporary master logger certification be for four months; amend KRS 149.344 to provide cabinet with authority to remove bad actor designations and to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures for removal of bad actor designations.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Mar 3-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 39)
HB 80 (BR 268) - E. Ballard
AN ACT relating to automobile liability insurance.
Amend KRS 186A.042 to provide that if AVIS does not list the vehicle identification number of a motor vehicle, the county clerk may process the application if the owner of the vehicle is serving in the Armed Forces outside of Kentucky, and the owner provides an affidavit by the provost marshal of the base where the owner is stationed stating that the motor vehicle is covered by security as required by Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 10-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 96-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 1-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 24)
HB 81/LM (BR 452) - J. Fischer, S. Lee, R. Mobley, J. Stewart III
AN ACT to promote the uniform application of civil rights law in the Commonwealth.
Amend KRS 344.020, 344.190, and 344.320, and repeal and reenact KRS 344.300, relating to the Commonwealth's civil rights laws, to provide that the Commonwealth has occupied the field of civil rights law and that local laws on the subject are prohibited.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
HB 82/LM (BR 462) - J. Fischer, R. Mobley
AN ACT relating to labor organizations.
Amend KRS 336.130 to prohibit mandatory membership or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 336.180 to revise the definition of "labor organization" to include a union; define "public body" to mean the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions including, school districts and postsecondary education systems; define "employee" to mean any person employed by an employer, including employees of a public body; amend 336.990 to make a violation of this Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages and provide injunctive relief; create a new section to exempt existing contracts or agreements; create a new section to name this Act as the "Kentucky Right to Work Act"; amend KRS 67A.6904, KRS 67C.406, KRS 78.470, KRS 78.480, and KRS 345.050 to conform.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Labor and Industry (H)
HB 83 (BR 14) - S. Lee
AN ACT relating to school financial statements.
Amend KRS 160.463 to change the means by which public school systems publish annual financial statements.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
HB 84 (BR 13) - S. Lee, R. Mobley
AN ACT relating to school employees.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to limit a teacher's civil liability for damages resulting from acts or omissions taken in good faith during the supervision or discipline of students.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 85 (BR 272) - D. Pasley, H. Moberly Jr, C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to a refundable tax credit for prescription drug costs.
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to define terms; require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services to negotiate the highest obtainable rebates from drug manufacturers to be used to provide a refundable prescription drug tax credit for uninsured Kentucky residents who have incomes at or below 350% of the federal poverty guidelines; require the secretary to use the amount of rebates provided to the Medicaid program and other federal programs as a basis for negotiating the rebates; permit the Cabinet for Health Services to submit any required state plan amendment or Medicaid waiver to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services develop a preferred drug list for the Medicaid program as a condition of providing rebates to "qualified residents"; establish a Kentucky Rx refundable tax credit fund in the State Treasury; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow a refundable tax credit for prescription drug costs for qualified residents; authorize the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to determine the amount of the tax credit based on the amount of funds available divided by the number of estimated "qualified residents"; prohibit the amount of the tax credit to exceed the out-of-pocket costs; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the refundable prescription drug credit is applied against tax imposed by KRS 141.020; and apply the refundable tax credit beginning with the 2006 tax year.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 86 (BR 25) - M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to all-terrain vehicles.
Amend KRS 189.515 to require any person operating an all-terrain vehicle to wear protective headgear; require that no person under the age of 16 years shall operate an all-terrain vehicle; amend KRS 189.990 to provide community services for a first offense and a $100 fine for each subsequent offense; amend KRS 186.574 to conform.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
HB 87 (BR 201) - M. Marzian
Feb 9-WITHDRAWN
HB 88 (BR 354) - S. Westrom, J. Carr
AN ACT relating to criminal background checks.
Amend KRS 160.380 to permit a superintendent to require a national criminal history background check for a job applicant who has resided in Kentucky twelve months or less; require an applicant for any district position to divulge all states in which he or she has lived and the dates of residency; require photo identification of any applicant.
HB 88 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions; require the results of a national criminal history background check performed on an applicant for a district position be sent to the hiring superintendent.
SFA (1, E. Tori) - Retain original provisions; attach provisions of SB 81 relating to amending KRS 531.335 and 531.340 relating to child pornography penalty increases.
SFA (2/Title, E. Tori) - Make title amendment.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 189/GA; clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; add that Glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner's written statement.
SFA (4/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
CCR - Cannot agree.
FCCR - Adopt the provisions of HB 88/SCS with the following changes: attach the provisions of SB 189/GA; clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; add that glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner’s written statement; clarify that a school employee is not required to consent to administer glucagon or diazepam rectal gel to a student if the employee does not otherwise consent to provide the health service under KRS 156.502; and make title amendment.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Education (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent bill
Mar 3-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
Mar 4-floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading; floor amendment (4-title) withdrawn; passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3); received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3); House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3); received in Senate
Mar 21-posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3); Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3); Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; Conference Committee report rejected in House; Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; passed 35-0; received in House; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; passed 65-14; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 177)
HB 89 (BR 64) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to tobacco products.
Amend KRS 2.015 to specify the age of majority for tobacco products is raised from 18 to 21; amend KRS 438.305 to define proof of age as 21; amend KRS 438.310 to prohibit sale of tobacco products to persons under age 21; amend KRS 438.311 to prohibit purchase of tobacco products by a person under age 21 and specify the offense as a status offense; amend KRS 438.313 to prohibit distribution of tobacco products to a person under age 21 and specify the offense as a status offense; amend KRS 438.315 to prohibit sale of tobacco products through vending machines to a person under age 21 and specify the offense as a status offense; KRS 438.325 to prohibit purchase of tobacco products by persons under age 21; amend KRS 438.330 to specify enforcement procedures; amend KRS 438.350 to prohibit possession of tobacco products by a person under age 21.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 90/FN (BR 306) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to local school district wellness programs and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 156 and amend KRS 160.340 to require the Department of Education, local school boards, and schools to implement local school district wellness programs to increase physical activity and encourage healthy choices; EMERGENCY.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 91/FN (BR 220) - T. Burch, D. Horlander, R. Meeks, C. Miller, S. Riggs, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to electronic transactions.
Amend KRS 369.102 to define "authorization" and "electronic identification"; create a new section of KRS 369 to allow electronic signature authentication and identification for transactions relating to identifiable health information and specify components of system for authentication and identification of electronic signature.
HB 91 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Retain original provisions except permit, rather than mandate, the specific type of security procedures for electronic signature authentication.
HFA (1, A. Wuchner) - Retain original provisions and specify that DNA shall not be used as a biometric identifier.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 7-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 88-4 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Judiciary (S)
HB 92/FN (BR 404) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs dispensed through programs under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet for Health Services.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to prohibit the Cabinet for Health Services from placing prior authorization restrictions on HIV/AIDS drugs or diagnostic tests if prescribed and medically necessary; specify classes of drugs that may not be limited; require the cabinet to make these exemptions and exclusions from limitations applicable to all programs operated by all offices, agencies, and departments under the cabinet's jurisdiction.
HB 92 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Retain original provisions, except exempt the Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program from the provisions that prohibit the use of prior authorization in agency programs.
HFA (1, T. Burch) - Delete prohibition against establishing limits on laboratory or diagnostic tests; delete prohibition relating to limits on opportunistic diseases or infections related to HIV and AIDS; require the cabinet to set forth exemptions from formulary limitations in an administrative regulation.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 14-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 86-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 1-2nd reading, to Rules
HB 93/FN (BR 271) - H. Moberly Jr, F. Rasche, L. Clark, J. Draud, Ji. Lee, D. Pasley, T. Riner
AN ACT relating to improving student achievement, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to stress the importance of the gateway skills of reading and mathematics to students' achievement of the Kentucky academic goals; describe roles of statewide entities in improving student achievement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Committee for Mathematics Achievement for purposes of developing a multi-faceted strategic plan to improve student achievement in mathematics at all levels of schooling; define the membership of the committee; assign duties to the committee and the staffing of the committee; sunset the committee as of December 31, 2006; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the mathematics achievement fund; amend KRS 156.553 to expand optional uses of the teachers' professional growth fund; give priority to training and support of reading and mathematics coaches and mentors, June 1, 2006 through the 2009-2010 school year; amend KRS 158.792 to provide additional definitions relating to reading, change the Early Reading Incentive Grant Steering Committee to the Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee with new responsibilities, placing emphasis on reading diagnostic strategies and intervention services and increasing opportunities for intervention services for students grades four to twelve; amend KRS 158.794 to specify the membership of the steering committee; amend KRS 164.0207 relating to the responsibilities of the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development; amend KRS 154A.130 to conform; permit the Act to be cited as the Gateway Skills Act of 2005; EMERGENCY.
HB 93 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, H. Moberly Jr) - Add two adult educators to the mathematics achievement committee; add additional requirement in the strategic plan; make changes to conform.
HFA (1, H. Moberly Jr) - Add private college personnel to the mathematics initiative.
SCS/FN - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to stress the importance of the gateway skills of reading and mathematics to students' achievement of the Kentucky academic goals; describe roles of statewide entities in improving student achievement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the Committee for Mathematics Achievement for purposes of developing a multi-faceted strategic plan to improve student achievement in mathematics at all levels of schooling, including emphasis on diagnostic assessment and intervention services for primary students; define the membership of the committee; assign duties to the committee and the staffing of the committee; require the Committee for Mathematics Achievement to develop institutes for which professional growth funds may be used; establish a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish the mathematics achievement fund and describe the use of funds; amend KRS 156.553 to expand optional uses of the teachers' professional growth fund; give priority to training and support of reading and mathematics coaches and mentors June 1, 2006, through the 2009-2010 school year, as well as training of primary teachers in mathematics diagnostic assessment and intervention services; create a new section of KRS 164 to establish a Center for Mathematics; specify duties of the Center for Mathematics; EMERGENCY.
SFA (1, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 189/GA; clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; add that Glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner's written statement.
SFA (2/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 14-posting waived
Feb 15-reported favorably, to Rules
Feb 16-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 18-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 98-0 with committee amendment (1), floor amendment (1)
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Education (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed to Committee Substitute; 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; passed 94-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 164)
HB 94 (BR 821) - J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to social work.
Amend KRS 335.080 to permit licensure as a "certified social worker" to an applicant who has not failed to pass a board examination within the previous three, rather than six, months; amend KRS 335.090 to permit licensure as a "licensed social worker" to an applicant who has not failed to pass a board examination within the previous three, rather than six, months; amend KRS 335.100 to permit licensure as a "licensed clinical social worker" to an applicant who has not failed to pass a board examination within the previous three, rather than six, months.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 95 (BR 803) - J. Wayne, C. Embry Jr, J. Higdon
AN ACT relating to taxation of nursing facility services and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 142.361 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to obtain federal approval by July 1, 2005, to exempt nonMedicaid participating nursing facilities from the nursing facility services provider tax; provide that the tax shall expire as of July 1, 2005, if the federal approval has not been obtained.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 96 (BR 320) - S. Westrom, J. Crenshaw, M. Denham, T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to student credit cards.
Amend KRS 287.385 to prohibit the offer of a gift in exchange for a student credit card application; require public postsecondary education institutions and encourage nonpublic postsecondary institutions to include credit card and debt education sessions as part of new student orientation; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to promulgate administrative regulations to regulate credit card marketing practices on public postsecondary campuses; make the adoption of a credit card marketing policy a requirement for licensure of a nonpublic postsecondary college or university; amend KRS 164.947 to conform.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 93-0
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 97 (BR 456) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to rural development.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to establish the Rural Enhancement and Development Committee as a permanent subcommittee of the Legislative Research Commission; and establish its purposes, duties, members, and terms.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 92-0; received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 98 (BR 330) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to sales tax.
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt straw, wood shavings, and sawdust used in agricultural or equine pursuits; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2005.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 99 (BR 433) - R. Nelson, C. Embry Jr, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
Amend KRS 189.030 to require that headlights must be in use when atmospheric conditions require the use of windshield wipers; prohibit the application of any penalty for a violation of this provision; require the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs notifying the traveling public of the requirement for headlight use.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
HB 100 (BR 436) - R. Nelson
AN ACT relating to school employees.
Amend KRS 160.380 to allow the spouse of a school principal to be employed in the principal's school.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
HB 101 (BR 111) - B. Montell, M. Harmon
AN ACT relating to parking privileges for persons with disabilities.
Amend KRS 186.042, 189.456 and 189.458 to require issuance of an identification card to a person with a disability upon issuance of a disabled parking license plate or parking placard; require the identification card to be in the possession of the disabled person when using a parking space for the disabled; amend KRS 189.990 to conform.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
HB 102/FN (BR 316) - B. Farmer
AN ACT relating to tax collection and administration and making an appropriation therefor.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; require income tax return preparers who prepare more than 100 individual income tax returns a year to file those returns electronically; provide for a waiver of electronic filing by the taxpayer; impose a $10 filing fee on the preparer for each acceptable return not filed electronically; provide that the fee shall be retained by the Revenue Cabinet to offset the cost of processing paper returns; impose penalties against return preparers who do not obtain and retain waivers for acceptable returns not filed electronically; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the electronic filing requirements and keep pace with technological advances.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
HB 103 (BR 205) - B. Farmer
AN ACT relating to public employee benefits.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to allow participants in the state group health insurance program to form associations for the purpose of obtaining group supplemental health insurance to cover out-of-pocket expenses.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Introduced Jan. 5, 2005
HB 104/LM (BR 415) - K. Bratcher
AN ACT relating to local government referendums.
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 83A.120 as a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow any public question not prohibited by statute to be submitted to the voters of a city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government by either a resolution of the local legislative body or a petition; reduce the required number of signatures on a petition from at least 20% to at least three percent of the total number of votes cast for president in the last election; technical corrections.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
HB 105/FN/LM (BR 337) - K. Stein, L. Clark, J. Crenshaw, R. Nelson
AN ACT relating to minimum wage.
Amend KRS 337.275 to increase the state hourly minimum wage to $8.15 an hour; and increase to federal minimum wage rate if such rate exceeds the state minimum wage rate.
HB 105 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN/LM - Amend 337.275 to increase the state hourly minimum wage to $5.65 an hour with a $0.50 an hour increase every six months until the wage equals but does not exceed $7.15 an hour; increase to the federal minimum wage rate if such rate exceeds the state minimum wage rate.
HFA (1, K. Stein) - Delete provisions of the bill in its entirety; direct the Interim Joint Committee on Labor and Industry to study the effects of the minimum wage on Kentucky workers and to study the feasibility of gradually increasing the minimum wage rate.
HFA (2/Title, K. Stein) - Make title amendment.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 15-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 22-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
HB 106 (BR 352) - R. Webb, H. Cornett, L. Clark, T. Couch, C. Embry Jr, C. Meade, R. Nelson, A. Smith, B. Smith, T. Thompson, J. Wayne, R. Wilkey, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.
Amend KRS 342.316 to delete consensus procedure for coal-related occupational pneumoconiosis claims and require submission of two "B" reader x-ray interpretations; amend 342.732 to permit miners aged 52, rather than 57, to elect cash benefits in lieu of retraining; amend 342.792 to permit filing and reopening of claims with last exposure occurring between December 12, 1996, and effective date of the Act by December 12, 2005, or within the limits of 342.316, whichever is longer; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 342 to change reference from coal workers' pneumoconiosis to coal-related occupational pneumoconiosis; repeal KRS 342.794, relating to the "B" reader list.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Labor and Industry (H)
HB 107 (BR 253) - K. Stein, R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to jurisdictional limits for Kentucky courts.
Amend KRS 24A.230 and 24A.290 to increase the jurisdictional limit of the small claims division of the District Court from $1,500 to $3,000 for both claims and counterclaims.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
HB 108 (BR 446) - J. Vincent, M. Denham, M. Harmon
AN ACT relating to notaries public.
Amend KRS 64.300 to waive fees for veterans of armed forces.
HB 108 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions; add National Guard to those veterans qualifying to receive a waiver of notary public fees.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
HB 109 (BR 481) - H. Collins, J. Comer Jr
AN ACT relating to consumer protection.
Amend KRS 186A.530, relating to branded titles for motor vehicles, to require that a vehicle that has been issued a previous title branded "junk," "unrebuildable," or other similar classification by another state, if rebuilt in Kentucky, carry a special brand on the title that warns that the vehicle may not be eligible to be titled for highway use in all states; amend 186A.990 to conform.
HB 109 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill with the following exceptions: eliminate strict wording of rebuilt brands and salvage titles on unrebuildable vehicles; give Transportation Cabinet the responsibility to create a unique identification system for such vehicles; require the Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations setting out such a system.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-received in Senate
Feb 15-to Transportation (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Feb 28-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 22)
HB 110/FN (BR 11) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend various sections to merge the Cabinet for Health Services and Cabinet for Families and Children into the newly created Cabinet for Health and Family Services, change the Office of Aging Services to the Division of Aging Services, change the Office of Women's Physical and Mental Health to the Division of Women's Physical and Mental Health, change the Office of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers to the Division of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers, and change the Office of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services to the Division of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services, and create the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, Department for Human Support Services, Office of Human Resource Management, Office of Fiscal Services, and Office of Contract Oversight; amend KRS 11.065 to make the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services a member of the Governor's Executive Cabinet; amend KRS 11.182 to reduce the membership of the Kentucky Appalachian Development Commission from 48 to 47 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 11.515 to reduce the membership of the Geographic Advisory Council from 26 to 25 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 12.020 to delete the organizational structure of the Cabinet for Families and Children and Cabinet for Health Services and add the structure of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services by inserting the newly created Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, Office of Legal Services, Department for Human Support Services, Office of Human Resource Management, Office of Fiscal Services, and Office of Contract Oversight; amend KRS 12.330 to reduce the membership of the KY-ASAP Board from 18 to 17 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; repeal and reenact KRS 12.350 as a new Section of KRS Chapter 194A, and amend to move the Office of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services from the Office of the Governor to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as a newly created division; amend KRS 62.160 to require bonding of the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 142.301 and 142.307 to insert the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and include reference to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in addition to the Health Care Financing Administration; amend KRS 154.12-203 to reduce the voting membership of the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs from 25 to 24 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 163.506 to reduce the membership of the Commission on Deaf and Hard of Hearing from 15 to 14 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 194A.010 to set forth the functions of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 194A.030 to update the organizational structure of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 194A.050 to include the Council for Families and Children; amend KRS 194A.505 to update prohibited activities to include those relating to food stamp programs; repeal and reenact KRS 194B.100, 194B.102, 194B.360, 194B.370, 194B.530, 194B.535, 194B.570, 194B.572, 194B.575, and 194B.578 as new sections of KRS Chapter 194A; amend KRS 198A.035 to add the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as a member of the Kentucky Housing Corporation, and to delete the reference to the secretaries of health services and families and children; amend KRS 200.700 to reduce the membership of the Early Childhood Development Authority from 17 to 16 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 210.502 to reduce the membership of the Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Illness, Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Disorders, and Dual Diagnoses, from 27 to 26 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 210.575 to reduce the membership of the Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disorders from 25 to 24 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 309.308 to reduce the membership of the Board of Interpreters for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Policy Committee from 11 to 10 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; amend KRS 403.700 to reduce the membership of the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault from 37 to 36 by deleting the secretaries for health services and families and children as members and adding the secretary for health and family services; make conforming amendments; repeal 194B.005, 194B.010, 194B.025, 194B.030, 194B.040, 194B.050, 194B.060, 194B.070, 194B.080, 194B.090, 194B.110, 194B.130, 194B.140, 194B.150, 194B.160, 194B.170, 194B.190, 194B.200, 194B.360, 194B.500, 194B.505, 194B.510, 194B.515, 194B.990; confirm Executive Order 2004-444 and Executive Order 2004-726.
HB 110 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Retain original provisions, except permit, rather than require, the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to use the Public Health Advisory Council to review administrative regulations that relate to public health, and permit, rather than require, the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to use the Council for Families and Children to review administrative regulations that relate to families and children programs.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, passed 95-3 with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-received in Senate
Feb 14-to Health and Welfare (S)
HB 111 (BR 199) - R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to tobacco.
Amend KRS 131.600 to add unstamped roll-your-own tobacco containers to the definition of units sold; amend KRS 138.130 to include roll-your-own tobacco in the definition of cigarettes; amend KRS 138.155 to stipulate that the Revenue Cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations allowing alternative methods to collect taxes on roll-your-own tobacco; amend KRS 365.270 to conform.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 112 (BR 73) - T. Edmonds
AN ACT relating to home-delivered meal services for the aging.
Amend KRS 205.203 to require the Secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services to provide home-delivered meal services for the aging that are sufficient to meet the demand within each area development district, and prohibit the establishment of a waiting list for this service.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 113/FN/LM (BR 308) - B. DeWeese
AN ACT changing the classification of the City of Prospect, in Jefferson County.
Reclassify the City of Prospect, in Jefferson County, from a city of the fourth class to a city of the third class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification of cities established by the former Section 156 of the Kentucky Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification as a city of the third class requires a population of 8,000 to 19,999.
HB 113 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, D. Williams) - Insert language to reclassify the City of Corbin, in Whitley and Knox Counties, population 7,855, from a city of the third to a city of the fourth class. As provided in Section 156A of the Kentucky Constitution, the population requirements for the classification of cities established by the former section 156 of the Kentucky Constitution remain in effect until changed by law. Therefore, classification as a city of the fourth class requires a population of 3,000 to 7,999.
SFA (2/Title, D. Williams) - Make title amendment.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 74-15
Feb 11-received in Senate
Feb 16-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005; floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 33-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
Feb 28-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 1-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title) for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-House refused to concur in Senate floor amendment (1)
Mar 3-received in Senate
Mar 8-posted for passage for receding from Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate receded from floor amendments (1) and (2-title); passed 33-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 77)
HB 114 (BR 475) - A. Wuchner, A. Simpson, R. Adams, J. Draud, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, M. Henley, D. Keene, T. Kerr, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, J. Reinhardt
AN ACT relating to independent district boards of health.
Amend KRS 212.786 to reduce the membership of independent health district boards, remove proportional representation of certain professions, change the population requirements for certain appointments, and establish population criteria for subsequent appointments.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
HB 115 (BR 117) - J. Arnold Jr
AN ACT relating to domestic relations.
Amend KRS 403.190 to provide that marital property is deemed to be acquired between the date a marriage begins and the date a petition for dissolution or separation is filed and to provide that debt incurred by a spouse subsequent to the filing of a petition for dissolution or separation be rebuttably presumed to be the debt of that spouse only.
HB 115 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to state that marital property may not be converted to non-marital property by one spouse acting alone.
HFA (1, G. Lindsay) - Amend to clarify that the prohibition on the conversion of marital property to non-marital property applies only after an action for divorce or separation is filed.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 15-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Judiciary (S)
HB 116/LM (BR 812) - C. Belcher, J. Draud, B. Farmer
AN ACT relating to local taxation.
Amend KRS 67.750, relating to local taxation, to reference the Internal Revenue Code in effect on December 31, 2004.
HB 116 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, C. Borders) - Attach the provisions of HB 476 to HB 116/GA.
SCA (2, C. Borders) - Amend KRS 67.795 to make effective date July 15, 2008.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 96-0
Feb 11-received in Senate
Feb 16-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with committee amendments (1) and (2)
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 35-0 with committee amendments (1) and (2)
Mar 4-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendments (1) and (2) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate committee amendments (1) and (2); passed 97-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 153)
Introduced Jan. 6, 2005
HB 117 (BR 327) - M. Harmon
AN ACT relating to employee benefits.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to establish a health savings account for employees and retired teachers participating in the state health insurance plan; amend KRS 18A.225 to require a high-deductible insurance plan in conjunction with the health savings account for the 2006 plan year; set the deductible for single coverage at $5,000 and for family coverage at $10,000; require policy to cover 100% eligible costs after the deductible is met; set the contribution to the health savings account for employees taking the high-deductible plan as the greater of the difference between the state's contribution for other insurance and the high-deductible premium or 90% of the contribution toward flexible spending accounts for employees who waive coverage.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to State Government (H)
HB 118 (BR 240) - B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to government contracts.
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 45A to provide for redefining the term memorandum of agreement to include federal grant agreements, agreements over $1,000,000, and deletion of all exemptions; redefine the term personal service contract to include contracts for group health care for public employees, agreements over $1,000,000, and deletion of all exemptions; exempt contracts $25,000 and under from Request for Proposals process, but require 3 quotes when feasible; exempt contracts $25,000 and under from the review process, but require filing within 30 days for informational purposes; allow meetings of the committee as necessary, but not less than once per month; require the Governor to override Government Contract Review Committee disapproval or objection to contracts, agreements, and emergency requests and prohibit delegation of decision-making authority by the Governor; and allow the committee to determine exemptions.
HB 118 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions except change the term "contracting body" to include cabinet and postsecondary institutions; change the term "memorandum of agreement" to include grant or research agreements, or similar arrangements; require all currently exempt memoranda of agreement, including agreements over $1,000,000.00, agreements for grant or research projects, and any other agreement the committee deems appropriate, to be reported to the committee in a timeframe and in a format as determined by the committee; change the term "personal service contract" to include master agreements for professional services and agreements for the provision of group health care for public employees; require all currently exempt personal service contracts, including transit authorities, agreements between postsecondary institutions and providers of health care services, agreements over $1,000,000.00, and any other agreement the committee deems appropriate, to be reported to the committee in a timeframe and in a format as determined by the committee; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to consider overriding of Government Contract Review Committee disapprovals, objections, and emergency requests, except for postsecondary institutions, and allow university presidents to be responsible for such decisions; prohibit delegation of this decision-making authority.
HFA (1, B. Yonts) - Amend to except agreements between postsecondary institutions and private entities in the definition of personal service contracts.
HFA (2, B. Yonts) - Amend to except agreements between postsecondary institutions and private entities in the definition of personal service contracts.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-floor amendment (1) filed; floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2)
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 3-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
HB 119 (BR 267) - T. Kerr, A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to child support.
Amend KRS 403.213 to allow retroactive modification of child support orders upon a finding that the person ordered to pay support was not the parent of the child; amend KRS 406.011 to conform.
HB 119 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to provide that child support already paid may not be recovered.
HFA (1, J. Vincent) - Amend to allow elimination of accumulated arrearages and recovery of child support paid for the four years preceding the filing of the motion to modify child support.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 18-floor amendment (1) withdrawn
HB 120 (BR 20) - T. Kerr
AN ACT relating to historic motor vehicles.
Amend KRS 186A.115, relating to motor vehicle inspections, to provide that inspections on historic motor vehicles that are brought into Kentucky shall be limited to verification of the vehicle identification number with supporting documentation for purposes of titling.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 121 (BR 485) - S. Brinkman, A. Arnold
AN ACT relating to elections.
Amend KRS 23A.070 to specify numbering and naming of divisions and family court divisions in the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit for election and other purposes; permit candidate to expend funds from a previously created campaign accounts for election to a division of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit; amend KRS 118A.045 to conform.
HB 121 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, R. Stivers II) - Retain original provisions; attach provisions of HB 303/HCS relating to additional judgeships on bill.
SFA (2/Title, R. Stivers II) - Make title amendment.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 91-0
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House refused to concur in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title); received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate receded from floor amendments (1) and (2-title); passed 37-0; received in House; passed 92-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 124)
HB 122 (BR 419) - T. Feeley
AN ACT relating to the annexation of land served by a sanitation district.
Amend KRS 220.530 to provide that a city must notify a sanitation district board when it intends to annex part of the territory under the sanitation district's jurisdiction; provide that the city can only take over control of sanitary sewers in annexed portions of sanitation districts if the board of the sanitation district turns over authority; amend KRS 81A.412 and KRS 81A.420 to conform.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Local Government (H)
HB 123/FN (BR 856) - S. Nunn, T. Burch, C. Embry Jr, R. Palumbo, S. Riggs, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to Medicaid reimbursement for ambulance services.
Create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.630 to require the Medicaid program to reimburse ambulance providers at the Medicare national fee schedule beginning January 1, 2006.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
HB 124 (BR 284) - Ji. Lee
Feb 1-WITHDRAWN
HB 125 (BR 902)
Not introduced for technical reasons.
HB 126/LM (BR 55) - C. Belcher, M. Denham
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to the licensing and registration of vehicles, to create a special Kentucky Walking Horse Association license plate.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
HB 127 (BR 289) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to income tax deductions for student loan interest.
Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from income tax student loan repayment assistance made by certain programs on behalf of taxpayers providing primary health care services in areas where shortages of these services exist.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 128/FN (BR 827) - B. DeWeese, J. Comer Jr, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, G. Lynn
AN ACT relating to sales and use taxes.
Amend KRS 139.495 to provide a sales tax refund on sales of donated goods by nonprofit, charitable institutions if the refund is used as reimbursement for constructing new retail facilities in this state and the institution is involved in job training and placement and other community services; provide procedures for processing refund; provide that this Act takes effect August 1, 2005.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 22-posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 89-0; received in Senate
Feb 28-to Appropriations and Revenue (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Mar 3-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 46)
HB 129 (BR 252) - A. Smith
AN ACT relating to extended weight coal haul permits.
Amend KRS 177.9771, regarding the extended weight coal haul system, to redefine weight limits by truck size when hauling coal over the extended weight coal haul system; amend KRS 177.990 to conform; EFFECTIVE 1/1/2005.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
HB 130 (BR 876) - J. Jenkins, M. Harper
AN ACT relating to hazardous duty retirement.
Amend KRS 61.592, relating to hazardous duty retirement, to include waste water treatment positions involved in the treatment of raw sewage.
HB 130 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. Higdon) - Amend to add positions in the Department of Agriculture that dispose of pesticides to the positions eligible for hazardous duty coverage.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-floor amendment (1) filed; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 131 (BR 411) - S. Westrom, R. Adams, R. Rand
AN ACT relating to the sales and use tax.
Amend KRS 139.531 to exempt the sale of all horses under two years of age at the time of sale from the sales and use tax; provide that the Act takes effect on August 1, 2005.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 132/FN (BR 824) - R. Rand, R. Wilkey, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bruce, T. Burch, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, H. Collins, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, T. Edmonds, D. Ford, D. Graham, J. Gray, M. Harmon, M. Harper, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, T. McKee, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, J. Richards, S. Rudy, C. Siler, A. Smith, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to Phase II tobacco settlement funding, appropriating funds therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Authorize state bond funds to provide Phase II Tobacco Settlement funding.
HB 132 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Retain the provisions of HB 132; empower Kentucky Tobacco Settlement Trust Corporation to issue bonds and distribute bond proceeds; provide that beneficiaries assign rights to future moneys from on-going litigation or Congressional action up to the amount of moneys received under this Act; provide income tax exemption status for moneys received under this Act.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 1-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (H); posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 7-received in Senate
Feb 10-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Introduced Jan. 7, 2005
HB 133 (BR 801) - H. Collins
AN ACT relating to transportation.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to establish a new school bus endorsement for commercial driver's licenses, set forth qualifications, and exempt current license holders with satisfactory driving records from taking the school bus endorsement skills test until October 1, 2005; amend KRS 186.018, to prohibit the destruction of records of a violation of KRS 189A.010(6); amend KRS 186.570 to remove the prohibition against the cabinet assessing suspensions or penalties for out of state speeding violations; amend KRS 186.574 to require that a violation for which points were removed through state traffic school attendance still appear on a person's driving history record if that person holds or is required to hold a CDL; amend KRS 281A.010 to provide new definitions of "conviction," "disqualification," "felony," "gross combination weight rating," "out-of-service order," "school bus," and "serious traffic violation" and create a definition for the term "imminent hazard"; amend KRS 281A.140 to expand the citations to federal regulations; amend KRS 281A.170 to create a letter code "S" on a CDL indicating a school bus endorsement, and to changed restriction codes for automatic transmissions and other restrictions; amend KRS 281A.190, regarding disqualification for holding a CDL, to include having physical possession of the vehicle under the DUI provisions; apply all disqualification standards the those who possess or are required to possess a CDL; create new disqualifying offenses of driving a commercial motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked CDL and causing a fatality through negligent use of a commercial motor vehicle; establish new disqualifying offenses for violation of railroad grade crossing requirements, out-of-service criteria violations, and out-of-service violations when transporting passengers or hazardous materials; establish procedures for reporting CDL suspension, revocation, and disqualification; establish procedures for dealing with drivers who have been declared an imminent hazard by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; amend KRS 186.540 to conform; amend KRS 174.405 and 411.450 to update references to federal hazardous material transportation laws.
HB 133 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain provisions of the original bill with the following exceptions: amend Section 2 to eliminate the masking of convictions of an "under 21" DUI (0.02 BAC) under KRS 189A.010(6) for individuals who hold, or are required to hold, a CDL; amend Section 3 to clarify that the prohibition against the Cabinet suspending a license or assessing points based on an out of state speeding violation does not apply to the holder of a CDL; amend Section 5 to clarify the definition of a "school bus"; amend Section 6 to require an applicant for a CDL to report each jurisdiction in which he or she has been licensed for the past 10 years.
SCS - Retain the provisions of House Bill 133/GA; amend KRS 281.755 to permit the driver of a motor vehicle to drive to an impoundment of storage facility if the vehicle is required to be moved as a result of a violation; require the vehicle to be moved to be escorted by a peace officer; prohibit application of the provision for certain violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to prohibit throwing of objects at trains or on railroad tracks, climbing or riding on railroad cars, disrupting the operation of a railroad, or tampering with a railroad grade crossing signal, and set penalties; amend KRS 277.350 to make trespassing on railroad property a Class B misdemeanor.
SFA (1, B. Guthrie) - Amend KRS 281.755 to restrict the ability to drive to an impoundment facility to a violation committed by a commercial motor vehicle.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Transportation (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, passed 88-4 with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-received in Senate
Feb 15-to Transportation (S)
Feb 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 1-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 2-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 3-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) on Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); passed 94-1; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 165)
HB 134/LM/CI (BR 119) - H. Collins, J. Carr, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to license plates.
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 186, relating to the licensing and registration of motor vehicles, to define "special license plate," "street rod," "SF," "CF," and "EF"; establish the total initial fee and renewal fee for all special license plates currently in existence; provide that all extra funds required for a special plate in addition to the state fee shall be collected by a county clerk, forwarded to the Transportation Cabinet, and transmitted annually from the cabinet to the appropriate designated group; permit the Transportation Cabinet to retain any investment income earned from holding the extra funds to offset administrative costs incurred by the cabinet; establish a total fee of $28 for all special license plates created after the effective date of this Act, with the Transportation Cabinet receiving $25 and the county clerk receiving $3; establish general guidelines governing the design and replacement procedures for special license plates; provide that any group wanting a special license plate to be created must collect a minimum of 900 applications, each accompanied by a $25 state fee, and submit the applications and fees to the Transportation Cabinet as a whole; upon receipt of the 900 applications and fee; require the cabinet to design and print the special license plate; establish conditions that groups must comply with prior to being eligible to apply for a special license plate; establish an appeals process for a group denied a special license plate by the Transportation Cabinet; establish conditions for issuance of a personalized license plate; permit applicants initially purchasing or renewing their registration to be permitted to make a voluntary donation, in addition to the required state and clerk fees, that is to be designated for a particular group or organization; establish the information that groups must submit to the Transportation Cabinet in order to be eligible to receive donated funds from the sale of their special license plate; establish a penalty of a Class D felony and a $5,000 fine for any individual or group violating the provisions governing the use of donated funds; require the Transportation Cabinet to perpetually produce all special license plates currently in existence until directed otherwise by the General Assembly; amend KRS 41.400, 186.041, 186.042, 186.043, 186.065, and 186.174 to conform; amend KRS 186.065 to include investigators of the Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet in the category of personnel that may be issued a state vehicle without official markings; repeal KRS 186.171, 186.1721, 186.1723, 186.1724, 186.1751, 186.1761, 186.177, 186.178, 186.179, 186.1831, 186.1835, 186.184, 186.185, 186.186, 186.18651, 186.1867, 186.1868, 186.18685, 186.187, 186.188, and 186.189.
HB 134 - AMENDMENTS
SCS/LM - Retain original provisions of the bill except amend Section 1 to set an extra fee of $5 to the Veterans' Program Trust Fund for certain military plates, General Assembly plates, Judicial plates, and Congressional plates; amend Section 2 to require the cabinet to transmit extra fees to the affected entities quarterly, rather than annually; amend Section 2 to require that persons requesting a special plate replacement for any other reason than deterioration of the plate pay a county clerk fee of $3; create a new section to allow an individual renewing any license plate to make a voluntary contribution to the Veterans' Program Trust Fund.
SCA (1/Title, B. Guthrie) - Make title amendment.
SFA (1, R. Roeding) - Require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate regulations on the procedures for review of proposed special license plates and the standards by which proposed plates may be rejected under the Act.
SFA (2, W. Blevins Jr) - Allow spouses and parents of deceased Purple Heart recipients to apply for and receive a Purple Heart license plate.
SFA (3, W. Blevins Jr) - Establish a special license plate for Gold Star Mothers; do not require 900 applications before plate is to be printed; set initial and renewal cost at $15; require proof of membership in the Gold Star Mothers of America before receiving the plate; include plate in the list of plates to be produced in perpetuity.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Transportation (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, passed 91-1
Feb 9-received in Senate
Feb 14-to Transportation (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005; floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 25-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 28-3rd reading; floor amendment (2) withdrawn; passed with 35-1 Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendments (1) and (3)
Mar 1-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 2-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendments (1) and (3) on Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 8-House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendments (1) and (3); passed 95-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 133)
HB 135 (BR 818) - J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, J. Bowen, D. Floyd, M. Henley, G. Lynn, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, A. Wuchner
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to legislative sessions.
Propose to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require the General Assembly to remain in even-year regular sessions beyond 60 days, if necessary, to enact a budget bill; prohibit consideration of any other bill or resolution having the force of law, except for budget memoranda, after the 60th legislative day; provide that members of the General Assembly shall not receive compensation for their services after the 60th legislative day; provide for 2 day veto override period after enactment of budget in extended session; submit to voters; provide ballot language.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
HB 136 (BR 805) - D. Floyd, G. Lynn
AN ACT relating to highways.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define the terms "emergency situation," "owner," and "safety officer"; require drivers in noninjury accidents on an interstate highway or parkway to stop or move their vehicles off the roadway if possible; allow peace officers or safety officers to remove, with or without the owner's consent, vehicles, cargo, or other property blocking the roadway of an interstate highway or parkway; provide exceptions for hazardous materials accidents and delay removal until after fire, medical, and police personnel have finished their duties at the accident scene; provide immunity for peace officers, local governments, and businesses or persons they employ from damage claims arising from the removal of vehicles, cargo, or property; make owner or operator who caused the accident liable for expenses in clearing the roadway; provide immunity for peace officers and local governments from damage claims for failure to exercise clearance authority.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 137/FN/LM (BR 846) - M. Harmon
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky River Authority.
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 151 relating to the Kentucky River Authority to limit the authorization for assessment of water use fees: EFFECTIVE November 15, 2005.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to State Government (H)
HB 138 (BR 813) - J. Draud
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 138.130 to include tobacco products or smokeless tobacco and define terms; amend KRS 138.140 to impose a surtax of $0.75 per pack of cigarettes and specify that funds received shall be deposited into a new Commonwealth fund; impose a tax of 32% of the gross receipts of wholesale sales of smokeless tobacco, cigars, loose tobacco, and pipe tobacco and specify that funds received shall be deposited into a new children's dental care fund; create a new section of KRS 138.130 to 138.205 to require a physical inventory of cigarette packages on May 31, 2005, and a report of the inventory to the Revenue Cabinet; establish a floor stock tax; amend KRS 138.146 to exempt compensation for tax evidence; amend KRS 138.165 for technical corrections; amend KRS 138.195 to require the tax on smokeless and other tobacco products to be paid by the 20th of each month and require the Revenue Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS 138.130 to 138.205 to corporate and limited liability officers to be personally liable for taxes imposed; amend KRS 248.652 to specify the $0.03 tax imposed by KRS 138.140 remains credited to the agriculture diversification and development fund; amend KRS 438.335 to specify that the Department of Agriculture retains $0.0005 of the $0.03 tax; amend KRS 438.337 to specify that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control retains $0.0005 of the $0.03 tax; create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to establish a children's dental care fund from the tax imposed on smokeless and other tobacco; create a Commonwealth Fund from the surtax imposed on cigarettes; specify use of cigarette tax money for mental health and substance abuse services, Medicaid health care services, cost-of-living pay raises for certified and classified public school employees, smoking prevention and cessation, public school construction or renovation for local school districts with growth in enrollment, veterans' nursing homes, university medical schools for cancer research, and the state general fund; require any agency or entity receiving moneys from the tax revenues to report on use of the funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require the Department for Public Health to administer the children's dental fund for children whose family income is below 250% of the federal poverty level; create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt motor vehicles from the state ad valorem tax; amend KRS 134.805 to levy a $3 administrative fee on motor vehicle registrations; provide that county clerks are allowed to retain $1 of the fee and that the remaining $2 is to be remitted to the Revenue Cabinet; amend KRS 132.487, 134.800, 134.810, 134.815, and 134.820 to conform; provide that the new cigarette and tobacco taxes take effect July 1, 2005, provide that motor vehicle exemption from the state ad valorum tax takes effect January 1, 2005; EMERGENCY; APPROPRIATION.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 139 (BR 874) - T. McKee
AN ACT relating to traffic regulations.
Amend KRS 189.214, relating to traffic regulations governing travel trailers and recreational vehicles, to delete references to travel trailers; clarify permissible appurtenances and the width of a recreational vehicle including the appurtenances.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Transportation (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, passed 93-0
Feb 10-received in Senate
Feb 15-to Transportation (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Mar 2-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 34)
HB 140 (BR 892) - R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance.
Amend KRS 304.20-060, pertaining to comprehensive insurance coverage for motor vehicle glass repair or replacement, to delete the provision that prohibits application of any deductible to the coverage for glass repair or replacement.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
HB 141/LM (BR 405) - A. Arnold, J. Reinhardt
AN ACT relating to elections.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit any items, electronic or otherwise, in the voting room to record the identity of voters in the voting room, except for the precinct signature roster; amend KRS 117.035 to prohibit a member of the State Board of Elections from serving on the board if he or she is a candidate for public office; amend KRS 117.187 to require the county board of elections to provide disability awareness and provisional voting processes training to poll workers; amend KRS 117.265 to establish a time for the filing of the declaration of intent for write-in candidates; amend KRS 117.345 to delete language barring the State Board of Elections from paying expenses for precincts with less than 350 registered voters; amend KRS 117.900 to permit topics for the election essay and slogan contest to include any substantive issue related to elections or voting and to broaden the ability of the Secretary of State's office to secure sponsorships and to deliver monetary awards; amend KRS 118.105 to clarify that candidates are political party candidates; amend KRS 118.315 to exclude a candidate for President from the requirement that signatures for a petition of nomination for a candidate seeking office not be solicited prior to the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on the ballot; amend KRS 118.367 to permit certain independent candidates to be exempt from the requirement to file a statement of candidacy form.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 97-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 34-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 71)
HB 142 (BR 353) - R. Rand, R. Adams
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles.
Amend KRS 189.450 to reduce the time frame to 30 days before a towed vehicle may be sold to satisfy the towing and storage charges; amend KRS 189.753 and 376.275 to conform.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 95-1
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Judiciary (S)
HB 143/LM (BR 194) - J. Wayne, S. Riggs, D. Keene
Feb 23-WITHDRAWN
HB 144/FN (BR 328) - M. Harmon
AN ACT relating to health benefit plans.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize health insurers that offer a health benefit plan in Kentucky, which includes all mandated benefits, to offer health benefit plans that exclude coverage from any or all state-mandated health benefits; establish the requirements for such health benefit plans.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
HB 145/CI (BR 810) - L. Napier
AN ACT relating to in vitro fertilization.
Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define "in vitro fertilization"; prohibit anyone from fertilizing more than one egg during the in vitro fertilization process; create a penalty of a Class D felony for violations of this section.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Judiciary (H)
HB 146 (BR 901) - S. Westrom, J. DeCesare, J. Draud
AN ACT proposing amendments to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to health care matters.
Propose amending the Constitution of Kentucky by creating a Section 54A permitting the General Assembly to, in medical malpractice cases, limit the amount to be recovered for noneconomic damages, limit the amount to be recovered for punitive damages, require alternative dispute resolution prior to the filing of a civil action, and set statutes of limitations; amend various other sections of the Constitution to conform; provide ballot language; and provide for submitting the proposed amendment to the voters for their ratification or rejection.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
HB 147 (BR 251) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to elections.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to divide the total number of Kentucky's electoral votes among the Presidential tickets based upon the popular proportional share of the total statewide ballots cast for each Presidential ticket, establish a formula to ascertain allocation of electoral votes, require a recount under certain conditions, establish a procedure if any vacancies occur in the office of Presidential elector, and require that original jurisdiction for the adjudication of all contests concerning Presidential electors shall be with the Supreme Court; amend KRS 117.265, 118.325, 118.425, 118.435, and 118.445 to conform.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 148 (BR 293) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Health Insurance Authority and making an appropriation therefor.
Establish Subtitle 17D of KRS Chapter 304 and create new sections thereof to establish the Kentucky health insurance authority as a nonprofit, independent, self-supporting de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth to provide health insurance for individuals, small employers, and state employees; provide that the authority shall be entirely self-supporting except for initial funding for start-up; prohibit the authority or its liabilities from being deemed a debt or liability of the Commonwealth or a pledge of the faith and credit of the Commonwealth; define small employer as an employer who employs at least two but not more than 50 employees during the year; require the authority to be governed by a board of directors which shall function in a manner similar to the governing body of a mutual insurance company; specify the powers and duties of the board; direct the board to hire a chief executive officer, subject to confirmation by the Senate, to conduct the day-to-day operations of the authority; specify the duties of the chief executive officer; empower the authority to provide health benefit plan coverage to any individual residing in the Commonwealth or small employer doing business in the Commonwealth who tenders the required premium and complies with conditions and qualifications adopted by the authority; direct the authority to provide coverage to any small employer who is unable to obtain coverage in the voluntary market unless the small employer has not paid all moneys due the authority or owes undisputed premiums to a previous health insurance carrier or to a health insurance residual market mechanism; permit the authority to bid on the state employee health insurance contract; authorize the authority to establish rates and require the rates to be filed with the commissioner of insurance in the same manner as any other mutual insurance company; waive application of surplus requirements until the authority has been in operation for seven years, unless modified by the General Assembly; require the authority to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance no later than October 31 of each year on the status of its efforts to build and maintain a surplus; permit the board to declare an annual dividend; require the chief executive office to prepare a report quarterly on assets and liabilities which shall be a public record and provided to the board, the Governor, and the Legislative Research Commission; require the filing of an annual report on business done; permit the board to levy an assessment on policyholders if the assets are less than the liabilities in compliance with the law on mutual insurance companies; direct the board to formulate an investment policy; require the chief executive officer to compile and maintain statistical and actuarial data to determine proper premium levels; prohibit the authority from receiving any direct state general fund appropriation; direct the Governor and the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to determine initial funding which may include a loan of up to $7,000,000 from state agencies to be repaid over a period not to exceed ten years; authorize the Governor to provide or secure additional funding for the first 36 months of operation to maintain sufficient surplus; authorize any executive branch agency and any public corporation created by the Commonwealth to lend money to the authority; require the authority to use only licensed insurance agents; provide that no board member, the chief executive officer, or employee of the authority shall be personally liable for acts performed in an official capacity; require the board members, the chief executive officer, and employees of the authority to comply with the executive branch code of ethics; exempt the authority from joining any guarantee or insolvency fund; require the board to comply with the open meetings and open records laws; direct the Attorney General and Auditor of Public Accounts to monitor the operations of the authority.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 4-reassigned to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 10-posted in committee
HB 149/LM/CI (BR 879) - J. Fischer, A. Wuchner, S. Baugh, R. Crimm, C. Embry Jr, M. Harmon, S. Lee, G. Lynn, J. Stewart III
AN ACT relating to human embryos.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to prohibit destructive testing of human embryos, including buying, selling, receiving, or otherwise transferring of embryos or gametes for the purposes of destructive testing; set civil penalty; make the prohibited conduct a Class C felony.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Judiciary (H)
HB 150/LM/CI (BR 880) - J. Fischer, A. Wuchner, S. Baugh, C. Embry Jr, M. Harmon, S. Lee, G. Lynn, J. Reinhardt, J. Stewart III
AN ACT relating to the cloning of humans.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 436 to prohibit the cloning of human beings; define "human cloning," "asexual reproduction," and "somatic cell"; prohibit actual or attempted human cloning, and the shipping, receiving, or importing of a cloned human embryo or any product derived from a cloned human embryo; delineate the application of the new section to research activities; set civil and criminal penalties; name the Act the "Kentucky Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005."
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Judiciary (H)
HB 151 (BR 881) - J. Fischer
AN ACT relating to educational services for expelled students.
Amend KRS 158.150 to release a local board of education from the requirement of providing educational services in an appropriate alternative environment to an expelled student if the student "posed," rather than "poses," a threat to the safety of other students or school staff and cannot be placed into a state-funded agency program.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Education (H)
HB 152 (BR 22) - S. Riggs
AN ACT relating to reporting by health care facilities.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require hospitals, emergency care centers, and other health care facilities that offer emergency services to report to local law enforcement a bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn, or other injury arising from the discharge of a firearm, and a laceration or puncture wound if the medical history or examination reveals the injury occurred as a result of an act of someone other than the person being treated; provide for immunity from civil or criminal liability for good faith reporting.
HB 152 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Clarify that any person acting upon reasonable cause in the making of a report is immune from civil or criminal liability.
HFA (1, S. Riggs) - Require reporting to law enforcement of stab wounds rather than puncture wounds; extend immunity from liability for a facility as well as a person that makes a report of a gunshot, laceration, or stab wound.
HFA (2, J. Carr) - Retain original provisions; add provisions requiring facility to report abortions to law enforcement agency; require law enforcement agency to report abortions to Registrar of Vital Statistics; require Registrar of Vital Statistics to maintain records in required manner as public records.
HFA (3, J. Carr) - Retain original provisions; add provisions requiring facility to report abortions to law enforcement agency; require law enforcement agency to report abortions to Registrar of Vital Statistics; require Registrar of Vital Statistics to maintain records in required manner as public records.
HFA (4, S. Lee) - Amend to require reporting of incidents where the skull of an unborn child is pierced and the brain is suctioned therefrom and to require reporting of any saline solution burn to the entire body of an unborn child.
HFA (5, S. Lee) - Amend to require reporting of incidents where the skull of an unborn child is pierced and the brain is suctioned therefrom and to require reporting of any saline solution burn to the entire body of an unborn child.
HFA (6, M. Marzian) - Retain original provisions and add requirements for reporting of treatment, services, or prescriptions relating to an erectile dysfunction disorder.
HFA (7, M. Marzian) - Retain original provisions and add requirements for reporting of treatment, services, or prescriptions relating to an erectile dysfunction disorder.
SFA (1, J. Denton) - Amend KRS 205.560 to require Medicaid to use forms and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of health care providers applying for participation in Medicaid; amend KRS 216B.155 to require health care facilities to use the application form and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of persons applying for privileges; and amend KRS 314.17A-545 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a uniform application form and guidelines for the evaluation and reevaluation of health care providers, including psychologists, who will be on a health benefit plan's list of participating providers.
SFA (2/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 189/GA, SB 23/HCS(2), and SB 25/HCS(1); clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; add that Glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner's written statement.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 16-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 18-floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3) filed
Feb 22-floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (5) filed
Feb 23-floor amendment (6) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (7) filed; floor amendments (2) and (3) withdrawn
Feb 24-floor amendments (4) and (5) withdrawn; 3rd reading, passed 85-2 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 4-floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed
HB 153 (BR 161) - J. Wayne, S. Nunn, J. Carr, L. Clark, P. Clark, B. DeWeese, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, R. Meeks, C. Miller, D. Owens, S. Riggs, T. Riner
AN ACT relating to government purchasing.
Create a new section of KRS 45A to create the Kentucky State Use Commission; amend KRS 45A.465 to define the Kentucky State Use Commission; amend KRS 45A.470 to comply with new and amended sections.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to State Government (H)
HB 154/FN (BR 869) - C. Meade, W. Hall, R. Adkins, J. Barrows, L. Clark, R. Damron, J. Jenkins, F. Nesler, A. Smith, J. Stacy
AN ACT relating to installation of traffic control signals.
Amend KRS 186.336, relating to traffic regulations, to require the Department of Highways to install a traffic control signal at the entrance to a school upon written request from the superintendent of the school district; require that the school be located on a state-maintained roadway with an average daily traffic volume of 10,000 vehicles per day to be eligible for installation of a traffic control device.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
HB 155/FN (BR 877) - D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, T. Burch, De. Butler, L. Clark, R. Meeks, C. Miller, D. Owens, S. Riggs, T. Riner, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to domestic relations.
Amend KRS 405.465, relating to child support, to require employers to notify the Cabinet for Families and Children and child support agencies of any lump sum payment to an employee and then to pay to the Division of Child Support the amount specified by the division; amend KRS 406.021, relating to determination of paternity, to provide for enforcing the liabilities of either parent.
HB 155 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN - Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 405.564 to require only employers of 20 or more employees, rather than all employers, to report the lump sum payments to the cabinet or the cabinet's designee, rather than the cabinet or the child support enforcement agency; make technical amendment.
HFA (1, D. Horlander) - Amend KRS 405.565 to define "lump sum payment of any kind"; make technical correction.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 66-27 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 149)
HB 156/LM (BR 839) - Dw. Butler
AN ACT relating to peace officer certification.
Amend KRS 15.400 relating to certification of grandfathered peace officers, to permit an officer to retain certification if transferring to another law enforcement agency subject to certification; amend KRS 15.386 and 15.392 to conform.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Local Government (H)
Introduced Feb. 1, 2005
HB 157/LM (BR 1063) - J. Vincent
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle registration.
Amend KRS 186.990 relating to penalties for motor vehicle licensing offenses to increase the penalties for violation of KRS 186.050, relating to registering motor vehicles; provide that the penalty for failure to register for the first 30 days of violation shall be a fine of not more than $250, and the penalty after 30 days shall be a fine of not more than $1,000 or confinement for not more than twelve months in the county jail, or both; provide that one-half of the fine assessed for violation of KRS 186.050 be paid to the law enforcement agency of the officer who wrote the citation or made the arrest.
HB 157 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. Vincent) - Delete new language in its entirety; insert language under the subsection relating to registering a vehicle in another state to avoid tax to provide for an additional civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation, with the one-half of the money going to the law enforcement agency employing the officer who made the arrest or issued the citation for the offense.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
HB 158 (BR 897) - E. Ballard
AN ACT relating to campaign finance.
Amend KRS 120.220 to require the campaign accounts for candidates or slates of candidates be federally insured; prohibit investment of contributions that may risk the loss of the contributions.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 159 (BR 1110) - Ji. Lee
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.
Amend KRS 139.480, regarding exemptions from sales tax, to clarify that the sales tax exemption for repair and replacement parts on interstate trucks over 44,000 pounds shall apply to any vehicle in a fleet used in interstate commerce if the vehicle is registered under the International Registration Plan; eliminate references to exclusive interstate use and nominal intrastate use.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 160 (BR 889) - T. Pullin
AN ACT relating to confirmation of appointments to the Public Service Commission.
Amend KRS 278.050 to eliminate the requirement that the Interim Joint Committee on Energy confirm interim appointments to the Public Service Commission and make technical corrections.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 96-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 161 (BR 1106) - T. Pullin, T. Feeley
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation.
Amend KRS 164A.080 to increase the bonding authority of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation from $1,950,000,000 to $5,000,000,000.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 161)
HB 162 (BR 449) - J. DeCesare, B. Farmer
AN ACT relating to wages and hours.
Amend KRS 12.020 to abolish Prevailing Wage Review Board; amend KRS 99.480 to remove prevailing wage requirements from urban renewal and community development agency contracts for work; amend KRS 227.487 to restate the basis for determining the maximum electrical inspection fee; amend KRS 337.010 to eliminate definitions relating to prevailing wages; amend KRS 337.990 to abolish penalties for prevailing wage violations at the state level; amend KRS 337.420, 337.423, 337.425, 337.427, 337.430 and 337.433 to conform.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Labor and Industry (H)
HB 163 (BR 450) - J. DeCesare
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.
Amend KRS 136.070 to provide that the corporation license tax applies only to taxable years beginning before after January 1, 2006; amend KRS 141.040 to provide that the corporation income tax applies only to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2006.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 164 (BR 908) - D. Ford, R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky FAIR plan reinsurance association.
Amend KRS 304.35-040, pertaining to the reinsurance association of the Kentucky FAIR plan, to provide that two of the members of the association governing committee shall be from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America; delete provision requiring the commissioner to approve the "FAIR" plan and articles of association.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 94-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Mar 2-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 32)
HB 165 (BR 237) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to the designation of the official state wine festival.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate the Kentucky Wine & Vine Fest, Nicholasville, Kentucky, as the official state wine festival.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
HB 166 (BR 304) - R. Damron, R. Crimm, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to establishment of an interstate compact to regulate designated insurance products.
Establish Subtitle 50 of KRS Chapter 304 and create a new section thereof to establish the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact and make Kentucky a member of the compact; provide that among the purposes of the compact is to develop uniform standards for insurance products pertaining to individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term insurance products; create among the compacting states a joint public agency known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission; establish powers of the commission; provide that each compacting state shall have one member of the commission; authorize the commission to establish bylaws, a management committee, and legislative and advisory committees; provide that a uniform standard shall become effective 90 days after its promulgation by the commission or such later date as determined by the commission; permit a compacting state to opt out of a uniform standard; provide that the commission shall attempt to resolve any disputes which may arise between two or more compacting states; require insurers and third-party filers who seek to have a product approved by the commission to file the product with the commission and pay filing fees; provide for appeal of disapproval of a product; authorize the commission to accept contributions and other forms of funding from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, compacting states, and other sources; provide that any state is eligible to be a compacting state; provide that the compact shall become effective upon legislative enactment by two compacting states; provide that the compact shall be effective for adopting uniform standards for products filed with the commission only after 26 states are compacting states or states representing greater than 40 percent of the premium volume for life insurance, annuity, disability income, and long-term care insurance products based on records of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for the prior year; provide for withdrawal from the compact; provide for action by the commission upon default by a compacting state; provide for dissolution of the compact; provide that all lawful actions of the commission are binding upon the compacting states.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 92-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Banking and Insurance (S)
HB 167 (BR 937) - R. Adkins
AN ACT relating to the Office of the Attorney General.
Amend KRS 15.010, relating to organizational units within the Department of Law, to create a Kentucky Bureau of Investigation Department, an Office of Consumer Protection, and an Office of Criminal Appeals; eliminate the Division of Special Investigations, the Division of Financial Integrity, the Division of Consumer Protection, and the Criminal Appellate Division; amend various other sections to conform; confirm Attorney General Executive Order AG 04-01, dated September 30, 2004; give directions to reviser of statutes.
HB 167 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill except in Section 1 by placing the Child Support Enforcement Commission among the offices within the Attorney General's Department of Law organizational units and deleting the subsection pertaining to commissions in that department.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 10-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to Judiciary (S)
HB 168/CI (BR 332) - T. Pullin
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to specify that the court shall fix, and the jury may recommend, the number of years of imprisonment before probation or parole eligibility; require a minimum service of 25 years; amend KRS 532.030 to create the sentence of imprisonment without the benefit of probation or parole for a specific number of years and delete the present sentencing options of life without the benefit of probation or parole, life without the benefit of probation or parole for 25 years, and life; amend KRS 532.025 and 439.3401 to conform.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HB 169/AA (BR 1070) - R. Nelson, W. Hall
AN ACT relating to retired teachers.
Amend KRS 161.675 to require the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to pay the full premium for retired teachers and their spouses if total household income is at or below 150% of the federal poverty level; provide free prescription drugs for annuitants and spouses eligible for fully-paid insurance.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
HB 170/LM/CI (BR 1122) - R. Nelson, T. Couch, J. DeCesare, W. Hall, S. Lee
AN ACT relating to drugs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to restrict the sale and display of drugs containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine; require identification of purchasers; limit quantities purchased; prohibit using false identification; declare that violation is a Class D felony.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
HB 171/LM (BR 1020) - R. Nelson
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to licensing and registration of vehicles, to create a special license plate for coal miners.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Transportation (H)
HB 172/LM (BR 1006) - R. Nelson
AN ACT relating to forests.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 149 to establish eligibility criteria for land to be designated as a classified forest; require an application be filed with the Division of Forestry to be designated as a classified forest and notification requirements; authorize the Division of Forestry to establish a form and requirements for applying for the classified forest designation; require the classified forest land owner to comply with a forest management plan developed by the Division of Forestry and require the landowner to make annual reports on the status of the plan; require the Division of Forestry to inspect the classified forest every five years; require the landowner to post the land identifying it as a classified forest and require the Division of Forestry to supply the signs; establish a process for withdrawing land from designation as a classified forest and require the landowner to remit any additional taxes owed on the land due to redesignation; require the Revenue Cabinet's Department of Property Valuation to develop agricultural guidelines for classified forests that are based on the property's woodland use; permit property tax revaluation to be applied to assessments on or after January 1, 2006; and cite Sections 1 to 4 as the Forest Reforestation and Economic Development Act.
HB 172 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Retain original provisions, except clarify the requirements for designation as a classified forest; clarify that an owner of land designated as a classified forest shall comply with a forest stewardship or management plan; specify that nothing contained in this Act shall limit the use of any portion of a classified forest for facilities of a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission; state that owners of land withdrawn from its designation as a classified forest shall owe 50% of the total property taxes that would have been due if the land had been assessed without the designation.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 3-reassigned to Economic Development (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 173/FN (BR 865) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to the equine industry program.
Amend 138.510 to increase funding for equine industry program at University of Louisville from two-tenths to three-tenths of one percent of total amount wagered on live racing in Kentucky and from one-twentieth to three-tenths of one percent of the total amount wagered on intertrack and interstate wagering; amend KRS 230.550 to specify purposes for which the moneys are to be spent; require the University of Louisville to work cooperatively with representatives of key racing and breeding organizations to determine the time, agenda, and content of the symposium.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 22-posting waived
HB 174/LM/CI (BR 823) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to video lottery terminals and making an appropriation therefor.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 154A to authorize the playing of video lottery games in a county, urban-county, charter county, and consolidated local government if authorized by a vote of the people in the respective county; require persons wishing to operate video lottery games to obtain a contract from the Lottery Corporation, only after having obtained prior approval from the local governing board where the terminals will be located; place the oversight of the games under the jurisdiction of the Lottery Corporation; establish the duties and responsibilities of the corporation, its agents, and its employees; prohibit ex parte communications between Lottery board members and contract holders, licensees, and applicants for such contracts or licenses; prohibit any person less than 21 years of age from being on the premises or any portion of the premises where video lottery games are conducted; establish qualifications and responsibilities of video lottery retailers and licensees; establish grounds by which a video lottery retailer or applicant may have his or her contract rescinded, revoked, suspended, or not renewed; permit the corporation to issue temporary licenses; prohibit the transfer of licenses without obtaining prior approval from the corporation; establish how the moneys earned from the conduct of video lottery games are expended; cap the amount the corporation may spend on administrative and operating expenses to no more than seven percent of net terminal income; provide $2,000,000 to the compulsive gamblers' assistance fund; devote remaining moneys to education, Medicaid matches, prescription drug program for seniors, equine industry program, video lottery retailers, budget reserve fund, and county governments where video lottery games are located; require the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct an annual audit of the corporation's disbursements and expenditures; create a committee to conduct a study on video lottery games operating in the state and their impact on the economy; establish the committee's membership; establish a list by which undesirables may be ejected or exclude from premises where video lottery games are being conducted; set out criteria to be used in making a determination as to whether or not such persons should be excluded or ejected; require the commission to notify a person placed on the exclusion or ejection list; establish a procedure by which person ejected or excluded may appeal the decision to eject him; create an exemption to allow facilities development for gaming activities regarding zoning; provide that other zoning and building codes still apply; define the term "cheat" and establish penalties for persons who cheat; create the compulsive gamblers assistance fund; establish how expenditures from the compulsive gamblers assistance fund will be utilized; require the commission to prepare an annual report detailing activities and expenditures of the compulsive gamblers assistance fund; encourage video lottery retailers to cooperate with local business and community organizations to stimulate the economy through tourism; amend KRS 154A.010; 154A.030, 154A.050, 154A.060, 154A.063, 154A.070, 154A.080, 154A.090, 154A.110, 154A.130, 154A.400, 154A.420, 154A.650, 243.500, 243.505, 525.090, 528.010, 528.100, 15.380, and 154A.990 to conform; include a severability clause.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
HB 175/FN (BR 45) - J. Richards, M. Weaver, R. Adams, J. Carr, T. Couch, R. Crimm, M. Denham, C. Hoffman, S. Lee, T. McKee, D. Pasley, T. Thompson, R. Wilkey, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to taxation of military pay.
Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from income tax any military pay received by an active duty or reserve member of the Armed Forces or National Guard killed in action; effective for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2002.
HB 175 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1/FN, J. Richards) - Clarify that excluded military pay shall include any death benefits paid to the estate or beneficiaries.
HFA (2, R. Meeks) - Provide that the cabinet shall report no later than January 1, 2006 on costs, personnel and other changes needed to support state assumption of the permitting program under 33 U.S.C 1344 (e) and (g).
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 91-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-floor amendment (2) filed
HB 176 (BR 59) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 138.130 to add smokeless and other tobacco products to definitions; amend KRS 138.140 to establish a $.75 surtax on a pack of cigarettes and require the amount of surtax to be adjusted to the national weighted average of cigarette excise taxes every third year on June 1, define weighted average, and require the Revenue Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish a wholesale tax of 32% on smokeless and other tobacco products; require revenue to be deposited into the tobacco use prevention and health care fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to require retailers and wholesalers to file the inventory of all cigarette packages with tax stamps on May, 31, 2005, with the Revenue Cabinet and to pay the surtax on stamped and unstamped cigarette packs on that date; amend KRS 138.146 to specify no compensation for the new surtax and technical changes; amend KRS 138.165 to make for technical changes; amend KRS 138.195 to require written records on smokeless or other tobacco products, require payment of the wholesale tax by the 20th of each month, and require a tax return whether or not tax is due; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to hold corporate officers personally and individually liable for the surtax and wholesale tax and related interest and penalties; amend KRS 248.652 to specify that the Agricultural Diversification and Development Fund relates to the $.03 cigarette tax; amend KRS 438.335 to specify that the Department of Agriculture retains $.0005 of the $.03 cigarette tax; Amend KRS 438.337 to specify that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control retains $.0005 of the $.03 cigarette tax; create a new section of KRS Chapter 41 to establish the tobacco use prevention and health care fund from receipts of the new cigarette surtax and wholesale tax and appropriate 15% of the funds for smoking prevention and cessation and 85% for the Small Employer Health Reinsurance Program; create a new section of KRS 304-17A to define qualifying small employer and qualifying group health insurance contract; create a new section of KRS 304-17A to establish the Kentucky Small Employer Health Reinsurance Program and oversight board, specify membership, terms, duties; permit small employers to offer health insurance contracts to employees and require insurers to participate in the reinsurance program; create a new section of KRS 304-17A to specify benefits and covered services of health insurance contracts offered through the reinsurance program; require employer to pay 50% of the premium for covered employees and require coverage for employees earning $30,000 or less; specify premium rate calculations; create a new section of KRS 304-17A to establish the small employer stop loss fund to reimburse participating insurers for 50% of claims paid and specify conditions and limits of reimbursement; require administrative regulations by the board; permit pro-rata distribution of reimbursement if claims exceed funds available; require data, reports, and actuarial estimations; permit board to suspend enrollment if anticipated expenditures exceed funds available; require that the determination of premium rates factor in the availability of reimbursement from the small employer stop loss fund; permit the board to employ an organization to administer the stop loss fund and require annual reports to the Interim Joint Committees on Banking and Insurance and Appropriations and Revenue; permit the administrator to purchase stop loss insurance and reinsurance; permit expenditures up to 10% of the fund for awareness, outreach, and marketing. EMERGENCY, APPROPRIATION.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 177/FN/CI (BR 413) - T. Burch, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, J. Gray, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, B. Smith, J. Stacy, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to hepatitis C.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health to develop a statewide plan to educate citizens at high risk, law enforcement, Department of Corrections, inmates, and veterans about hepatitis C, after consulting the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, and Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine; require the department to make protocols and guidelines about hepatitis C available to physicians and other health professionals and community service providers; specify contents for guidelines; permit the department to establish a voluntary hepatitis C testing program in high-risk areas; require the department to develop and offer a hepatitis C training course for people who provide hepatitis C counseling; provide for civil damages of $1,000 or more against persons who do not keep the test results confidential; require the department to make available to veterans information about hepatitis C; and require the department to assist health care licensure or certification boards with developing or approving continuing education courses related to hepatitis C; and amend KRS 197.055 to require the Department of Corrections to establish a mandatory introductory and continuing education on hepatitis C, and recommend testing for each inmate prior to discharge, with follow-up counseling and referral services to those persons who test positive.
HB 177 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN/CI - Delete original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require the Department for Public Health to review existing programs relating to hepatitis C for the purpose of making recommendations to improve efforts to educate citizens about the disease, and encourage consultation with the University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, the American Liver Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; require the department to make available on its Internet Web site certain guidelines and protocols from the National Institutes of Health on hepatitis C for educating physicians and other health care providers; permit the department to form an informal work group to discuss the development of a program to heighten awareness about hepatitis C; permit the department to establish a voluntary hepatitis C testing program if funding is made available for this purpose; require the department to make certain information available to veterans about hepatitis C; delete provisions relating to the Department of Corrections and efforts to inform inmates about hepatitis C.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 15-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
HB 178 (BR 905) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.
Amend KRS 311A.015 to require that the emergency medical services educator on the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services be certified; require the board to elect a chair and vice chair in the first meeting of the board after September 1 of each year; amend KRS 311A.020 to clarify that the board shall be a partner with other state agencies in the development, implementation, and oversight of trauma systems; amend KRS 311A.050 to delete the requirement for licensed or certified individuals to report to the board when another licensed or certified individual is in violation of board policies; amend KRS 311A.055 to change membership of the preliminary inquiry board to consist of one member of the board selected by the chair and two representing the same category of licensure as the defendant who is not a member of the board; amend KRS 311A.060 to require that the office of the board receive an acceptable plan of correction when disciplining any entity regulated by the board; amend KRS 311A.075 to provide that a determination for immediate suspension shall be made by the state medical advisor and two other members of the board rather than requiring a physician from the board; amend KRS 311A.125 to clarify that the board need not approve continuing education training provided by a licensed ambulance service to anyone certified or licensed by the board; and amend KRS 311A.180 to provide that medical control documents be subject to administrative regulations promulgated by the board.
HB 178 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, R. Damron) - Retain original provisions, add section requiring the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to promulgate administrative regulations for first responders, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics; require administrative regulations to be promulgated prior to 90 days following effective date of this Act.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 15-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed
HB 179 (BR 988) - J. Gooch Jr, R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Health Care Improvement Authority.
Amend KRS 304.17B-003, pertaining to the Kentucky Health Care Improvement Authority, to permit the commissioner of Insurance, the secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services, the deans of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and the commissioner of Public Health to designate a persons to represent them on the board; delete requirement that the authority establish priorities for programs and the expenditure of funds.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 17-received in Senate
Feb 23-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 1-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Mar 3-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 37)
HB 180/LM/CI (BR 1080) - J. Vincent, J. Jenkins, J. Stacy
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 510 to create the crimes of custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree and in the second degree; amend KRS 510.020, relating to lack of consent to sexual offenses, to include victims of custodial sexual misconduct.
HB 180 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. Vincent) - Amend to apply provisions only to situations where victim is a minor and to clarify consent provisions.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 181/CI (BR 264) - J. Wayne, T. Burch
AN ACT relating to executions and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140, to change the definition of "mentally retarded defendant" who cannot be subject to execution; prohibit the expenditure of any funds appropriated in the Executive Branch Budget for fiscal biennium 2004-2006 for executions of death row inmates, persons who were juveniles when the offense was committed, and persons with certain mental disorder diagnoses; prohibit the use of any other funds received by the state for the same actions; encourage the Governor to observe a moratorium on executions; EMERGENCY.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
HB 182 (BR 1093) - F. Rasche
AN ACT relating to school district notifications.
Amend KRS 161.750 to move the date of notification of nonrenewal of employment of certified school staff from April 30 to May 15; amend KRS 161.760 to move the date of salary notification for certified staff from 45 days before school starts to 45 days before school starts or June 15, whichever occurs earlier; move the date of notification of or any reduction of duties of certified staff from 90 days before school starts to 90 days before school starts or May 15, whichever is earlier; amend KRS 161.011 to move the date of notification of nonrenewal of employment of classified school staff from April 30 to May 15.
HB 182 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Add a section to amend KRS 161.780 to reduce the time a teacher has to terminate his or her contract from thirty days prior to the beginning of the school term to fifteen days prior to the first student attendance day of the school term at the school to which the teacher is assigned.
HFA (1, F. Rasche) - Declare an EMERGENCY.
HFA (2/Title, F. Rasche) - Make title amendment.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Education (S)
HB 183 (BR 890) - F. Rasche, J. Draud
AN ACT relating to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Amend KRS 161.027 to clarify that a school principal or assistant principal who was certified in another state and practiced for two or more years is exempt from taking a national leadership test; clarify that a one-year certificate may be given to a person to serve as an assistant principal if there is a limited number of applicants to meet the requirements; clarify that all requirements for principal certification apply to assistant principals; amend KRS 161.048 to specify that a student enrolled in an alternative program under Option 6 must successfully complete the assessments before participating in the internship; clarify that a teacher who is fully certified in Kentucky and who is seeking an additional certification is not required to repeat the internship program; amend KRS 161.1221 to extend the deadline from October to November for informing the Kentucky Department of Education of the teachers who are assigned classes out of field; amend KRS 161.1222 to extend the pilot two-year internship program by one year.
HB 183 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (2, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 189/GA; clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; add that Glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner's written statement.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 92-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Education (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed; 3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 111)
HB 184 (BR 1002) - T. Feeley, T. Pullin
AN ACT relating to the Commonwealth postsecondary education prepaid tuition trust fund.
Amend KRS 164.746 to delete language requiring the Office of the Treasurer and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) to jointly market the Commonwealth prepaid tuition plan and the Kentucky Education Savings Plan Trust; amend KRS 164.748 to add to the powers of the KHEAA board of directors the authority to act as the board of directors of the Commonwealth postsecondary education prepaid tuition trust fund (the fund); amend KRS 164A.700 to change the definitions of "board," "office," "tuition," and "qualified beneficiary"; amend KRS 164A.701 to move the fund from the Office of the Treasurer to KHEAA for administrative and reporting purposes; establish that the fund shall be governed and administered as a separate instrumentality of the Commonwealth; establish that all moneys received by the fund are be trust funds to be used only for authorized payments and administrative expenses; establish that obligations under a prepaid tuition contract are not an obligation of KHEAA, and shall be payable solely from the fund; require the facilities of KHEAA rather than the Office of the State Treasurer be used to administer the fund; set forth the types of securities in which assets of the fund may be invested, and prohibit leveraging; permit the board to receive all funds from legal sources determined to be applicable to the purposes of the fund; transfer the prepaid postsecondary tuition administrative account from the Office of the State Treasurer to KHEAA; establish that all expenses of the fund shall be payable from the administrative account and that no expenses shall be incurred by KHEAA beyond those for which funds are provided; amend KRS 164A.704 to require the annual actuarial analysis to be conducted by a nationally recognized independent actuary; require the board to adjust the price of new prepaid tuition contracts and permit the board to suspend the sale of new contracts if necessary to restore the actuarial soundness of the fund; clarify that existing contracts shall be serviced and honored if sales of new contracts are suspended; establish that board members or officers or employees of KHEAA or the Tuition Account Program Office shall not be subject to any personal liability for issuing or executing a prepaid tuition contract; amend KRS 164A.707 and 164A.709 to conform; repeal KRS 41.025 and 164A.703; effective July 1, 2005.
HB 184 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (2, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 189/GA; clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; add that Glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner's written statement.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 93-1
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules
Mar 4-floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading; floor amendments (1-title) and (2) withdrawn; passed 32-2; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 162)
HB 185 (BR 916) - M. Denham
Feb 4-WITHDRAWN
HB 186 (BR 1117) - J. Jenkins, D. Owens
AN ACT relating to children committed to the custody of the state.
Amend KRS 620.140 to permit a child up to age 20 to request an extension of the commitment of state custody.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 7-reassigned to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 15-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 22-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Health and Welfare (S)
HB 187 (BR 915) - J. Jenkins, H. Cornett
AN ACT relating to railroad worker safety.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations on safe walkways for railroad workers.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Transportation (H)
HB 188 (BR 1061) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to electronic gaming at racetracks as a part of the state lottery, and making an appropriation therefor.
Establish Chapter 230A of Kentucky Revised Statutes to authorize electronic gaming to be supervised by the Kentucky Lottery Corporation; make findings regarding gaming as a part of the state lottery; add numerous definitions; limit application and annual licensing fees; grant the Lottery Corporation the powers necessary and proper to effectuate the provisions of Chapter 230A; allow denial, revocation, or nonrenewal of an electronic gaming device (EGD) operator license if gaming income is not properly remitted to the Lottery Corporation; require that each EGD operator be responsible for remitting gaming income to the Lottery Corporation; distribute gaming income among various entities; authorize advance payment of gaming income from each electronic gaming device operator license holder and set out crediting procedure against any future gaming income payable to the Lottery Corporation; set out the distribution of recurring appropriations; amend KRS 137.190 to comply with new gaming statutes; amend KRS 138.480 to state that the race track admission tax shall not be paid with a free admission; amend KRS 154A.130 to require that all gaming income paid to the Lottery Corporation shall be deposited into a separate gaming income account; amend KRS 154A.420 to require that all licensed electronic gaming device operators furnish to the Lottery Corporation all protocol documentation and electronic funds transfer data necessary for the timely transfer of gaming income; amend KRS 230.260 to clarify that the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority shall have all relevant enforcement powers, including promulgating administrative regulations governing the integration of EGD games at race tracks; allow the Racing Authority to charge a fee for all licenses issued, including those under KRS Chapter 230A; amend KRS 230.265 to increase the amount of moneys to be used in financing equine drug research and testing; amend KRS 137.990, 138.550, 230.360, and 230.380 to conform to the repeal of KRS 137.170 and 137.180; amend KRS 230.550 to direct that part of the funds for the equine industry program at the University of Louisville shall be used for education and an annual symposium to promote Kentucky's thoroughbred industry; repeal KRS 137.170 and 137.180; include a severability clause.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 189/LM (BR 168) - J. Carr, R. Damron, H. Collins, M. Denham, J. Gooch Jr, R. Nelson, J. Stacy, T. Thompson, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to members of the United States Armed Forces.
Create a new section of KRS 335B.020 to 335B.070 to permit the extension of a professional license for a member of the United States Armed Forces while that individual is deployed overseas.
HB 189 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain provisions of the bill except delete requirement that an individual has to provide a copy of orders deploying the individual overseas in order to qualify for extension of a professional license.
HFA (1, R. Damron) - Retain original provisions; change chapter from 335B to 36; add certificates and permits as well as licenses; provide that possession of a license, permit, or certification together with overseas deployment orders is evidence of license extension and a defense against having an expired license; permit a service member to voluntarily notify the licensing, permitting, or certifying agency of overseas deployment and require the agency to automatically extend the license, permit, certification as provided in the act; prohibit an agency from taking any adverse action against a service member who has not provided overseas deployment information.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 18-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 49)
HB 190 (BR 1011) - H. Collins, W. Hall, C. Meade
AN ACT relating to on-site sewage disposal system permits.
Amend KRS 211.350 to provide a 15-day timeline for local health departments to respond to requests for on-site sewage disposal system evaluations and permit approval and require them to provide owners with information necessary to obtain permits, and forward permit evaluation and permit documentation to the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet if a surface discharge is involved; amend KRS 211.380 to provide for 15-day response to requests for alternative systems if site fails to meet criteria for septic tank system and the system requires surface discharge; require local health departments to forward documentation to agency providing permits for systems involving surface discharge; amend KRS 318.134 to provide 15-day timeline for response to requests for plumbing installation permits; amend KRS 318.160 to require department to notify an applicant of approval or disapproval of plans within 15 days.
HB 190 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, H. Collins) - Retain original provisions except in KRS 211.350 to change the requirement to issue a permit within 15 days to a requirement to issue or deny a permit within 15 days; and change the provision to clarify that a perk test must be required prior to determining that an alternative system is needed and by allowing an extra 10 days, in addition to the 15-day requirement, to make a determination when a consultation with the Department of Public Health is require; and increase from 15 days to 20 days the time requirement for approval or denial of permit for a system having a surface discharge.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 10-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 90-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
HB 191 (BR 944) - R. Nelson, T. Pullin, J. Carr, T. Couch, R. Damron, M. Denham, W. Hall, S. Lee, R. Rand, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, J. Vincent, R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to Kentucky National Guard and Reserve death benefits, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefore.
Amend KRS 61.315 to require that the State Treasurer pay death benefits in the amount of $75,000 when a member of the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve dies on federal active duty; make an appropriation in the amount of $225,000 to carry out the provisions of the Act; make amendment to KRS 61.315 retroactive to July 1, 2002; declare an EMERGENCY.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 3-reassigned to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
HB 192 (BR 943) - J. Bowen, T. Thompson, Dw. Butler, J. DeCesare
AN ACT relating to enterprise zones.
Extend the duration of an enterprise zone designation by five years; allow expired zones to be reinstated; specify that reinstated zones shall retain the date of their original designation for purposes of determining when the zones will expire; specify that qualified businesses and individuals who reside within zones to be reinstated shall not be eligible to apply retroactively for a refund on taxes paid.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Economic Development (H)
HB 193/LM (BR 1060) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to electronic gaming at racetracks as a part of the state lottery.
Establish Chapter 230A of Kentucky Revised Statutes and create new sections to authorize electronic gaming to be supervised by the Kentucky Lottery Corporation; make findings regarding gaming as a part of the state lottery; add numerous definitions; include electronic gaming as a part of the state lottery; clarify that powers and jurisdiction of the Racing Authority shall not be diminished; appoint eight member advisory board from the Lottery Corporation and the Racing Authority to oversee electronic gaming at tracks; set duties of the Lottery Corporation regarding oversight and enforcement of the chapter; require that the Lottery Corporation investigate qualifications of applicants and supervise licensing of applicants; authorize the Lottery Corporation to issue emergency orders in extreme circumstances, with the option of a subsequent hearing; authorize the Lottery Corporation to promulgate administrative regulations consistent with this chapter; grant the Lottery Corporation all powers necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter; prohibit gaming manufacturers and distributors from placing equipment in this state unless approved by the Lottery Corporation; require that all equipment be tested and approved by the Lottery Corporation before placement in this state; authorize exemption from certain local zoning requirements; prohibit a racetrack from engaging in electronic gaming if an owner sells property, goods, or services relating to electronic gaming to eligible associations or the Lottery Corporation; establish application and licensing information requirements, including criminal background checks; set qualifications and limitations on licenses issued by the Lottery Corporation; require that license holders assure that there will be no net reduction in racing days in order to receive a license to conduct electronic gaming; set conditions for suspension or revocation of electronic gaming device (EGD) operator licenses under this chapter; prohibit the transfer of licenses without the approval of the Lottery Corporation; require that gaming devices only be acquired from licensed manufacturers or distributors; include training of all licensees and personnel, and set requirements for training components; authorize EGD operators to determine the number of machines and hours of operation; allow the Lottery Corporation and the Racing Authority access to all records of the EGD operator; require EGD operator to file change of officers or directors and give the Lottery Corporation 30 days to approve; require EGD operator to provide tax returns to the Lottery Corporation; set forth stringent internal controls to be adopted by EGD operators; allow licensing of EGD employees by both the Lottery Corporation and the Racing Authority, but require that parties seek to adopt a single employee license under the control of the Racing Authority; authorize a fee for the single license; prohibit EGD manufacturers from operating unless licensed by the Lottery Corporation; set criteria to be followed by EGD operators and manufacturers in reporting violations of law and conducting gaming activities; prohibit persons under 21 from playing EGDs or being employed as an EGD employee; establish procedure for resolution of disputes between the Lottery Corporation and the Racing Authority; exempt the lawful transport of EGD equipment into the state from federal penalties, as allowed by the relevant federal law; set out criminal penalties for violations of laws regarding electronic gaming; authorize certain nonsupervisory employees of EGD operators to continue collective bargaining agreements; include a local option provision; amend KRS 154A.010 to add definition of lottery ticket; amend KRS 154A.030 to allow certain meetings to be closed in certain circumstances pertaining to an applicant or license holder under KRS Chapter 230A; amend KRS 154A.040 to exempt certain records of the Lottery Corporation from those that are deemed open records and subject to public inspection; amend KRS 154A.050, 154A.060, 154A.063, 154A.070, 154A.080, 154A.090, 154A.110, 154A.130, 154A.420, 154A.650 to conform to KRS Chapter 230A; amend KRS 230.260 to clarify that the Racing Authority shall have all necessary enforcement powers and that the Racing Authority may charge a fee for all licenses issued, including those under KRS Chapter 230A; amend KRS 230.310 to provide for EGD employee license by the Racing Authority; amend KRS 230.378 to set out the commission splits on quarter horse races in the absence of a valid contract with a horsemen's organization; amend KRS 243.500, 243.505, 525.090, 528.010, and 528.100 to include references to KRS Chapter 230A; require that various state agencies, including the Lottery Corporation, the Racing Authority, and the Department of Charitable Gaming, meet and establish a comprehensive and unified approach for the education, prevention, and treatment of problem gambling; mandate that the agencies present a report and recommendations at least 120 days before the next session of the General Assembly; include a severability clause.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 194 (BR 290) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to elder care income tax credits.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define "qualified senior citizen," "eligible taxpayer"; allow a nonrefundable "elder care" income tax credit for persons who care for a qualified senior citizen in their home or the caregiver's home; provide that the tax credit be based upon a percentage of the caregiver's tax liability and the caregiver's adjusted gross income; provide a tax credit schedule; provide that the caregiver include the name and social security number of the qualified senior citizen on the return claiming the credit or other form as required by the Revenue Cabinet; allow the Revenue Cabinet to require additional information as needed to establish eligibility; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credit may be taken; provide that the credit be effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 195 (BR 962) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to state employee educational requirements.
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 18A to exempt Highway Superintendents I and Highway Superintendents II, hired prior to July 1, 1999, from the requirement of obtaining a high school diploma, equivalency certificate, or a passing score on the General Educational Development (GED) test.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 10-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 76-11
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Education (S)
HB 196 (BR 817) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to personal identification cards.
Amend KRS 186.412, relating to personal identification cards, to permit the issuance of a personal identification card to the holder of an instruction permit or an operator's license; KRS 186.531 to conform.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 97-0
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 55)
HB 197 (BR 1094) - F. Rasche
AN ACT relating to nonresident student contracts.
Amend KRS 157.350 to allow two local school districts to enter into a nonresident student contract for more than one year; identify criteria that may be used to determine distribution of state funding if two local school districts cannot agree upon a nonresident student contract.
HB 197 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill, except amend KRS 157.350 to remove the criteria to be used by the Commissioner of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education when determining the outcome of an appeal of a nonresident student contract between school districts.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Education (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 52)
HB 198/LM/CI (BR 940) - B. Yonts
Feb 15-WITHDRAWN
HB 199 (BR 1066) - B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence.
Amend KRS 189A.410 relating to hardship licenses for DUI offenders to allow a hardship license to be issued following the court-ordered license suspension period if the defendant is attending a court ordered alcohol or substance treatment or education program under KRS 189A.070.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
HB 200 (BR 1067) - B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to county law libraries.
Amend KRS 453.060, relating to county law libraries, to apply the fee statewide and not just in counties containing an urban-county government.
HB 200 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to make law library fee contingent on county having a law library.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
HB 201 (BR 1069) - B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to State Police promotions.
Amend KRS 16.010 to add definition of "continuous service"; amend KRS 16.055, relating to State Police promotions, to make changes to the terms and conditions of promotions to sergeant, lieutenant, and captain; change requirement from three years to one year of continuous service at each rank for promotion at the next level; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2006.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 10-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 94-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 60)
HB 202 (BR 958) - B. Farmer
AN ACT relating to telecommunications utility service.
Amend KRS 278.170 to require, upon commission approval, telecommunications utilities to grant, for security reasons, unlisted telephone number service at no cost to current and past city, county, or state police officers or officials or employees of city, county, or state law enforcement or prosecutorial agencies.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 203 (BR 248) - S. Lee
AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.
Amend KRS 164.020 to require that the minimum qualifications for admission to a public postsecondary institution shall require a person to be a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident, or meet other specified requirements; amend KRS 164.518 to require status as a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident to be eligible for an early childhood education scholarship; amend KRS 164.753 to require status as a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident to be eligible for postsecondary grants and scholarships administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA); amend KRS 164.7535 to require status as a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident to be eligible for College Access Program grants; amend KRS 164.769 to make U.S. nationals and permanent residents eligible for the Teacher Scholarship Program; amend KRS 164.785 to require status as a U.S. Citizen, national, or permanent resident to be eligible for the Kentucky Tuition Grant program; amend KRS 164.7874 to clarify language requiring status as a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident to be eligible for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) program; amend KRS 164.7885 to require a participating institution to verify to KHEAA the student's status as a U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident for the purposes of implementing the KEES program; and amend KRS 164.7891 to make U.S. nationals and permanent residents eligible for the Osteopathic Medicine Scholarship program.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
HB 204 (BR 1163) - H. Moberly Jr
AN ACT relating to child support.
Amend KRS 403.213, relating to the effect of emancipation on child support, to specify that if a court has determined that the child is mentally ill, mentally retarded, or disabled, then emancipation does not occur at age 19 until the court determines otherwise.
HB 204 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to require motions to be made only to persons who have not reached the age of emancipation.
SFA (1, E. Worley) - Retain original provisions; amend to prohibit the continuation of child support beyond the age of 25.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 87-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 4-recommitted to Judiciary (S); floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 8-taken from committee; to Rules (S); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 35-2 with floor amendment (1); received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate floor amendment (1); passed 94-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-vetoed
Mar 21-veto sustained
HB 205 (BR 127) - J. Wayne, S. Riggs, P. Clark
AN ACT relating to the rental and occupancy of lots in manufactured home communities.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to establish requirements and procedures for good cause eviction of residents of manufactured home communities; establish definitions; prohibit community operators from retaliating against manufactured home residents in certain circumstances; establish requirements for the promulgation of mobile home community rules; establish requirements for community operators that provide utility service to mobile home community residents; require the application of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to residents and community operators of manufactured home communities that lie within a jurisdiction that has adopted the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, prohibit certain provisions in rental agreements.
HB 205 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, S. Lee) - Delete existing language of bill and substitute the requirement that all rental agreements between resident and owners of manufactured housing communities be written and resident to be furnished a copy of the signed agreement; establish criteria for rental agreements; establish penalties for failure to honor rental agreement; provide definitions for this Act.
HFA (2, K. Upchurch) - Delete original provisions of bill; direct the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government to study the issue of tenant-landlord relations in manufactured housing communities; require report to 2006 General Assembly; authorize Legislative Research Commission to direct any other committee to study this issue.
HFA (3, K. Upchurch) - Amend House Bill 205 to delete operator requirements to deliver written notice of violations to tenant.
HFA (4, K. Upchurch) - Amend House Bill 205 to remove provisions forbidding landlord refusal to accept rental payments as grounds for eviction.
HFA (5, K. Upchurch) - Amend House Bill 205 to delete the provision for the showing of good cause for eviction.
HFA (6, K. Upchurch) - Amend House Bill 205 to delete provisions prohibiting certain acts within a rental agreement.
HFA (7, K. Upchurch) - Amend House Bill 205 to delete provisions prohibiting landlord retaliation in the event of certain tenant actions.
HFA (8, J. Wayne) - Modify provision allowing a good cause eviction for resident's failure to make required payments to allow eviction when any amount of rent is delinquent instead of when the amount for delinquent rent equals or exceeds one month's rent; permit a good cause eviction for resident's failure to make required payments to allow eviction when the resident fails to pay the full delinquent amount to clarify that a partial payment will not suffice to prevent eviction; decrease the amount of time required before a community operator may begin eviction proceedings from 30 days to 14 days after written notice was sent to resident; clarify that the community rules must be enforced uniformly by the community operator; decrease the amount of time required before the sheriff or constable shall execute a court order for eviction from 30 to 22 days.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Local Government (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 10-floor amendments (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) and (7) filed
Feb 11-floor amendment (8) filed
Feb 16-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
HB 206 (BR 1118) - S. Baugh
AN ACT relating to medicare supplement insurance and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 304.14-500 to exempt from the definition of medicare supplement insurance policies medicare advantage plans established under Medicare Part C, prescription drug plans under Medicare Part D, and health care prepayment plans that provide benefits pursuant to an agreement under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1395l(a)(1)(A); EMERGENCY.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 207 (BR 1012) - K. Stein, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, D. Owens, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Amend KRS 344.010 to define "gender identity" and "sexual orientation"; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
HB 208 (BR 1037) - K. Stein, M. Marzian, R. Damron, J. Jenkins, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.
Create new sections of KRS 216B to define terms; require staff-to-resident ratios in long-term care facilities as a condition of licensure or relicensure; establish minimum staffing requirements; require long-term care facilities to post staffing and the number of residents in a conspicuous place; require nursing staff to sign in and out on a document that is kept on file at the facility; prohibit long-term care facilities from admitting new residents if the facility fails to comply with the minimum staffing requirements, beginning on the second day of noncompliance and continuing until six days after the required staffing is achieved; require additional staffing based on the needs of the residents; exempt intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, institutions for the treatment of mental illnesses, personal care homes, and family care homes from the minimum staffing requirements; create a 19 member board to review staffing requirements on an annual basis; establish a civil fine of no more than $1,000 for each day that the staffing requirements are not maintained.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 209/LM/CI (BR 336) - T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to define "entice" and establish the offense of enticement by telecommunications device; prohibit enticement of a person under the age of sixteen by telecommunications device to engage in certain illegal sexual activity; establish forfeiture of personal property used in the commission or furtherance of the enticement; define criminal penalties for enticement; amend KRS 510.010 to create a definition for "telecommunications device."
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HB 210 (BR 1041) - S. Riggs, S. Brinkman
AN ACT relating to management districts.
Amend KRS 91.750 relating to management districts to include consolidated local governments in the definitions relating to such districts; amend KRS 91.752 to permit a consolidated local government to establish a management district; amend KRS 91.754 to delete language which would limit district assessments to 5 years; amend KRS 91.756 to delete language relating to the contents of the ordinance creating a management district; amend KRS 91.758 to make reference to consolidated local governments; amend KRS 91.760 to permit representatives of property owners to be members of the board of directors, include reference to consolidated local governments, and permit board members to be removed by the executive authority for violation of board rules, regulations, or operating procedures upon recommendation of the board and permit the board to borrow money on a long term basis; and amend KRS 91.762 to delete requirement that the district be renewed every 5 years and make technical corrections.
HB 210 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, R. Roeding) - Add and amend KRS 100.117 to exempt independent planning units existing in a county that has all or part of a joint planning unit on the effective date of the Act from having to conduct an interrogation, being subject to an interrogation, or being subject to dissolution under the provisions of KRS 100.117.
SFA (2/Title, R. Roeding) - Make title amendment.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Local Government (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 93-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Mar 4-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2-title); passed 94-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 119)
HB 211 (BR 977) - J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.
Amend KRS 11A.010, relating to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, to define "person" and "matter"; amend KRS 11A.040 to permit the commission to authorize exceptions to the post-employment provisions; require an annual, rather than quarterly, report of employees approved for outside employment; amend KRS 11A.045; permit acceptance of gifts up to $50, rather than $25, in a single calendar year; amend KRS 11A.050 to extend the filing deadline for financial disclosure statements from 30 days to 90 days upon leaving state government; require the statement to include the "nature" of a business as well as its name and address; amend KRS 11A.080 to change reference to a final "determination" to a final "order" issued by the commission as a result of an administrative proceeding; permit the commission to confirm that an investigation has been initiated, or terminated, if the alleged violations were referred publicly from a public agency; amend KRS 11A.130 to clarify language relating to employment in a privatized service; amend KRS 11A.211 to require employers of executive agency lobbyists to pay a registration fee of $100 to be deposited in a trust and agency account for the commission; direct these funds to be used to supplement general fund appropriations to the commission; direct that the funds not lapse; amend KRS 11A.990 to require that salary withholding resulting from failure to file a financial disclosure statement by the deadline begin on the sixteenth day of noncompliance rather than the first day.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 92-3
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 3-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
HB 212 (BR 1101) - D. Floyd
Feb 25-WITHDRAWN
HB 213 (BR 907) - C. Siler, C. Miller
AN ACT relating to concessions in state parks.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 148 to provide definitions; require the secretary of the Tourism Development Cabinet to promulgate regulations for the evaluation of applications and the issuance of master agreements to concessionaires in state parks; require that each master agreement have a term of ten years except for extraordinary circumstances, provide for an authorization fee to be paid to the Commonwealth, provide for annual performance evaluations, and contain specific requirements that protect the health and welfare of the public; require the secretary of the Tourism Development Cabinet to promulgate regulations pertaining to annual performance evaluations; specify conditions under which a master agreement may be suspended or revoked; state that the issuance of a master agreement shall not adversely affect any right or obligation that exists under previous agreements, contracts, or other authorizations.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
HB 214 (BR 403) - M. Weaver
Mar 4-WITHDRAWN
HB 215/FN (BR 1114) - M. Weaver, J. Carr, W. Hall, S. Lee, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to the approval of a capital project, appropriating funds therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Authorize $12,020,000 capital project for the Department of Military Affairs at Bluegrass Station and appropriate debt service therefor; EMERGENCY.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 96-0
Feb 11-received in Senate
Feb 16-to Committee on Committees (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Committee on Committees (S); to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 36-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
Feb 22-enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 19)
HB 216 (BR 1036) - M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to peace officers.
Amend KRS 61.365, relating to federal peace officers with Kentucky peace officer powers, to add the U. S. Mint Police of the United States Department of the Treasury.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
HB 217 (BR 806) - M. Weaver, J. Carr
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs.
Amend KRS 154.12-203 to change the membership of the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 90-0
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 28-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Mar 2-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 33)
HB 218 (BR 946) - T. McKee, R. Adams, M. Denham
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Amend KRS 246.030 to rename the Division of Agriculture Marketing, Agritourism, and Agribusiness Recruitment as the Division of Agriculture Marketing and Agribusiness Recruitment; create the Division of Agritourism; amend KRS 247.800 to conform; confirm Executive Orders 04-02 and 04-03.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 98-0
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 35-0
Mar 1-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 26)
HB 219 (BR 923) - M. Cherry, T. Pullin
AN ACT relating to the Firefighters Foundation Program Trust Fund.
Amend KRS 95A.262 to increase annual allotment to fire departments, increase allotment if half or more of firefighters are certified; amend KRS 95A.250 to increase the payment to local governments if firefighters are certified, add annual payments to KCTCS and Kentucky Air National Guard for each qualified fire and rescue coordinator employed; amend KRS 95A.280 to add reporting requirements.
HB 219 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, T. Pullin) - Amend language to clarify that the percent of firefighters who must be trained to qualify for supplemental payments do not include 'special firefighters'; amend language to correctly identify the employer of military firefighters and instructors.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 10-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H); floor amendment (1) filed
HB 220/LM (BR 209) - D. Keene, J. Carr, P. Clark, R. Damron, J. Gray, J. Higdon, J. Jenkins, P. Marcotte, T. McKee, C. Miller, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, A. Simpson, M. Weaver, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to require the Department of State Police to operate a certification program for retired peace officers who desire to carry concealed deadly weapons inside and outside of the Commonwealth pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, PL 108-277; create new sections of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to set a minimum firearms marksmanship requirement for all certified peace officers; amend KRS 237.110, relating to concealed deadly weapon licenses, to specify when a person with a concealed deadly weapon license may carry a weapon into a detention facility; increase from 30 to 45 days the time for a student to return a class information form; specify that the State Police shall revoke the license of a person found by the Department of Criminal Justice Training to have received no training or to have received insufficient training; amend KRS 237.115, relating to concealed deadly weapon licenses, to specify when a person with a concealed deadly weapon license may carry a weapon into a detention facility; amend KRS 527.020, relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons, to specify when a person may carry a weapon into a detention facility; clarify that the term "detention facility" does not include courtrooms or other facilities used by the Court of Justice or administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
HB 220 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Include new renewal sequence for concealed carry license.
HCA (1/Title, G. Lindsay) - Amend title to include an emergency clause.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 90-2 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
HB 221 (BR 1075) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to state employee political activities.
Amend KRS 18A.140 to provide that a certified instructor at a vocational or technical school that is an employee governed by KRS Chapter 151B shall have the same political rights and privileges afforded to any instructor in a locally controlled area vocational or technical school.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
HB 222 (BR 959) - M. Cherry, J. Carr, R. Rand, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to Kentucky National Guard and Reserve death benefits, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefore.
Amend KRS 61.315 to require that the State Treasurer pay death benefits in the amount of $75,000 when a member of the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve dies on federal active duty; make an appropriation in the amount of $225,000 to carry out the provisions of the Act; make amendment to KRS 61.315 retroactive to July 1, 2002; EMERGENCY.
HB 222 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, M. Cherry) - Clarify that whenever a member of the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve dies on federal active duty, the state shall pay $75,000 in death benefits; change the appropriation from $225,000 to $525,000.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to State Government (H)
Feb 3-reassigned to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 10-floor amendment (1) filed; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 223/LM (BR 1073) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to unlawful practices by employers.
Amend KRS 344.040 to provide that it is an unlawful practice for an employer to use the genetic test result of an individual in hiring, firing, and other employment decisions; and provide that it is an unlawful practice for an employer to require genetic testing as a condition of employment for any employee or applicant for employment
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 224 (BR 1074) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to sexual offenders.
Amend KRS 17.495 to prohibit registered sex offenders from being on or about school and day care grounds, except with advance written permission of the principal, the school board, or the day care director; require youthful offenders to remove themselves to residences 1,000 feet or more from schools and day care facilities upon reaching the age of 18; amend KRS 17.990 to provide that a violation of the prohibition be classified as a Class A misdemeanor.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 225 (BR 307) - T. Pullin, R. Adkins, T. Couch, M. Denham, W. Hall, C. Meade, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, J. Vincent, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Gas Transmission Authority.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 353 to establish within the Finance and Administration Cabinet the Kentucky Gas Transmission Authority; set the membership, meeting schedule, and compensation of the authority; authorize the authority to perform certain functions, including the issuance of revenue bonds; create the Kentucky gas transmission authority fund and limit the uses to which moneys in the fund may be applied; require an annual report to the Office of the State Budget Director and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.
HB 225 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, E. Ballard) - Repair projects not subject to "insufficiency" restriction; specify that authority may study the need for additional storage and transmission; clarify that authority will not engage in construction itself.
HFA (1, T. Pullin) - Change "transmission" to "pipeline" throughout; clarify purpose of authority is for financing; add members to authority; permit study of need for additional pipelines; refine definition of user fees to be deposited to fund.
HFA (2/Title, T. Pullin) - Make title amendment.
HFA (3/Title, T. Pullin) - Make title amendment
HFA (4, T. Pullin) - Change "transmission" to "pipeline" throughout; clarify purpose of authority is for financing, add members to authority; permit study of need for additional pipelines; repair projects not subject to "insufficiency" restriction; allow authority to study the need for additional storage and transmission; clarify that authority will not engage in construction itself; authorize authority to promulgate regulations; allow cities or counties, separately or together to own gas collection and distribution systems.
SCA (1, T. Jensen) - Amend authority membership; delete sec 15 relating to cities and counties engaging in gas collection and distribution.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 16-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Feb 18-floor amendments (3-title) and (4) filed
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with floor amendments (3-title) and (4)
Feb 23-received in Senate; to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with committee amendment (1)
Mar 1-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 2-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendment (1) on Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 8-House concurred in Senate committee amendment (1); passed 89-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 155)
HB 226 (BR 1092) - S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to status offenders.
Amend KRS 610.265 and KRS 630.080, pertaining to the detention of children in specified facilities, to delete provisions permitting courts to receive oral reports before ordering status offenders securely detained for violating a valid court order; require courts to review only written, rather than both written and oral, reports.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 227 (BR 1103) - S. Westrom, S. Brinkman
AN ACT relating to financial literacy.
Create a new section of KRS 158 to require financial literacy instruction to be included in courses currently offered in public schools; create a new section of KRS 158 to establish the financial literacy trust fund and identify possible fund uses; require Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations related to disbursal of funds; identify Kentucky Department of Education as administrator of trust fund.
HB 227 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions except permit, rather than require, financial literacy instruction be included in courses currently offered in public schools; clarify that the financial literacy trust fund will be established and created in the State Treasury; clarify that the fund may receive state appropriations, gifts, grants, federal funds, and any other funds, both public and private; identify that the fund shall be a trust and agency account and made available solely for the purpose and benefits of the Kentucky financial literacy trust fund program.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Education (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
HB 228 (BR 1068) - S. Westrom, R. Damron
AN ACT relating to jurors.
Amend KRS 29A.100 to require that a person be excused from jury duty when that person requests to be excused and is the primary caregiver having active care and custody of a child under six years of age or a family member over 65 or disabled.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Judiciary (H)
HB 229 (BR 1033) - S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for Dietitians and Nutritionists.
Amend KRS 310.041 to grant retired or inactive licensure status to dietitians and nutritionists through administrative regulations promulgated by the board.
HB 229 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions of bill, except add language to amend KRS 212.786 to reduce the membership of independent health district boards and change other membership criteria.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 92-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute; received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 3-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute on Friday, March 4, 2005
HB 230 (BR 896) - K. Upchurch, D. Ford, J. Carr, M. Denham, C. Embry Jr, W. Hall, R. Nelson, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to Vietnam veterans.
Amend KRS 158.140 to require a local board of education to award a high school diploma to an honorably discharged veteran who was enrolled in, but did not complete, high school prior to being inducted into the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
Feb 10-reassigned to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 90-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 54)
HB 231 (BR 1079) - K. Upchurch
AN ACT relating to school employees.
Amend KRS 160.380 to allow, under certain conditions, a relative of a school principal to be employed in the principal's school.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Education (H)
HB 232/LM (BR 1034) - J. Wayne, S. Riggs
AN ACT relating to land use.
Amend KRS 65.003 to include board members and employees of planning units within purview of ethics codes, and require joint codes of ethics for joint planning units, but do not require planning commissioners or boards of zoning adjustment members to disclose finances; amend KRS 100.167 to require a record of each planning commissioner's vote; amend KRS 100.221 to require a record of each member's vote of the board of zoning adjustment; amend KRS 100.183 to require consultation with certain entities in the preparation of comprehensive plans, amendments, and updates; amend KRS 100.187 to extend element forecasts for at least 20 years; amend KRS 100.191 to extend research, analysis, and projections of element forecasts for at least 20 years; amend KRS 100.193 to conform to requirements of Section 4 of the Act; and amend KRS 100.197 to conform to requirements of Section 4 of the Act.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Local Government (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 92-1
Feb 17-received in Senate
Feb 23-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 233 (BR 1021) - J. Richards, J. DeCesare
AN ACT relating to city boundaries and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 81A.440 to require that a city pass an ordinance stating its intention to strike uninhabited territory, grant the encompassing county the right to object to the striking of territory.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Local Government (H)
Feb 3-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 58-24
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 78)
HB 234/LM (BR 900) - J. Gray, W. Hall
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to the licensing and registration of vehicles, to create a special license plate supporting traditional marriage.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Transportation (H)
Introduced Feb. 2, 2005
HB 235 (BR 1027) - R. Crimm, J. Wayne, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, T. Burch, L. Clark, P. Clark, R. Damron, B. DeWeese, T. Edmonds, T. Feeley, D. Graham, W. Hall, M. Harper, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, Ji. Lee, M. Marzian, T. McKee, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, B. Montell, R. Nelson, D. Owens, D. Pasley, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, R. Webb
AN ACT relating to the disposal of state parks' real property.
Require the Department of Parks to receive authorization from the General Assembly prior to disposing of real property owned by the Commonwealth and managed by the Department of Parks.
HB 235 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1/P, M. Denham) - Amend KRS 148.021 and 158.026 to prohibit the commissioner of the Department of Parks for directing or enforcing any policy restricting the use of the state park lodging, campground or any of its facilities by any off duty employee; attach provisions of SB 3.
HFA (2/Title, M. Denham) - Make title amendment.
SFA (1, J. Denton) - Retain the original provisions of the bill; limit the requirement of notification to counties containing a consolidated local government.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 16-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Feb 17-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) withdrawn; 3rd reading, passed 93-1
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; motion reconsidered; 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with floor amendment (1)
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate floor amendment (1); passed 96-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 145)
HB 236 (BR 1024) - C. Miller, C. Siler, L. Clark, P. Clark, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander
AN ACT relating to reduction in force in public schools.
Amend KRS 161.011 to delete "funding and other compelling reasons" as allowable reasons for a local school district superintendent to reduce the number of classified employees; amend KRS 161.800 to establish a preference based on seniority of experience for teachers in a school district where a teacher staffing reduction occurs; provide that the nonrenewal of limited contracts shall conform to the provisions of KRS 161.750 and the reduction in the number of teachers shall conform to any employer-employee bargained contract in the district.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
HB 237 (BR 1026) - C. Miller, C. Siler, L. Clark, P. Clark, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander
AN ACT relating to highway work zones.
Amend KRS 189.2325, relating to highway work zones, to require use of a flashing yellow light to indicate when workers are physically present in a work zone and set forth signage requirements; amend KRS 189.394, relating to speeding, to specify that double fines in work zones are only applicable when flashing yellow lights are in operation and workers are physically present in the work zone.
HB 237 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain the original provisions of the bill; add language to clarify that the requirements for marking and signange of work zones applies only to those work zones where the fine is doubled under KRS 189.394.
SFA (1, R. Palmer II) - Remove the requirement that flashing yellow lights be illuminated when workers are physically present; require a work zone to have highway workers present in order for increased penalties to be imposed; remove changes to KRS 189.394.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Transportation (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill
Mar 3-floor amendment (1) filed
HB 238 (BR 1023) - C. Miller, C. Siler, Dw. Butler, L. Clark, P. Clark, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander
AN ACT relating to leaves of absence for teachers.
Amend KRS 161.770 to permit a local board of education to grant a leave of absence to a teacher or superintendent for any reason it deems necessary.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
HB 239 (BR 851) - C. Belcher, J. Barrows, A. Arnold, J. Crenshaw, R. Damron, B. Farmer, D. Graham, C. Hoffman, T. McKee, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, K. Stein, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
Amend KRS 164.5807 to transfer the governance and management responsibilities for the Lexington Community College to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; amend KRS 164.001 to redefine the "Kentucky Community and Technical College System" by deleting the two branches; amend KRS 164.591 to include Fayette County in the list of locations that have community colleges; require the headquarters of the administration of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System be in Woodford County; amend KRS 45A.840, 164.125, 164.580, and 164A.575 to conform.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 94-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Education (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 1-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 29)
HB 240 (BR 867) - J. Comer Jr, C. Belcher, D. Pasley, T. Turner
AN ACT relating to the General Assembly.
Amend KRS 248.723 to require the Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee to meet within 30 days of an Agricultural Development Board meeting if the board allocates tobacco settlement funds; delete the time the Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee has to respond in regard to an Agricultural Development action.
HB 240 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, V. McGaha) - Require the Tobacco Settlement Fund Oversight Committee to meet within 30 days of an action taken by the Agricultural Development Board to allocate any of the state portion of the tobacco settlement funds; prohibit the oversight committee from meeting more than once per calendar month absent authorization from the Legislative Research Commission.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 89-0
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1) as a Consent bill
HB 241 (BR 1052) - P. Clark
AN ACT relating to the Capital Construction and Equipment Purchase Contingency Account.
Amend KRS 45.770 to allow the Capital Construction and Equipment Purchase Contingency Account to be used for agency moving and relocation expenses under certain conditions.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 67)
HB 242/LM (BR 1108) - R. Webb, L. Napier, S. Baugh, Dw. Butler, P. Clark, D. Graham, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, D. Owens, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Vincent, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to criminal law.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 455 to require that all criminal homicide interrogations be recorded; allow for use of the recording at trial by both the prosecution and defense; establish control over the use of taped interrogations outside court proceedings, create a provision stating that press access to recorded interrogations is subject to the limitations of the Kentucky Open Records Act.
HB 242 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Amend to apply bills provisions on to capital offenses.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 243 (BR 938) - P. Clark, G. Lynn
AN ACT relating to the Department of Military Affairs.
Amend KRS 36.025 to establish assistant adjutant general qualifications.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
HB 244 (BR 303) - P. Clark, G. Lynn
AN ACT relating to auto insurance discounts.
Amend KRS 304.13-063 to delete the age requirement for a premium reduction for completion of a motor vehicle accident prevention course, and authorize a premium reduction for completion of a military defensive driving course.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 245 (BR 1053) - P. Clark
AN ACT relating to establishment of a capital renewal account.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45 to create a capital renewal account to fund major maintenance of state facilities.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
HB 246 (BR 948) - S. Brinkman
AN ACT relating to business entities.
Create seven new sections in KRS Chapter 275, the Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act, to authorize the creation of "series" limited liability companies; provide that the word "series" shall appear in the name of the company; provide that the written operating agreement can designate members, managers, or company interests as separate series with regard to specific property, assets, debts, liabilities, or profits or losses associated therewith, of the company; provide other structural arrangements that may be included in the written operating agreement; provide conditions under which debts, liabilities, and obligations of a series can be enforceable only against that specific series and not against other series within the company or the company generally, and conversely as against a specific series; provide creditor's rights of members associated with a series; provide for the dissolution and termination of a series limited liability company; create seven new sections in KRS Chapter 275 to authorize the creation of "special purpose" limited liability companies; provide that the words "special purpose" shall appear in the name of the company; provide that the special purpose limited liability company shall be headed by an independent member or independent manager; provide that the special purpose limited liability company shall not, without the prior written consent of the independent member or manager, institute bankruptcy or other related proceedings, or to otherwise liquidate its assets or arrange for the transfer thereof into another business entity, to provide that fiduciary and other related duties as between the independent member or manager and the members or managers do not exist; provide that restrictions in the written operating agreement on actions of members or managers without the prior written consent of the independent member of manager shall be specifically enforceable; create a new section of KRS Chapter 275 to provide that a series limited liability company may also be a special purpose limited liability company; create five new sections of KRS Chapter 275 to authorize limited liability companies to acquire corporations through a "share exchange," and to provide for a plan of share exchange, its adoption, and rights of members with respect thereto; create five new sections of KRS Chapter 275, modeled in part after KRS 273.237, 273.241, 273.303, 273.333, 273.320, and 273.327, relating to nonprofit corporations, to provide that a nonprofit limited liability company shall not issue interests, make distributions, or make loans to its members or managers; provide for the distribution of assets of a nonprofit limited liability company in the process of dissolution; provide for judicial sale of assets of a nonprofit limited liability company; provide for the involuntary dissolution of a nonprofit limited liability company; amend KRS 275.015 to include new definitions for the chapter; amend KRS 275.020 to require the organizer to name the initial manager or initial member; specify that the limited liability company begins on the date the articles of organization are filed with the Secretary of State; provide that the Secretary of State's filing of the articles of organization is proof that the organizer satisfied all conditions precedent to organization, except in proceedings by the state to cancel or revoke the organization or involuntarily dissolve the limited liability company; amend KRS 275.025 to include articles of organization requirements for nonprofit, series, and special purpose limited liability companies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 275 to place therein substantive language describing a written operating agreement in KRS 275.0125; amend KRS 275.030 to specify that members have no right to dissent from an amendment to the articles of organization unless otherwise provided in the articles or in the written operating agreement; amend KRS 275.045 to allow the Secretary of State to accept electronically transmitted documents for filing and payment of filing fees by credit or debit card; make technical amendments to KRS 275.060, relating to effective date and time of filing; make technical and conforming amendments to KRS 275.065, relating to articles of correction; make technical and conforming amendments to KRS 275.070 and KRS 275.080, relating to filing of documents with the Secretary of State; amend KRS 275.095, relating to joint and several liability for persons purporting to act for a limited liability company that is not organized, to preclude liability to any person with knowledge that the organization had not yet taken place so long as the organization took place shortly thereafter; amend KRS 275.105 to allow holders of reserved names to cancel that reservation; amend KRS 275.170 to provide that voting and quorum requirements for member or manager actions subject to review shall not include the member or manager whose action is being reviewed; amend KRS 275.175 to provide that a member has no right to dissent from an amendment to the operating agreement unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or the written operating agreement; amend KRS 275.195 to allow persons to be admitted as members of the limited liability company and to receive an interest therein without making a contribution or a promise thereof, and to allow persons to be admitted without acquiring an interest in the LLC; make technical and conforming amendments to KRS 275.200, relating to the obligations of members to make contributions; amend KRS 275.225 to exempt reasonable compensation and payments from a bona fide retirement plan from the definition of "distribution" for the purpose of that section; amend KRS 275.240 to include a "series" limited liability company; amend KRS 275.255 to notwithstand KRS 355.9-406 and 355.9-408, relating to restrictions on assignment; amend KRS 275.285 to provide additional contingencies relating to the last remaining member or successor in interest before a limited liability company shall be dissolved; amend KRS 275.345 and KRS 275.350 to provide that members shall not have the right to dissent from a merger unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization, a written operating agreement, or an agreement and plan of merger, and to prohibit a nonprofit limited liability company from merging with any entity other than a domestic nonprofit limited liability company; create new sections of KRS Chapter 275 to allow corporations to transition to limited liability companies and establish procedures to do so.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
HB 247 (BR 947) - S. Brinkman
AN ACT relating to business organizations.
Create two new subchapters of KRS Chapter 362, relating to partnerships, to adopt with some changes the Uniform Partnership Act, approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 1994 and with amendments thereto in 1997, and the Uniform Limited Partnership Act, approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2001; create a new section of KRS Chapter 275, the Kentucky Limited Liability Company Act, to permit the conversion of a limited liability company to a limited partnership; amend KRS 446.010, relating to definitions for the Kentucky Revised Statutes, to provide that the word "partnership" shall include all varieties of both general and limited partnerships, unless otherwise required by the context; amend KRS 365.015, 313.310, 148.851, 164.6011, 274.005, 275.010, 292.310, 342.0011, 67.750, various sections in Title XI, relating to revenue and taxation, and various sections in KRS Chapter 154, relating to state development, to conform; and, effective January 1, 2007, repeal KRS 14.140, the Uniform Partnership Act, KRS 362.150 to 362.360, the Kentucky Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, KRS 362.401 to 362.525, and remaining sections of KRS Chapter 362 relating to registered limited liability partnerships, merger of various partnerships with other business entities, and suits by and against partnerships.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
HB 248 (BR 928) - R. Webb, B. Farmer, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to debtor-creditor relations.
Amend KRS 379.080, relating to property exempt from debt, to increase the homestead exemption from $5,000 to $25,000; amend KRS 427.010, relating to debtor property exemptions, to increase the household furnishings and personal clothing exemption from $3,000 to $5,000; increase tools and livestock exemption from $3,000 to $5,000; increase motor vehicle exemption from $2,500 to $7,500; amend KRS 427.060, relating to exemption of a debtor's personal property, to increase the exemption from $5,000 to $25,000; amend KRS 427.080, relating to homestead exemption in sales of execution, to increase the exemption from $5,000 to $25,000; amend KRS 427.090, relating to property of defendant in execution case, to increase the minimum sale amount from $5,000 to $25,000.
HB 248 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Delete provisions of bill and insert in lieu thereof a section amending KRS 427.170 to allow federal bankruptcy exemptions to apply in Kentucky.
SCS - Attach provisions of HB 303/HCS.
SCA (1/Title, R. Stivers II) - Make title amendment.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 4-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Judiciary (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Senate receded from Committee Substitute; committee amendment (1-title) withdrawn; passed 32-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 141)
HB 249/LM (BR 971) - G. Lynn, Dw. Butler, P. Clark, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, D. Horlander, T. Shelton, J. Wayne, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to peace officer certification.
Amend KRS 15.400, relating to certification of grandfathered peace officers, to permit an officer to retain certification if transferring to another law enforcement agency subject to certification; amend KRS 15.386 and 15.392 to conform.
HB 249 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend KRS 15.400, relating to certification of grandfathered peace officers, to permit an officer to retain certification if employed within thirty days by another law enforcement agency that is subject to certification; amend KRS 15.386 and 15.392 to conform; make this provision retroactive to July 1, 2004.
HFA (1, G. Lynn) - Amend to make provisions retroactive to July 1, 2004.
HFA (2, F. Nesler) - Permit the United States Enrichment Corporation to apply to the Governor for the appointment and commissioning of peace officers for the protection of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
HFA (3, F. Nesler) - Permit the United States Enrichment Corporation to apply to the Governor for the appointment and commissioning of peace officers to protect the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 8-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 24-floor amendment (2) filed; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 250/LM (BR 246) - J. Stewart III
AN ACT relating to railroads.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require a railroad to remove animal carcasses within 48 hours of being notified by an animal control officer; allow local animal control officers to go onto railroad property after the 48-hour deadline to retrieve and dispose of animal carcasses; allow charging a railroad company a fee of up to $250 per removal and disposal of a carcass.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Transportation (H)
HB 251 (BR 1051) - J. DeCesare, J. Bowen
AN ACT relating to civil actions.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to allow a court to dismiss malicious, harassing, meritless, or frivolous civil actions, with a requirement that the party bringing the action pay the costs and attorney's fee of the opposing party; amend KRS 454.405 to conform.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
HB 252 (BR 1001) - T. Feeley, J. Draud
AN ACT relating to an income tax surcharge for medical cost reimbursement.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to assess a surcharge against individual income tax, to be removed when American troops deployed in Iraq fall below 25,000; create new sections of KRS Chapter 36 to establish and fund the Military Family Medical and Dental Trust Fund, direct that funds are to be used to reimburse Kentuckians on active military duty for out of pocket medical expenses.
HB 252 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, T. Feeley) - Amend the bill to include reserve and national guard members who are not on active duty.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 7-floor amendment (1) filed
HB 253/LM (BR 1123) - B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to drugs.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to place current nonprescription formulations of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine under controls similar to controlled substances; provide for dispensing by a pharmacist or a person under direct control of pharmacist; remove from publicly accessible shelves; provide civil penalty for violation.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
HB 254/CI (BR 1148) - B. Smith
AN ACT relating to manufacture of methamphetamine.
Amend KRS 218A.1432, relating to the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine, to permit conviction if the defendant has 30 percent or more of the chemicals or equipment necessary for the manufacture of methamphetamine; permit use of specific evidence in furtherance of determining intent; permit defendant to introduce evidence as to innocent possession of chemicals or equipment, or both.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
HB 255 (BR 1083) - D. Floyd
Feb 8-WITHDRAWN
HB 256 (BR 105) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to the electronic transfers of funds by counties.
Amend KRS 68.275 to allow counties to pay recurring monthly payroll and utility expense by means of electronic funds transfer and set out requirements for doing so.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Local Government (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 90-0
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 3-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 4-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 29-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 72)
HB 257 (BR 850) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to the agricultural development fund.
Amend KRS 248.703 to earmark the state fund portion of the agricultural development fund for individual counties.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
HB 258 (BR 849) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to the agricultural development fund.
Amend KRS 248.703 to earmark 25% of the moneys in the agricultural development fund allocated for state projects for counties whose tobacco dependence is 4% or greater.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
HB 259 (BR 484) - D. Graham
AN ACT relating to exemptions from jury service.
Amend KRS 29A.090, relating to exemption from jury service, to specify that full-time paid peace officers, full-time paid firefighters, and full-time paid emergency medical services personnel are exempt from jury duty.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
HB 260 (BR 430) - A. Arnold, C. Hoffman
AN ACT relating to county government.
Amend KRS 67.060 to require that the division of a county into three districts be accomplished no later than the first Monday in January in the year of the regular election for county officers.
HB 260 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 383.110 to permit an official custodian to certify a copy of a record.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Local Government (H)
Feb 10-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 88-0
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; recommitted to State and Local Government (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; passed 96-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 69)
HB 261 (BR 1201) - S. Brinkman, S. Lee
AN ACT relating to group life insurance.
Amend KRS 304.16-030 to decrease from ten to two the number of employees who must be covered under a group life insurance policy issued to an employer to insure employees of the employer for the benefit of persons other than the employer.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 262 (BR 239) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to agriculture.
Amend KRS 248.721 to allow, rather than require, county councils to receive assistance from the board; allow a county council to approve or disapprove applications for funding from its county account and require the councils to report all approved applications to the board within 60 days of approval; require councils to submit applications to the board if the councils choose not to approve or disapprove applications; give sovereign immunity protection to councils and their members; amend KRS 248.709 to conform.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
HB 263 (BR 1062) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to state government procurement policy.
Amend KRS 45A.070 and 45A.080 to define the reverse auction process; establish conditions for its use by state government; prohibit its use to procure capital construction contracts and services.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, passed 74-9
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 264 (BR 1139) - A. Simpson, J. Draud, D. Keene
AN ACT relating to the letting of work by water districts.
Amend KRS 74.260 to delete the prohibition that bids awarded on a lump-sum basis cannot exceed estimated costs except as specified.
HB 264 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. Gooch Jr) - Create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to provide that an engineer's seal shall not be required if a public or semipublic water supply completed project cost does not exceed $10,000.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Local Government (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 22-floor amendment (1) withdrawn
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 97-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 108)
HB 265/LM (BR 1159) - A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to licensing and registration of vehicles, to create a special license plate for associate members of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Transportation (H)
HB 266/LM (BR 933) - A. Arnold
AN ACT relating to gubernatorial power to reschedule elections during a state of emergency.
Amend KRS 39A.100 to allow the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of State, to declare, by executive order, a different time or place for holding state elections in an election district for which a state of emergency has been declared for part or all of the election district; require that the election must be held within 20 days after the suspended or delayed election; amend KRS 117.015 to require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations establishing a procedure for election officials to follow when an election had been suspended or delayed because of a state of emergency.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 9-posting waived
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 93-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 91)
HB 267/AA/Analysis (BR 1087) - J. Hoover, T. Feeley
AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.
The State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund-Tobacco, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $21,875,754,700 in fiscal year 2004-05 and $20,164,410,600 in fiscal year 2005-06, as follows:
General Government
2004-05 $722,583,700
2005-06 $658,339,300
Commerce Cabinet
2004-05 $195,377,200
2005-06 $201,563,700
Economic Development Cabinet
2004-05 $27,269,200
2005-06 $25,860,700
Department of Education
2004-05 $3,715,997,600
2005-06 $3,956,226,100
Education Cabinet
2004-05 $1,204,361,200
2005-06 $1,235,762,300
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet
2004-05 $621,442,500
2005-06 $619,098,600
Finance and Administration Cabinet
2004-05 $504,237,500
2005-06 $529,317,200
Health and Family Services Cabinet
2004-05 $6,042,912,900
2005-06 $6,149,138,600
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
2004-05 $708,690,300
2005-06 $718,967,300
Personnel Cabinet
2004-05 $73,868,000
2005-06 $100,728,900
Postsecondary Education
2004-05 $3,785,545,800
2005-06 $3,969,577,600
Transportation Cabinet
2004-05 $2,290,733,700
2005-06 $1,838,288,600
Necessary Government Expenses
2004-05 $15,000,000
2005-06 $10,000,000
Legislative Branch
2005-06 $108,100
Judicial Branch
2005-06 $1,077,400
Phase I Tobacco Settlement Funding Program
2004-05 $108,800,000
2005-06 $108,600,000
Funds Transfer to General Fund
2004-05 $127,004,600
2005-06 $181,219,700
Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows:
Capital Projects
2004-05 $1,967,735,100
2005-06 $151,541,700;
provide that there is $13,277,300 from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund available in fiscal year 2004-2005 for appropriation; provide for allocations of the Local Government Economic Development Fund; direct that appropriations for existing line-item capital construction projects expire on June 30, 2005, except under specified conditions; prohibit the sale of permanent bonds to finance certain bond projects before August, 1, 2005; permit the lapse of General Fund appropriated debt service under certain conditions; allow funding of capital projects from specified funding sources; direct use of investment income from bond proceeds and the Technology Trust Fund; direct the issuance and use of economic development bonds, highway bonds, and Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) bonds; provide appropriation and reporting requirements for specified capital projects; provide for the recording, reporting, allotment, and expenditure of appropriated funds; provide for the deposit of Restricted Funds and Federal Funds; prohibit the transfer of funds between budget units unless specifically authorized and upon review and determination by the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; prohibit the expansion of an appropriation from any fund source over the sum specified until the agency has submitted required documentation to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue for review and action under KRS 48.630; require the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to make decisions concerning questions relating to interpretations of any appropriation; require the Governor's Office for Policy and Management to prepare, within 60 days after adjournment of the 2005 General Assembly, a final budget document based on the proposed State/Executive Branch Budget, the statutory budget memorandum, other Acts that contain appropriation provisions as enacted by the 2005 General Assembly, and other supporting documentation and legislative records as considered by the 2005 General Assembly; provide for construction of budget provisions regarding executive reorganization orders; require the State Budget Director to monitor and report on the financial condition of the Commonwealth pursuant to KRS 48.400; authorize the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to establish a formula to prorate certain administrative costs; require Road Fund resources to be utilized to meet the lease-rental payments of the Kentucky Turnpike Authority for Resource Recovery Road projects; direct that confirmation or ratification of executive orders must be confirmed or ratified in an Act of the 2005 Regular Session of the General Assembly; specify that the employer contribution for KERS cannot exceed 5.89% for nonhazardous duty employees, 18.84% for hazardous duty employees, and 21.58% for State Police for the period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005, and 5.89% for nonhazardous duty employees, 18.84% for hazardous duty employees, and 21.58% for State Police for the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006; direct the Finance and Administration Cabinet, in conjunction with the Consensus Forecasting Group, to provide a budget planning report by August 15, 2005; direct the Office of State Budget Director to provide estimates relating to the General Fund and Road Fund and loss of revenues effected by tax expenditures; require that all unclaimed lottery prize money be transferred to the KEES Reserve subsidiary account of the Student Financial Aid and Advancement Trust Fund in each fiscal year; specify the funding and uses of the Technology Trust Fund; confirm and adopt General Fund Budget Reduction Order No. 04-01 for fiscal year 2003-04 and Road Fund Budget Reduction Order No. 04-01 for fiscal year 2003-04; waive sovereign immunity for motor vehicles covered under government agencies; provide a tax exemption for commercial printers; provide for retention of all abandoned property receipts in the General Fund; set the dormancy period for abandoned property at three instead of seven years; require the Treasury Department to sell abandoned property within three years of receipt; credit premium and retaliatory insurance taxes to the General Fund; for the purpose of establishing the floor for calculating the excise tax, set the average wholesale price for motor fuels at $1.22; require the computation of the motor vehicle usage tax at the time of titling instead of the time of registration; limit the total number of filled permanent positions within the Executive Branch to the number authorized in the Act; provide a 2% cost-of-living adjustment in fiscal year 2004-05 and a 2% cost-of-living adjustment in fiscal year 2005-06 for each eligible state employee on his or her anniversary date; provide for identification and filling of positions not funded within the Act; provide a mechanism for employee furloughs and reductions in hours; state the intent to provide the same level of health insurance benefits in Plan Year 2006 as is provided in Plan Year 2005 without additional employee cost; provide for a General Fund Budget Reduction Plan, a General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan, a Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan, and a Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; provide conditions, directives, and mandates for implementation of the budget plan.
HB 267 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/AA/Analysis - Retain provisions of the bill as introduced with the following changes: the State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund-Tobacco, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $21,875,754,700 in fiscal year 2004-05 and $20,164,410,600 in fiscal year 2005-06, as follows:
General Government
2004-05 $709,042,200
2005-06 $667,140,400
Commerce Cabinet
2004-05 $195,377,200
2005-06 $201,563,700
Economic Development Cabinet
2004-05 $27,269,200
2005-06 $25,860,700
Department of Education
2004-05 $3,715,466,000
2005-06 $3,974,154,600
Education Cabinet
2004-05 $1,204,361,200
2005-06 $1,240,611,900
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet
2004-05 $627,238,400
2005-06 $620,848,600
Finance and Administration Cabinet
2004-05 $504,237,500
2005-06 $533,916,200
Health and Family Services Cabinet
2004-05 $6,042,912,900
2005-06 $6,217,796,100
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
2004-05 $709,676,200
2005-06 $717,254,300
Personnel Cabinet
2004-05 $73,868,000
2005-06 $100,728,900
Postsecondary Education
2004-05 $3,786,045,800
2005-06 $3,987,080,000
Transportation Cabinet
2004-05 $2,290,733,700
2005-06 $1,813,931,300
Necessary Government Expenses
2004-05 $10,000,000
2005-06 $0
Legislative Branch
2005-06 $108,100
Judicial Branch
2005-06 $1,077,400
Phase I Tobacco Settlement Funding Program
2004-05 $108,800,000
2005-06 $108,600,000
Funds Transfer to General Fund
2004-05 $129,520,000
2005-06 $188,271,300
Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows:
Capital Projects
2004-05 $1,958,210,100
2005-06 $162,816,700;
direct that the operations and funding of $100,000 each fiscal year for the Old Governor's Mansion be turned over to the Kentucky Historical Society and prohibit its use as a residence for the Lieutenant Governor; repeal the statutes pertaining to the use of State Planning Funds and earmark the remaining $25,000 in each fiscal year from the State Planning Fund to the Bluegrass State Games; earmark $50,000 each for the Fayette County African Cemetery #2 and the Cove Haven Cemetery; require the Governor's Office for Local Development to honor all written commitments to grant recipients previously made, as long as funds are available; move funding for county extension agents from the Governor's Office for Agricultural Policy to the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service and provide $1,000,000 in FY 2005-06 for agents' bonuses; increase Funds Transfer from the Secretary of State, Limited Liability Companies account by $364,200 in FY 2004-05; permit the Attorney General to seek up to $275,000 for the biennium from the Finance and Administration Cabinet as a necessary government expense for expert witness expenses; permit the Office of the Attorney General to contract with outside law firms on a contingency basis; appropriate and transfer up to $500,000 to the County Cemetery Fund; permit the Office of the Attorney General to first recover reasonable costs of litigation; remove the specific minimum amount of $500,000 that must accumulate in the County Cemetery Fund before transfers into the General Fund Surplus Account are made; provide the Office of the Attorney General with discretionary authority concerning attorney compensation; provide authority to the Office of the Attorney General to transfer agency revenue funds from the Cemetery Consumer Security account to other programs within the Office of the Attorney General; delete a provision allowing the Department of Agriculture expenditure discretion pertaining to restricted agency revenue funds; require justification by the Department of Agriculture to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue of internal fund transfers between programs; fund the Breathitt Veterinary Center at Murray State University; provide General Fund resources of $478,500 in each fiscal year of the biennium to the University of Kentucky Diagnostic Laboratory; provide discretionary authority for the Department of Agriculture to establish restricted agency fund fees concerning the personnel and operations of the Metrology Lab; provide funds to support the increased "employer" level for those members over 65 that insure their spouses under age 65 through the state plan; provide for the recruitment of a federal research laboratory; provide grant funds for various outdoor drama production companies; provide that fees for professional artists and entertainers on the Kentucky Music Trail be paid from the Tourism Marketing Program aimed at tourism activities in Eastern Kentucky; permit crafts persons employed and juried by Fort Boonesborough State Park and Old Fort Harrod State Park to sell craft items they make to the state park at which they are employed for resale in its gift shop; require a feasibility study be conducted concerning constructing a state park lodge at Fort Boonesborough State Park; permit the Horse Park Commission to lease up to $1,000,000 in equipment; permit the State Fair Board to complete regular or ongoing maintenance projects with agency revenue receipts; restrict the Board of Claims' investigative powers against the Department of Education or the Kentucky Board of Education; provide a weighted funding formula for area centers and vocational departments; require allotments of Safe Schools funds; provide alternatives to newspaper publication of school districts' complete annual financial statement and the school report card; set aside funds received from disposal of surplus property from the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf; continue program flexibility for the use of funds for Professional Development, Extended School Services, Preschool, Textbooks, and Safe Schools; provide additional funds for Learning and Results Services for at least continuation funding of programmatic areas; increase funding for Extended School Services, Safe Schools, , Locally Operated Vocational Schools, the Professional Growth Fund, the Family Resource and Youth Services Centers, and Community Education, Gifted and Talented, Elementary Arts & Humanities, Middle School Academic Achievement Center, State Agency Children, Recruitment and Retention, Writing Program, Mathematics Achievement Fund, Rural Literacy, the Kentucky School for the Deaf, and the Kentucky School for the Blind; increase the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) base per pupil by 0.6% above the current level of $3,240 in FY 2004-05 to $3,399 in FY 2005-06, including a 2% cost of living adjustment in FY 2005-06 for certified and classified personnel; provide weight of 0.75% for limited English proficiency; provide additional funds for National Board of Professional Teaching Standards Salary Supplement; provide additional funds for equalized growth nickel; provide additional funds for retroactive equalized growth nickel; establish school facilities matching initiative; increase restricted funds totaling $350,000 in each fiscal year for Operations and Support Services; provide funding to fulfill the commitments made by the 2000 Regular Session of the General Assembly and the 2003 Regular Session of the General Assembly for school construction; provide an additional $100,000,000 in offers of assistance to be funded in FB 2006-2008; allow local school districts to escrow offers of assistance for a period of eight years; provide funding for the State Medical Insurance Fund Stabilization Contribution in the Kentucky Teacher's Retirement System; provide supplemental health insurance funding for select retired teachers; increase restricted funds totaling $300,000 for the Education Professional Standards Board; delete authorization to reallocate specified Restricted Funds within the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet; provide authority for salary parity for EPPC engineers; fund 51 additional positions in Housing, Buildings and Construction; exempt water districts or water associations from obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity under certain conditions; allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to fill 100% federally funded positions; require that any transfer of Medicaid Benefits funds for Medicaid Modernization be reviewed by the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue through the interim appropriations increase process pursuant to KRS 48.630; allow the Department for Community Based Services to establish a $15 fee per criminal background check to partially support an increase in Personal Care Home State Supplementation payments; allow the Department for Community Based Services to increase Personal Care Home State Supplementation payments by $20 per month per eligible resident for a personal care allowance and $2 per day per resident for a facility payment increase; establish a ceiling for the hospital provider tax in FY 2005-2006 at no more than the amount paid in FY 2004-2005; establish the "Hospital Payment Improvement Trust Fund" to hold any hospital provider tax collections above $150,000,000 in either fiscal year to be used to increase hospital reimbursement rates by June 30th of each fiscal year; exempt the Hospital Trust Fund from any budget reduction acts; transfer $300,000 in Restricted Funds from Emergency Medical Services Board collections in FY 2004-2005 to be used in FY 2005-2006 in Medicaid Benefits to increase ambulance fees; require that the Secretary of the Cabinet report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by October 1st of each fiscal year that these funds have been, and will continue to be, used for ambulance service fee increases; allow the Department for Medicaid Services and Department for Community Based Services to establish a pilot project for medical child support enforcement for Medicaid eligibles; require the Medicaid Department to report quarterly on cost containment actions; establish a Homelessness Prevention Pilot Project in FY 2005-06 in Jefferson County and a rural county identified through a statistically demonstrated need; change the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) language to require that the Department pay hospitals the maximum DSH amounts specified by federal law and provide an additional $25,300,000 total funds ($7,600,000 state funds) to DSH hospitals in each fiscal year; set the Total Hospital DSH (per federal ceiling) at $196,200,000 total funds each fiscal year; provide an additional $2,000,000 General Fund in FY 2005-06 for mental health/mental retardation safety net services including, but not limited to, inpatient and outpatient services, partial hospitalization or psychosocial rehabilitation services, emergency services, crisis stabilization services, consultation and education services, and mental retardation services; specify the level of funding included in the budget in FY 2005-2006 for this program; provide that a local or district health department may bill Medicaid for all eligible charges for services provided; make a smoking cessation program for pregnant women available to the Medicaid population through the Kentucky Medicaid Administrative Agent and local health departments; provide funding for the Survivors II program in Fayette County; give directives relating to the housing of Madison and Clark County juveniles and payment of county detention subsidies in relation to the opening of the regional juvenile detention facility in Fayette County; designate funding available for free civil legal services for indigents and require continuation of jailer mental health screening training; specify projects to be completed under the Biennial Highway Construction Program; prohibit funding of additional runways at Bluegrass Field; fund other specific road construction and maintenance projects; provide for school bus tranportation for private school students; provide fee revenue to support the Motorcycle Education Program; specify that all benefits for the State Health Plan in 2006 shall be the same as provided in the Plan for 2005; require that the cross reference benefits for a married couple be provided if both spouses are eligible for coverage under the state health plan; set the rate of contribution to flexible spending for the employer at $234 a month for any employee that declines coverage; delete employee furlough provisions; provide funds to support the cost of employee election to the Personnel Board in FY 2005-2006.
HFA (1, J. Wayne) - Require the LRC to study the total costs to the state of administering the death penalty since 1976; require a report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by September 1, 2005.
HFA (2, J. Wayne) - Provide an additional $1.0 million, General Fund, each fiscal year, for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; reduce funding for substance abuse accordingly.
HFA (3, J. Fischer) - Add the Regional Special Events Center to the Capital Budget of Northern Kentucky University.
HFA (4, J. Fischer) - Adds the Regional Special Events Center to the Capital Budget at Northern Kentucky University.
HFA (5, J. Fischer) - Provide $2.0 million in General Funds to Campbell County for work to be done on the Courthouse.
HFA (6, J. Fischer) - Provide for $500,000 for work on the Municipal Building in Alexandria.
HFA (7, J. Fischer) - Provide $2.0 million to Campbell County for work to be done on the Campbell County Courthouse.
HFA (8, J. Fischer) - Provide General Fund appropriation of $500,000 to the City of Alexandria for maintenance of the municipal building.
HFA (9, R. Webb) - Fund faculty for the KY Health Care Infrastructure Authority and expenses of the e-health Network Board.
HFA (10, R. Nelson) - Amend to state that writing portfolios consisting of samples of student work shall be one of the instructional tools used in continuous assessment process.
HFA (11, R. Nelson) - Amend to state that writing portfolios consisting of samples of student work shall be one of the instructional tools used in continuous assessment process.
HFA (12, A. Wuchner) - Provide additional operating funds to the base budget of Gateway Community College.
HFA (13, A. Wuchner) - Provide additional base funding for Gateway Community College.
HFA (14, A. Wuchner) - Allow a local board of education to place a tax levy subject to recall.
HFA (15, A. Wuchner) - Allocate $22 million from Road Fund for the road project on KY 237 in Boone County.
HFA (16, B. Farmer) - Suspend KRS 337.010 and KRS 337.505 to 337.550 as they relate to HB 45, agency bonds.
HFA (17, S. Lee) - Require KDE for the 2005-2006 school year to establish a hold harmless per pupil amount for each school district using 1996-97 data; thereafter, require an annual adjustment to hold harmless value equal to the percentage increase in the SEEK base per pupil amount.
HFA (18, H. Moberly Jr) - Ratify expenditures made in the current fiscal year under the Governor's spending plan up to the effective date of the budget bill; delete language concerning Special Funds parameters for county flexibility; authorize $50,000,000 and $82,000,000 in Bond Funds for Water and Sewer Resource Development Fund for Coal Producing and Tobacco Counties projects and appropriate funds for debt service; appropriate funds for the Richmond Arts Center, the Hopkins County Exposition Center, and Goodwill Industries in Louisville; increase funding for Guardian Ad Litem by $2,000,000 in FY 2004-2005; delete funding for payment of court and State Personnel Board judgments; authorize Bond Funds for Facility for Education Arts Programs and Local School Districts 491 and 535 and appropriate debt service; authorize Bond Funds for the James E. Bruce Convention Center in Christian County and appropriate debt service funding; appropriate debt service funding for Parks and the State Fair Board; appropriate funding for Fayette County Community Ventures Corporation Initiatives in FY 2005-2006; delete the prohibition against the Board of Claims investigating and adjudicating claims against the Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education for acts of a local board of education, its members, officers, agents, and employees; include funding for community education director salaries and director training; earmark $42,147,100 for additional base Seek allotments and Tier I component funding; specify that the Sacramento Elementary Calhoun Renovation project is eligible for funding; include various capital projects for universities; provide the Health and Family Services Cabinet funds to provide administrative support to the Kentucky e-Health Network Board; cap the hospital provider tax receipts at $150,000,000 per fiscal year and provide for carry forward of excess receipts to match with federal fund in FY 2005-2006 and provide for an additional hospital tax levy if receipts are less than the capped amount; increase Medicaid home health care fees by 5% in fiscal year 2005-2006; establish a provider tax of 5.5% of gross revenues on regional community mental health and mental retardation services, psychiatric residential treatment facility services and Medicaid managed care organization services. provide that the tax receipts must be used to enhance Medicaid reimbursement rates for these services, with the remaining funds to be used to supplement the Medicaid program; revise Justice Administration funding for the internal investigation unit; require unexpended Restricted Funds remaining at the end of FY 2004-2005 for Public Advocacy caseload assistance to be carried forward to FY 2005-2006; incorporate the fiscal impacts associated with HB 132 to provide $87,000,000 in Bond Funds and $27,000,000 in General Fund moneys to make the Phase II Tobacco Settlement payments; increase the per diem rate paid to counties who house state inmates in county jails; appropriate funds for a joint dairy merger between Eastern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky; appropriate funding for the Markey Cancer Center and the Brown Cancer Center; create a KCTCS facilities construction pool to fund up to three area technology center construction projects per year; authorize issuance of $35,000,000 in bonds for the Parks Renovation Pool, $2,000,000 for a Herrington Lake design study, $50,000,000 for the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center East Wing renovation project; $1,800,000 for Facility for Education Arts Programs, $50,000 for a Kincaid Lake land acquisition, $32,850,000 for EKU's Business Technology Center, $7,400,00 for KSU's Hathaway Hall and Young Hall renovations, $12,200,000 for Morehead State University's NASA Space Science Center and Health Science Classroom Building, $15,000,000 for Murray State University's new Science Complex, $42,000,000 for NKU's Regional Special Events Center, $40,000,000 for UK's Biological/Pharmaceutical Complex and $8,500,000 for UK's Animal Diagnostic Center, $39,150,000 for U of L's HSC Research Campus Facility and $12,404,000 for U of L's Multipurpose Fieldhouse and Practice Facility, $33,000,000 for WKU's Science Campus renovation, $5,000,000 for WKU's Math and Science Academy renovation, and $194,709,000 for KCTCS institutions' construction projects; delete $200,000 for the Kentucky Horse Park lease-purchase of equipment; provide debt service in FY 2005-2006 for bonds to support the Personnel Cabinet's new Commonwealth's Personnel and Payroll System; designate the Kentucky Wine and Vine Fest of Nicholasville as the official state wine festival; provide an additional one percent cost-of-living adjustment for state employees and school personnel in FY 2005-2006; provide for a funds transfer from the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy of $27,000,000 in FY 2004-2005; require the LRC to conduct a study of costs associated with implementing the death penalty form 1976 to the present; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 relating to the Kentucky Data Research Initiative; and provide for refunds of 25% of the sales tax collected by certain institutions that sell donated items and provides job training and employment to individuals with workplace disadvantages and disabilities.
SCS/AA/Analysis - Retain provisions of HB 267/GA with the following changes: the State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund-Tobacco, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highways Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $23,367,168,500 in fiscal year 2004-2005 and $20,307,709,200 in fiscal year 2005-2006 as follows:
General Government
2004-05 $698,010,200
2005-06 $653,288,400
Commerce Cabinet
2004-05 $196,461,200
2005-06 $206,587,700
Economic Development Cabinet
2004-05 $27,269,200
2005-06 $26,094,700
Education
2004-05 $3,715,570,700
2005-06 $4,016,749,700
Education Cabinet
2004-05 $1,204,441,700
2005-60 $1,252,540,500
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet
2004-05 $627,088,400
2005-06 $619,308,600
Finance and Administration Cabinet
2004-05 $504,237,500
2005-06 $544,476,700
Health and Family Services Cabinet
2004-05 $6,218,354,000
2005-06 $6,112,934,700
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
2004-05 $709,520,700
2005-06 $730,215,600
Personnel Cabinet
2004-05 $72,368,000
2005-06 $105,728,900
Postsecondary Education
2004-05 $3,786,345,800
2005-06 $4,036,662,500
Transportation Cabinet
200405 $2,391,883,700
2005-06 $1,824,679,500
Necessary Government Expense
2004-05 $9,000,000
2005-06 $0
Funds Transfer
2004-05 $159,904,400
2005-06 $186,593,800
Legislative Branch
2004-05 $0
2005-06 $108,100
Judicial Branch
2004-05 $0
2005-06 $1,077,400
Phase I Tobacco Settlement Funding Program
2004-05 $108,800,000
2005-06 $108,600,000
Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows:
Capital Projects
2004-05 $3,206,617,400
2005-06 $178,441,700;
revise language concerning the use of the Old Governor's Mansion and language related to a housing allowance for the Lieutenant Governor; increase General Fund appropriation by $100,000 each fiscal year for the State Planning Fund and delete language concerning the repeal of the State Planning Fund statutes; reduce funding for the Base Realignment and Closure process to $160,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006; provide for a Maintenance Pool of $860,000 with Investment Income in fiscal year 2004-2005 and aircraft maintenance of $150,000 in General Fund support in fiscal year 2004-2005; add language concerning Kentucky Infrastructure Authority Funding Requirements; revise language concerning the Governor's Office for Local Development and cemetery preservation; provide funds from the Local Government Economic Development Fund for debt service on $82,000,000 bond funded Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties; delete language concerning prior grant commitments; add language and debt service funding for the Community Economic Growth Program; delete funding for Goodwill Industries and the Hopkins County Exposition Center; provide funding for Operation Unite; exempt certain arts financing or producing entities from the Open Meetings and Open Records Laws; increase to $64,000,000 the Bond Funds for Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties and to $115,000,000 the Bond Funds for the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Tobacco Counties; include debt service and $8,250,000 in Bond Funds for the Southeastern Regional Agricultural and Exposition Center in Corbin; reauthorize and reallocate $175,000 in bond funds for a Bullitt County water and sewer project; revise language relating to the Local Government Economic Development Fund concerning the Tourism Marketing Program, parameters for county flexibility, and the Surface Mining Bond Pool Fund; delete requirement for justification by the Department of Agriculture to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue of internal fund transfers between programs; add language permitting the Department of Agriculture expenditure discretion pertaining to restricted agency revenue funds; delete General Fund support amounts totaling $500,000 in fiscal year 2004-2005 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 provided for additional staffing resources and adjusts totals by the same amounts in each fiscal year; provide additional General Fund resources of $50,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 for the Civic Literacy Program; delete language providing the Office of the Attorney General broader authority to claim as a necessary governmental expense up to $275,000 in the 2004-2006 biennium for the use of expert witnesses; delete language providing the Office of the Attorney General authority to contract with outside law firms on a contingency basis; delete language providing authority for the Office of the Attorney General to recover reasonable costs of litigation and removes the specific minimum amount of $500,000 that must accumulate in the County Cemetery Fund before transfers into the General Fund Surplus Account are made; delete language providing authority to the Office of the Attorney General to transfer agency revenue funds from the Cemetery Consumer Security account to other programs within the Office of the Attorney General; delete language requiring all state agencies to use hearing officers approved or provided by Office of the Attorney General; delete language authorizing the Office of the Attorney General to hire additional staff to prosecute legal actions for the recovery of public funds; delete General Fund support totaling $500,000 in fiscal year 2004-2005 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 provided for additional staffing resources; authorize expenditure of Kentucky Retirement Systems Trust Funds for additional costs resulting from the Federal Medicare Modernization Act and the improvements to the System's Operating and Technology Platform; delete language concerning the Kentucky River Authority's review of water supply and water project plans; increase the Judgments General Fund appropriation in fiscal year 2004-2005 by $5,000,000; remove Outdoor Drama Grant funding for the Edmonson County/Floyd Collins project and redirect those funds to the Horse Cave Theater; delete language regarding the Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation, a federal research lab, and the Fayette County Community Ventures Corporation Initiatives; delete language regarding the Kentucky Music Trail Artists and Entertainers and a Tourism Development project in a city of the second class; delete debt service for the Herrington Lake and Kincaid Lake projects; add fiscal year 2004-2005 Maintenance Pool investment income; delete the requirement for a feasibility and cost study of constructing a state park lodge at Fort Boonesborough State Park; remove authorization for funds for equipment leases, add debt service funding, and delete investment income in fiscal year 2005-2006 for the Horse Park Commission; add language regarding open meetings and open records for the Kentucky Arts Council; increase operating budget funding for capital maintenance and repair for the Kentucky Center for the Arts; delete language relating to the Finance and Administration Cabinet, Office of the Controller, concerning contract litigation; provide $53,500,000 in Bond Funds and corresponding debt service for the State Office Building Renovation Project, Phase II; add General Fund debt service and authorize Bond Funds for the Airport Relocation Assistance Program; remove General Fund-supported debt service and Bond Funds for the Economic Development Bond Pool; add a Bond Funded Capital Project for the Community Economic Development Growth Program for $5,000,000 each fiscal year; revise capital projects for Military Affairs, Commerce Cabinet, Department of Education, Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Finance and Administration Cabinet, Health and Family Services Cabinet and Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; revise funds transfers relating to investment income; remove General Fund-supported debt service for Economic Development Bond Funds; add Restricted Funds-supported debt service for Airport Relocation Assistance; assess a one percent administrative fee on Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund projects and reauthorize two Kentucky Infrastructure Authority projects; delete the fund transfer from the EMPOWER Kentucky projects; provide increased debt service for KSD project; provide debt service and bonding authority for the Rockcastle Area Vocational Technical School; delete facility for education arts program; reduce school technology moneys; delete allocation of safe school funds; delete flexible compensation program; delete rural literacy program; revise SEEK funding; provide $3,900,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 for the Mathematics Achievement Fund, $400,000 of which is for the Center for Mathematics' operational expenses and $500,000 of which is for teacher training at the Center; provide $400,000 for additional equalized nickel moneys; expand the urgent need school trust fund; delete facility support language; delete debt service assistance; provide language provision and debt service for additional construction costs and revise capital budget accordingly; provide $3,800,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2005-2006 for the creation of the Career and Technical Education Accessibility Fund; set the annual amount of money to be appropriated to the per capita grants and direct the Department for Libraries and Archives to provide local library districts, in each fiscal year, with award amounts no less than received in fiscal year 2003-2004; provide $3,800,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2005-2006 for the creation of the Career and Technical Education Accessibility Fund; remove language that creates a Breast Cancer Research and Trust Fund Board; delete Homelessness Prevention Pilot Project; delete language related to Interpreter Services and Deaf Students Support and the corresponding funding amount in fiscal year 2005-2006; amend Justice and Public Safety Cabinet budget unit to remove language related to Civil Legal Services for Indigents and restore funding to the level contained in the bill as introduced; provide funding for Justice and Public Safety Cabinet internal investigations unit; remove language for Body Armor in State Police; adjust provisions relating to the State Police to provide more support from the General Fund and provide a training stipend from KLEFPF; provide federal grant funds to Criminal Justice Training; remove language related to the Little Sandy Correctional Complex; restore language allowing the Secretary of Environmental and Public Protection to transfer Restricted Funds between agencies; delete funding and language regarding the Martin County Damage Trust Fund; reduce fiscal year 2005-2006 funding for the Environmental Steward Program by $1,540,000; restore $3,840,000 to the Surface Mining Bond Pool funding from the General Fund to Restricted Funds; delete language requiring the Horse Racing Authority to submit a quarterly report on international wagering; delete language granting an exemption for certain water districts and water associations from compliance with requirements to secure a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a construction project; delete language related to the personnel cap increase; delete language including the Public Service Commission as an agency and the order as a report in the definitions of the Executive Branch Ethics statutes; delete language relating to the definition of "gainful occupation"; provide $150,000 General Fund in fiscal year 2005-2006 for Phase II of the Elizabethtown Communicare Comprehensive Care Board - Washington County Duplex project; remove language relating to Public Advocacy requiring balances remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004-2005 not to be transferred to the credit of the General Fund but to carry forward into fiscal year 2005-2006 to be used for caseload assistance; remove language relating to the Survivor's II Program in Fayette County and language relating to the Madison County Juvenile Detention Facility; increase Restricted Funds appropriation in fiscal year 2005-2006 to provide support for a $3,100 annual salary enhancement for vehicle enforcement officers effective January 1, 2006 and amend related language provision accordingly; provide funds for Operation Unite; add a bond project for the State Police; move home incarceration language into Corrections Management; conditionally permit transfer of General Fund support between Corrections budget units; adjust per diem paid to local jails; remove language related to Civil Legal Services for Indigents and restore funding to the level contained in the bill as introduced; provide funding for Justice and Public Protection Cabinet internal investigations unit; remove language regarding body armor in the State Police budget unit; remove language related to the Little Sandy Correctional Complex; revise Bond Funds and Agency Bonds appropriations for postsecondary education capital construction projects; add a Science Center capital project for Eastern Kentucky University; restore $700,000 of Restricted Funds in fiscal year 2004-2005 from a funds transfer to provide additional dollars for Aviation; increase funding for nonpublic school transportation by $450,000 of General Fund moneys; transfer $234,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 to the Economic Development Cabinet; increase the debt service appropriation in fiscal year 2005-2006 for increased debt service to support an additional $100,000,000 of Road Fund bonds authorized in fiscal year 2004-2005, to bring the total Road Bonds to $450,000,000; increase the Road Fund appropriation in fiscal year 2005-2006 for the state highway construction program; delete language provisions relating to access roads, pavement and rehabilitation, and maintenance; add permissive programmatic adjustment language; reduce Road Fund revenue by $14,460,000 that is the portion that results from a one cent increase on the motor fuels tax; delete funding for the James E. Bruce Convention Center and the Richmond Arts Center; revise debt service amounts for capital projects adjustments; restore all funds transfers for Boards and Commissions listed in the bill as introduced; delete the funds transfer for the Oil and Gas Well Plugging Fund; provide for a funds transfer of $2,202,800 in fiscal year 2004-2005 from the Limited Liability Companies restricted agency funds account; revise the Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan to reflect a $50,000 reduction in Road Fund revenues in fiscal year 2005-2006; delete the death penalty cost study; amend KRS 31A.010 to require master commissioners to annually provide to the AOC a complete accounting for all amounts received and distributed and for all fees collected and require fees collected in excess of the authorized compensation and expenses of the master commissioner to be remitted to the AOC to inure to a trust and agency account that shall not lapse and which shall be used to hire additional deputy clerks and office personnel; increase deputy clerk or office personnel salaries, or a combination thereof; authorize 15 courthouse projects for which funding for use allowance, operating support, and one-time nonrecurring furniture, fixtures, and equipment is to be deferred to the 2006-2008 fiscal biennium pending action by the 2006 General Assembly; amend KRS 139.200, 139.480, and 139.505 to tax the delivery and transmission of natural gas and to provide a refund of sales tax paid on certain communications services; amend KRS 138.210 to change the floor for calculating the wholesale price of motor fuels to $1.22 per gallon; amend 138.220, 177.320, and 177.365 to make the increased penny in fuels taxes paid into the state Road Fund only; amend KRS 141.010 to remove the deduction allowed for foreign income tax paid; amend KRS 58.180 to allow utilities owned by municipalities to sell bonds; include provisions relating to the distribution of Phase II Tobacco Settlement funds.
SCA (1, C. Borders) - Earmark funds for the Breathitt Veterinary Center at Murray State University in fiscal year 2005-2006.
SCA (2, A. Kerr) - Add Animal Diagnostic Center to UK's budget.
SCA (3, C. Borders) - Provide that Clay Community Center shall receive eight additional classrooms.
SCA (4, G. Tapp) - Provide additional General Fund support totaling $5,595,400 in fiscal year 2004-2005 to fully fund the equalized growth nickel provision; provide additional General Fund support totaling $5,433,300 in fiscal year 2005-2006 to fully fund the equalized growth nickel provision; provide funding support for seven new local school districts that are now eligible to participate.
SCA (5, C. Borders) - Amend HB 267/SCS by adding Rowan County Courthouse to Capital Projects list to authorize construction of courthouse facility; amend language that defers use allowance, operating support, and one time non-recurring furniture and equipment to the fiscal biennium 2006-2008 pending actions of the 2006 General Assembly.
SCA (6, D. Kelly) - Reduce the Miscellaneous Appropriations, Judgments appropriation for fiscal year 2004-2005 to provide a balance of appropriations in that fiscal year.
FCCR/Analysis - Retain provisions of HB 267/SCS with the following changes: the State/Executive Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund-Tobacco, Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highways Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $23,540,487,200 in fiscal year 2004-2005 and $20,333,449,100 in fiscal year 2005-2006 as follows:
General Government
2004-05 $697,307,700
2005-06 $655,583,400
Commerce Cabinet
2004-05 $196,631,200
2005-06 $206,929,700
Economic Development Cabinet
2004-05 $27,269,200
2005-06 $26,109,700
Education
2004-05 $3,721,166,100
2005-06 $4,025,836,000
Education Cabinet
2004-05 $1,204,441,700
2005-60 $1,254,290,500
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet
2004-05 $627,238,400
2005-06 $620,848,600
Finance and Administration Cabinet
2004-05 $504,237,500
2005-06 $544,183,700
Health and Family Services Cabinet
2004-05 $6,218,354,000
2005-06 $6,113,034,700
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
2004-05 $709,861,700
2005-06 $733,018,700
Personnel Cabinet
2004-05 $72,368,000
2005-06 $105,728,900
Postsecondary Education
2004-05 $3,787,745,800
2005-06 $4,040,964,000
Transportation Cabinet
2004-05 $2,391,883,700
2005-06 $1,824,679,500
Necessary Government Expense
2004-05 $0
2005-06 $0
Funds Transfer
2004-05 $160,834,100
2005-06 $184,197,100
Legislative Branch
2004-05 $0
2005-06 $108,100
Judicial Branch
2004-05 $0
2005-06 $1,077,400
Phase I Tobacco Settlement Funding Program
2004-05 $108,800,000
2005-06 $108,600,000
Not included in the above appropriation amounts are capital project amounts as follows:
Capital Projects
2004-05 $3,381,982,900
2005-06 $182,241,700;
transfer the Old Governor's Mansion to the Kentucky Historical Society and provide $100,000 annually to the Kentucky Historical Society for maintenance; provide an allowance for the Lieutenant Governor of $2,500 monthly, $1,000 for housing and $1,500 for the performance of other duties; provide General Fund moneys totaling $125,000 annually for the State Planning Fund, with $25,000 annually being made available for the Bluegrass State Games; provide an additional $100,000 of General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2005-2006, of which $50,000 is provided for a Williamstown Cemetery position and $50,000 is provided for the Veterans' Homeless Shelter in Lexington; provide an additional $600,000 in Restricted Funds in fiscal year 2005-2006, of which $250,000 is for a four percent increase in operating funds for the Veterans' Centers and $350,000 is for the purchase of land adjacent to the Thomson/Hood Veterans' Center; provide $2.2 million in Bond Funds to match $11 million in Federal Funds for the Federally Assisted Wastewater Revolving Loan Fund Program; provide $2.6 million in Bond Funds to match $13 million in Federal Funds for the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Program; provide $80 million in Bond Funds for the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties; provide $126 million in Bond Funds for the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Tobacco Counties; provide $1,350,000 in Bond Funds from the Finance Cabinet's Combined Pool for the construction of 30 T-Hangars at the Capital City Airport and $860,000 in Bond Funds in fiscal year 2004-2005 for the Maintenance Pool; provide $860,000 in Investment Income in fiscal year 2004-2005 for the Maintenance Pool; provide $12,020,000 in Agency Bonds in fiscal year 2004-2005 for Bluegrass Station to construct a hangar, warehouse, and office building; provide $2,300,000 in Bond Funds for a Deferred Maintenance Pool to address the backlog of maintenance projects at National Guard facilities; provide an additional $150,000 of General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2004-2005 for Aircraft Maintenance; provide $2.0 million in General Fund moneys for the Renaissance Kentucky Program; provide $1.5 million in each fiscal year for the Flood Control Matching Fund; provide an additional $500,000 in Restricted Funds for the Cemetery Preservation Fund; provide $5.0 million in Bond Funds each fiscal year for the Community Economic Development Grant Program; provide $12.0 million in Bond Funds in fiscal year 2004-2005 for the Southeastern Regional Agricultural and Exhibition Center in Corbin; provide $100,000 in General Fund moneys in each fiscal year for the Richmond Arts Center; provide $150,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2004-2005 for the Hopkins County Exposition Center; provide $2.0 million in Bond Funds in fiscal year 2004-2005 for the Knox Partners Community Education Center; provide an additional $500,000 in General Fund moneys in fiscal year 2004-2005 for the Union County Library Expansion;
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 11-posting waived
Feb 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 17-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-floor amendments (1) (2) (4) (6) (7) (9) (10) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) and (18) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (3) (5) (8) (11) and (12) filed; floor amendment (9) withdrawn; 3rd reading, passed 100-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (18)
Feb 22-received in Senate; to Committee on Committees (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Committee on Committees (S); to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 24-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) and (5); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (6); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6)
Mar 1-received in House; to Rules (H); taken from committee; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6); House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6); received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6); Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6); Conference Committee and Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
Mar 2-Conference Committee report filed in House; Conference Committee report adopted in House; Bill sent to Free Conference
Mar 3-Conference Committee report filed in Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; Bill sent to Free Conference
Mar 8-Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; bill passed 34-2; received in House; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; bill passed 99-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 19- Thirteen (13) line items vetoed
Mar 21-vetoes sustained
Mar 22-non-vetoed provisions signed by Governor; bill delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 173)
HB 268/CI (BR 1116) - A. Wuchner, D. Keene, K. Bratcher, J. Carr, R. Damron, J. Draud, T. Feeley, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, S. Lee, G. Lynn, B. Montell, J. Reinhardt, A. Simpson, J. Stewart III
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 17.500 to include the offense of distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in the sexual offender registration system.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HB 269 (BR 1085) - K. Stein, R. Palumbo, J. Crenshaw, C. Hoffman
AN ACT relating to the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program.
Amend KRS 157.360 to require the Kentucky Department of Education for the 2005-2006 school year to establish a hold harmless per pupil funding value for each school district using 1995-1996 data as a base; thereafter, require an annual adjustment to the hold harmless value equal to the percentage increase of the base funding level in the program for support education excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) as determined in the biennial budget for the affected school year.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
Feb 22-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 270/CI (BR 1038) - K. Stein, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to long-term care facility inspections.
Amend KRS 216.530 to make the intentional notification of a long-term care facility of a scheduled or contemplated inspection visit a Class D felony; subject the person that violates this provision to a civil fine of $5,000 to be deposited in the cabinet's fraud, waste, and abuse recovery fund.
HB 270 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, K. Stein) - Retain original provisions and add that violation by a state employee is grounds for dismissal; specify that revenue from fines shall be used for the long-term care ombudsman program.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 88-3 with floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Judiciary (S)
HB 271 (BR 973) - T. Feeley, J. Jenkins, P. Clark, S. Riggs
AN ACT relating to employment contracts in the broadcast industry.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 372 to prohibit contractual noncompetition clauses and contractual provisions requiring the reporting of new employment offers after separation from employment in broadcasting employees' contracts; provide that attempts to enforce such provisions are subject to a civil action for damages, attorney's fees, and court costs
HB 271 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. DeCesare) - Amend to exempt situations where employment termination is initiated by the employee.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 15-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2005; floor amendment (1) withdrawn
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 69-23
Feb 17-received in Senate
Feb 23-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
HB 272/LM (BR 1089) - J. Hoover
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation and making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.
Governor's tax reform package: Amend and create various Sections of KRS Chapters 131, 132, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141 to: Remove corporation license tax after 2005, and address ITW issue for returns due on or after April 15, 2004; change individual income tax rates; exclude state replacement payments for Phase II tobacco payments; alter coverage and rates of the low income tax credit; change rates of corporation income tax, extend to include all limited liability entities, create an alternative minimum calculation and a minimum assessment, require consolidated returns of certain groups of corporations; allow a passthrough credit for tax paid by passthrough entities; expand nexus standards; create credits for brownfield remediation, biodiesel manufacture and sale, heritage property rehabilitation, environmental stewardship, clean coal electricity production, education tuition payment; use common three factor apportionment formula for all business entities; disallow certain related party transactions; limit application of the recycling credit; enact the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative; expand the state intangible property tax exclusion; implement a state transient room tax, dedicate all proceeds to tourism efforts; expand sales tax to include prepaid calling cards; implement a sales tax holiday; alter aviation sales tax exclusion; increase cigarette tax rate, assess new tax on smokeless tobacco, implement rate setting and adjustment procedures, implement floor stocks tax procedures; implement a new tax on telecommunications services to replace several existing taxes; exempt certain horses from sales tax; create a thoroughbred breeders incentive fund, a standardbred breeders incentive fund, and a horse breeders incentive fund, earmark a portion of sales tax from appropriate horse breeding to the fund, specify how funds may be used; establish an automatic income tax rate reduction trigger; create an LRC task force to study local taxes; amend various other sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; EMERGENCY.
HB 272 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Retain the provisions of the original bill; amend KRS 141.010 to incorporate the provisions of the Military Family Relief Act of 2003; add definitions for "cost of goods sold" and "Kentucky gross profits"; amend KRS 141.020 to provide that income between $8,000 and $75,000 be taxed at 5.8%; amend KRS 141.040 to reduce the top corporate rate to 7% in calendar year 2006, with a further reduction to 6% beginning in calendar year 2007; provide for a second alternative minimum tax calculations based on $0.75 per $100 on gross profits; amend KRS 141.066 to provide for a low income tax credit at poverty level for a family size of up to 4; provide for a credit for individual owners of pass through entities in 2006 to the extent that the tax liability as determined under the corporate rate exceeds the tax liability on the same income as determined under the individual rates; delete the restricted fund under the Kentucky Tourism, Meeting and Convention Marketing Act; amend KRS 138.140 to impose a surtax of $0.26 on each 20 cigarettes; allow taxpayers to pay the floor stock tax in three installments rather than at the time the return is due; impose an excise tax of 3% on cable and direct broadcast satellite companies; impose a gross revenues tax on telephone, cable and direct broadcast satellite; increase the alcohol wholesale tax from 9% to 11%; amend the historic preservation credit to impose an upper limit on non-individuals; delete the income tax rate reduction trigger; attach the provisions of HB 353.
HCA (1, H. Moberly Jr) - Amend definition of "other tobacco products" to include all tobacco products except cigarettes and snuff; change the rate on other tobacco products to seven and one-half percent; change the rate on snuff to five cents per unit.
HCA (2, H. Moberly Jr) - Make technical corrections.
HCA (3/Title, H. Moberly Jr) - Make title amendment.
HFA (1, T. Pullin) - Amend to cap the income tax reduction to persons with income less than $75,000; add a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to reduce the assessed value of motor vehicles for state property tax purposes.
HFA (2, R. Nelson) - Attach provisions of HB 429 deleting the writing portfolios from the statewide school accountability system.
HFA (3/Title, R. Nelson) - Make title amendment.
HFA (4, R. Nelson) - Attach provisions of HB 429 deleting the writing portfolios from the statewide school accountability system.
HFA (5, D. Floyd) - Amend KRS 139.470 to continue the sales tax exemption for the sale of distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages not consumed on the premises licensed for their sale.
HFA (6, H. Moberly Jr) - Amend definition of "other tobacco products" to include all tobacco products except cigarettes and snuff; change the rate on other tobacco products to 7.5% of gross receipts.
HFA (7, D. Butler) - Create a new section of KRS 243.882 to 243.892 that establishes the alcohol tax distribution fund, earmarks alcohol taxes to the fund, and restricts spending from the fund to counties that permit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
HFA (8, D. Floyd) - Restore current 9% wholesale rate on beer, wine, and distilled spirits.
SCS/LM - Retain the provisions of the original bill except amend KRS 141.010 to adopt the internal revenue code in effect on December 31, 2004; amend language throughout the bill to add reference to "Kentucky gross receipts; clarify language regarding NOL carrybacks; clarify that the 7% top corporate rate takes effect on January 1, 2005 and applies through December 31, 2006; delete election requirement for the alternative minimum calculation; amend and clarify provisions of the low income credit; amend refundable credit language to provide that the credit is available for tax periods beginning after December 31, 2004 and ending prior to January 1, 2007; amend the recycling credit to provide an additional credit for major projects; restore the tourism fund included in the original version; add language reflecting the intent of the legislature regarding the taxation of tobacco products; amend language to clarify intent regarding the taxation of communications providers and multichannel video programming service providers; affirm that direct broadcast satellite will be taxed at the same rate as cable for the school tax; amend biodiesel credit language to apply to in state producers and blenders; amend the clean coal credit to reduce initial investment to $150,000,000; restore the historic preservation credit to the form it was in as introduced; allow the Revenue Cabinet to interpret the provisions of the Act consistent with the provisions of the Act through the promulgation of regulations; delete the sales tax holiday; make technical corrections.
SCA (1, C. Borders) - Add provision to KRS 141.040 to tax electing single member Limited Liability Entities at the individual level and ignore the entity for corporate tax purposes.
FCCR - Retain provisions of HB 272 / SCS with the following changes: permit publicly traded partnerships and affiliates to be treated as a partnership rather than a corporation; clarify that direct labor costs and certain delivery costs are included in cost of goods sold and provide definitions; decrease the minimum corporation tax to $175; allow additional compensation from June 1, 2005, to November 30, 2005, to cigarette wholesalers; limit additional compensation to apply to no more than 150% of the number of stamps sold during the previous six months; change the qualifications for a clean coal facility to include facilities beginning commercial operation on or after January 1, 2005; remove the tax on broadcast, television, and motion picture rights for professional boxing and wrestling matches; make technical corrections.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 9-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 14-posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 17-floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) (3-title) and (5) filed
Feb 18-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) and (3-title); floor amendments (6) (7) and (8) filed to Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 96-4 with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) (2) and (3-title), floor amendment (6)
Feb 22-received in Senate; to Committee on Committees (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Committee on Committees (S); to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 24-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1)
Mar 1-received in House; to Rules (H); taken from committee; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1); House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1); received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1); Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1); Conference Committee and Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
Mar 2-Conference Committee report filed in House; Conference Committee report adopted in House; Bill sent to Free Conference
Mar 3-Conference Committee report filed in Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; Bill sent to Free Conference
Mar 8-Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; bill passed 37-0; received in House; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; bill passed 96-3; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 168)
HB 273 (BR 164) - R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to the sale of bottled water.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to identify the selling of bottled water as non-competitive with the school breakfast or school lunch program; give the school council, or if none exists, the principal, the authority to permit the sale of bottled water at any time during the school day; require the school council, or if none exists, the principal, to develop a policy to establish how profits from sale of bottled water will be allocated.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
HB 274/FN (BR 1143) - M. Harmon, J. Higdon
AN ACT relating to sick leave for teachers.
Amend KRS 161.155 to permit a local board of education to establish a policy to allow teachers and employees to use up to five days of sick leave per year for personal leave.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
HB 275 (BR 1140) - S. Riggs
AN ACT relating to insurance licenses of individuals and business entities licensed under Subtitles 9, 10, and 29 of KRS Chapter 304.
Amend various sections of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to make technical correction; define terms; require a resident applicant for a variable life and variable annuities line of authority to hold an active life line of authority; require the applicant for an administrator license to be a resident of Kentucky or currently licensed and in good standing in his or her home state; delete the requirement of a high school education from qualifications for an agent's license; delete requirement that prelicensing course of study be a classroom course; create exemptions from licensing qualifications and requirements persons with certain insurance designations; require a business entity to have for each of its active lines of authority at least one licensed individual with the same line of authority designated with the commissioner; require an application of an individual to show whether the applicant is a citizen of the United States; require an individual designating Kentucky as his or her home state to submit a criminal background report and a complete set of fingerprints; require the license renewal fees to be received on or before the applicable due date for the license; provide that beginning January 31, 2006, in conjunction with a license renewal, an individual holding a resident license for agent, rental vehicle managing employee, and viatical settlement broker to show proof of compliance with the continuing education requirements; permit acceptance of any renewal request and fees received by the commissioner after 30 days from the date of expiration but within 60 days of expiration if accompanied by a penalty; require proof of continuing education compliance with 60 days after the expiration date; require an insurer prior to appointment to satisfy itself that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust and has not been convicted of a fraudulent insurance act; allow an agent to act as a representative of and place insurance with an insurer without first obtaining approval of the appointment by the commissioner for a period of 15 rather than 30 days; require an insurer, no later than 15 days rather than 45 days from the date the agent contract is executed or the first insurance application is submitted by an agent, whichever is earlier, to file with the commissioner a notice of appointment; require the insurer who terminates a licensee without cause to mail a notice of termination within 15 days after making the notification; establish the continuing education biennial compliance dates beginning January 31, 2006; require continuing education to include three hours of ethics; require the provider to furnish to the commissioner certification of continuing education courses completed by each licensee; authorize the commissioner to withdraw approval of continuing education provider, course, or instructor for good and just cause and to impose a civil penalty; require a consultant to be at least 18 rather than 25 years of age; provide that no adjuster's license is required by an adjuster sent into this state to investigate a particular loss if the insurer certifies the adjuster has qualified by passing a state insurance regulatory adjuster examination or that the adjuster is employed as a claims adjuster experienced in adjusting catastrophic claims with a minimum of three years experience; prohibit an authorized insurer from doing business in Kentucky with an administrator who is not licensed in accordance with KRS 304.9-052; allow the commissioner to place on probation, suspend, or impose conditions on the continuance of a license for not more than 24 rather than 12 months; require a resident surplus lines broker who fails to maintain his or her agent license with lines of authority for property and casualty to terminate and promptly surrender to the commissioner his license without demand; require the agent of a fraternal benefit society to be licensed as an agent in accordance with Subtitle 9 of the KRS Chapter 304; authorize the commissioner to contract for collection, transmission, resubmission, and retention of fingerprints; require the commissioner upon receipt of fingerprints to submit the fingerprints to the Kentucky State Police; authorize the commissioner to receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Department of State Police; prohibit the commissioner from sharing criminal history records information received from the Federal Bureau of Investigations with the insurance regulators of other states, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or any other persons as prohibited under 28 C.F.R. 20.33; amend other sections of KRS Chapter 304 to conform; repeal KRS 304.9-480, which defines terms for KRS 304.9-480 and 304.9-485.
HB 275 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions; delete requirement in Section 6 that each prelicensing course of study must include eight hours of instruction on insurance laws and ethics; require the annual report in Section 8(4)(a) to be filed in each odd-numbered year; limit the application in Section 9(4) to the application of a resident individual; delete the requirement of submitting fingerprints in Section 9(8); delete Section 16 which amended KRS 304.9-430; delete Section 22 pertaining to collection, transmission, resubmission, and retention of fingerprints.
SFA (1, J. Denton) - Attach the provisions of SB 97/GA to HB 275/GA.
SFA (2/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 209.
SFA (4/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (5, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 209/GA; amend KRS 91A.080 to apply exemptions on any license fee or tax imposed for premiums received on high deductible health plans.
SFA (6, J. Denton) - Attach SB 209/GA; add permit insurer to amend policy forms.
SFA (7, J. Denton) - Amend KRS 205.560 to require Medicaid to use forms and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of health care providers applying for participation in Medicaid; amend KRS 216B.155 to require health care facilities to use the application form and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of persons applying for privileges; and amend KRS 314.17A-545 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a uniform application form and guidelines for the evaluation and reevaluation of health care providers, including psychologists, who will be on a health benefit plan's list of participating providers.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate
Feb 28-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendments (1) (2-title) (3) and (4-title) filed
Mar 4-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendments (5) (6) and (7) filed
Mar 8-3rd reading; floor amendments (1) (2-title) (3) (4-title) (5) (6) and (7) withdrawn; passed 33-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 143)
Introduced Feb. 3, 2005
HB 276/FN (BR 448) - J. Wayne, M. Marzian, R. Adams, A. Arnold, T. Burch, J. Crenshaw, W. Hall, J. Jenkins, R. Meeks, R. Nelson, D. Owens, K. Stein, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 136 to sunset the provisions of the corporate license tax; amend KRS 139.340 to expand the sales tax nexus standard; amend KRS 141.010 to expand corporate income tax nexus, to define corporations as including all limited liability entities, and to exclude distributive share income or loss from the gross income of member or partner corporations; amend KRS 141.011 to disallow net operating loss carrybacks; amend KRS 141.0205 to add the flow-through credit for individuals; amend KRS 141. 040 to incorporate the doing-business standard, to provide an exemption for qualified exempt organizations, and to allow electing members/partners to pay a proportionate share of tax due; amend KRS 141.120 to expand the definition of business income; amend KRS 141.200 to require the filing of consolidated returns by affiliated groups; amend KRS 141.206 to revise filing requirements for general partnerships and trusts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish reporting and payment requirements for corporations, to address basis issues, and to provide a pass-through credit for individual partners and members; create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a business enterprise tax and to set forth the requirements for payment of the tax; provide a credit against the corporate income tax in the amount of the business enterprise tax paid; amend various provisions of the KRS to conform; amend KRS 136.071 to provide options for computing capital for corporations that hold securities in other companies equal to 50 percent of total assets; provide for effective dates.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 277 (BR 1194) - J. Wayne, R. Adams, A. Arnold, T. Burch, J. Crenshaw, W. Hall, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, R. Nelson, D. Owens, K. Stein, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to income taxes.
Amend KRS 141.020 to change individual income tax rates to levels ranging from 6% on incomes under $30,000 to 9% on incomes over $100,000, and to exempt from tax all individuals with incomes at or below the federal poverty level; amend KRS 141.066 to replace the low income credit with an earned income tax credit equal to 20% of the federal credit; amend KRS 141.180 to conform; make effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2005.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 278 (BR 1157) - T. Thompson, B. Smith, A. Arnold, J. Bowen, J. Carr, M. Cherry, T. Couch, R. Crimm, J. DeCesare, M. Denham, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, M. Harmon, J. Higdon, S. Lee, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, R. Mobley, B. Montell, S. Nunn, R. Palumbo, T. Pullin, M. Rader, J. Reinhardt, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to small business health insurance relief.
Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to create the Small Business Access Program to make health insurance more affordable for small employer groups with 2 to 10 employees; require all insurers, stop-loss carriers, and self-insured employer-controlled or bona fide associations to participate in the program as a supporting insurer or a participating insurer; require participating insurers to provide health benefit plans to small employer groups with 2 to 10 employees and require supporting insurers to only be subject to assessments and payments through the program risk assessment process; define terms; deem as a participating insurer each insurer issuing health benefit plans in Kentucky in the small employer group market; exempt an insurer that provides coverage solely to Medicaid recipients, Medicare beneficiaries, or CHAMPUS insureds, and exempt self-insured health benefit plans covering employees of institutions of higher education and self-insured plans covering elected and salaried employees of cities, counties, urban-counties, charter counties, consolidated local governments, or special districts; establish critieria for a program plan as a health benefit plan purchased by a qualified group that provides primary coverage for a member with a high-cost condition who is identified at the time of underwriting; prohibit the insurer from considering the high-cost condition or the claims experience of the individual with the high-cost condition in establishing rates for a qualified group; require insurers to report certain information to the Department of Insurance annually; require the department to establish an assessment process to fund program losses; establish the assessment rate as one-half of one percent of the total amount of all assessable health benefit plan premiums earned during the prior assessment period; require supporting insurers to report total stop-loss premiums and health benefit plan premiums and other information required by the department; require the department to establish and maintain a program fund; require the department to complete a risk adjustment process to determine actual program losses for each calendar year; direct the department to reimburse each participating insurer the amount of its reimbursable losses not to exceed the assessment available in the program account; require the commissioner to report on the operations of the program to the Legislative Research Commission prior to each regular session of the General Assembly; direct the Auditor of Public Accounts to be responsible for an audit of the program; require an insurer that issues group health benefit plans to an employer-organized association health benefit plan to provide information relating to the association's health benefit plan for the previous 3 years on aggregate claims experience, total premiums paid, total number of insureds, and detailed claims information; authorize insurers to offer one or more basic health benefit plans in the small group and employer-organized association markets which covers physician, pharmacy, home health, preventive, emergency, and inpatient and outpatient hospital services; permit the insurer that offers a basic benefit plan to, upon request, exclude mandated benefits except for state-mandated coverage of diabetes and hospice, federally mandated benefits, and mandated payment, indemnity, or reimbursement of specified health care providers for specific health care services; require insurers offering basic benefit plans to disclose to the small employer groups and employer-organized associations prior to issuance of the policy that the plan provides limited benefits, includes federal mandated benefits, and excludes state mandated benefits except for diabetes and hospice coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit a health care provider from billing, charging, collecting a deposit, seeking compensation, remuneration, or reimbursement from an enrollee or subscriber for services, treatment, or supplies provided if the provider has entered into an agreement as a participating provider under a health benefit plan, or if there exists any appliable state or federal law which requires a hold harmless provision; provide for penalties enforceable by the Attorney General; amend KRS 205.560 to direct the Medical Assistance Program to use the form and guidelines established for assessing credentials of those applying to participate in the Medical Assistance Program; amend KRS 216.2923 to direct the cabinet to convene a permanent cabinet advisory committee to advise the secretary on the collection, analysis, and distribution of consumer-oriented information related to the health care system, the cost of treatment and procedures, outcomes and quality indicators, and policies and regulations to implement electronic collection and transmission of patient information and other cost-saving patient record systems; amend KRS 216B.155 to direct certain health care facilities to use the application form and guidelines for assessing credentials of those applying for privileges; amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define "basic health benefit plan" and "preventive services"; amend KRS 304.17A-545 to direct the commissioner of insurance to promulgate administrative regulations to establish uniform application form and guidelines for the evaluation and reevaluation of health care providers who will be on the plan's list of participating providers; amend KRS 304.17A-430, 304.17B-001, 304.17A-005, 304.18-114, and 304.38A-010 to conform.
HB 278 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the Act, except delete Section 12 pertaining to billing by health care providers who have entered into provider agreements; amend KRS 205.560 and KRS 216B.155 to make technical changes; amend KRS 216.2923(2)(e) to include nonphysician health care providers on the committee; amend KRS 304.17A-545(5) to include psychologists as a health care provider subject to to uniform application form and guidelines for evaluation and reevaluation.
HFA (1, R. Damron) - Amend KRS 141.010 to include Title XII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 in the definition of Internal Revenue Code.
HFA (2/Title, R. Damron) - Make title amendment.
HFA (3, L. Clark) - Prohibit supporting insurers from being assessed to generate moneys in the fund in excess of $15,000,000; prohibit a participating insurer from including in any rate filing the amount of any assessment that generates moneys in the fund in excess of $15,000,000.
HFA (4, T. Thompson) - Provide that an insurer shall consider the high-cost condition or a portion thereof or the claims experience of the individual with the high-cost condition or a portion thereof is establishing rates for a qualified group pursuant to administrative regulations.
SCS - Delete Sections 1 through 8 that create the Small Business Access Program; retain remaining sections except add the individual market to those eligible for basic health benefit plans, provide that an insurer in the individual, small group or employer-organized association market may offer a basic health benefit plan, rather than offer a basic health benefit plan upon request; provide that chiropractic benefits shall be required in the basic health benefit plan; add and amend KRS 91A.080 to provide that the license fees and taxes under this section shall not apply to premiums received on high deductible health plans as defined in 26 U.S.C. sec. 220(C)(2); declare an emergency for Section 2 of the Act, relating to basic health benefit plans, to take effect upon final passage and signature by the governor or as otherwise provided by law.
SCA (1/Title, T. Buford) - Make title amendment.
SFA (1, J. Carroll) - Delete Section 7 containing the assessment plan; provide that the individual market is eligible for basic health benefit plans as defined in the Act; provide that chiropractic benefits shall be required in the basic health benefit plan.
SFA (2/Title, J. Carroll) - Make title amendment.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Retain original provisions and add noncodified language to establish a short term small business health insurance task force; specify membership; require reports at Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance during the 2005 interim; require recommendations on legislation and funding; cease to exist on December 31, 2005 unless otherwise authorized by the General Assembly.
SFA (4, J. Denton) - Make technical correction.
SFA (5, J. Carroll) - Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to create the Small Business Access Program to make health insurance more affordable for small employer groups with two (2) to ten (10) employees; require all insurers, stop-loss carriers, and self-insured employer-controlled or bona fide associations to participate in the program as a supporting insurer or a participating insurer; require participating insurers to provide health benefit plans to small employer groups with two (2) to ten (10) employees and require supporting insurers to only be subject to assessments and payments through the program risk assessment process; define terms; deem as a participating insurer each insurer issuing health benefit plans in Kentucky in the small employer group market; exempt from this Act an insurer that provides coverage solely to Medicaid recipients, Medicare beneficiaries, or CHAMPUS insureds and exempt self-insured health benefit plans covering employees of institutions of higher education and self-insured plans covering elected and salaried employees of cities, counties, urban-counties, charter counties, or special districts; establish criteria for a program plan as a health benefit plan purchased by a qualified group that provides primary coverage for a member with a high-cost condition who is identified at the time of underwriting; allow the insurer to consider the high cost condition or a portion thereof or the claims experience of the individual with the high-cost condition in establishing rates for a qualified group; require insurers to report certain information to the Department of Insurance annually; require the commissioner to report on the operations of the program to the Legislative Research Commission prior to each regular session of the General Assembly; direct the Auditor of Public Accounts to be responsible for an audit of the program; make technical corrections.
SFA (6, T. Buford) - Amend Section 5, which establishes the membership of the advisory committee for health data collection, to add one (1) representative of employers with less than fifty (50) employees and one (1) representative of employers with more than fifty (50) employees, from a list of employers submitted by the Chamber of Commerce.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Banking and Insurance (H); posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
Feb 14-floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4)
Feb 17-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005; floor amendments (3) (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Mar 1-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendment (6) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 2-passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
Mar 3-taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; recommitted to Banking and Insurance (S)
Mar 4-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; 3rd reading; floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (5) withdrawn; passed 33-1 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendments (3) (4) and (6)
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendments (3) (4) and (6) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (4); House refused to concur in Senate floor amendments (3) and (6); received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate floor amendments (3) and (6); Senate receded from floor amendments (3) and (6); passed 36-1; received in House; passed 86-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 144)
HB 279/LM/CI (BR 1191) - W. Hall, A. Wuchner, J. Carr, H. Collins, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, C. Embry Jr, D. Ford, M. Harper, D. Keene, S. Lee, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, C. Meade, R. Nelson, J. Reinhardt, T. Riner, J. Stacy
Feb 9-WITHDRAWN
HB 280 (BR 1039) - J. Bruce, J. Carr, T. Edmonds, D. Ford, J. Higdon, D. Keene, C. Meade, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to financial services.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 287 to restrict the use of the trade name, trademark, service mark, logo, or symbol of any financial institution regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions; amend KRS 287.010 to define terms; amend KRS 287.013 to delete the requirement that the financial institutions board meet at least quarterly; amend KRS 287.040 and 287.050 to make technical changes; amend KRS 287.065 to delete requirement that a majority of a bank board must be residents of Kentucky during their term of office; amend KRS 287.102 to exempt from certain statutes and administrative regulations banks receiving a CAMEL rating of 1 or 2; amend KRS 287.103 to make a technical change; amend KRS 287.215 to exempt any bank, trust company, or combined bank and trust company from the provisions of KRS Chapters 288 and 360; amend KRS 287.280 to exempt a bank organized as a limited liability company from the limits on loans to a person established in the statute and subject such organizations to lending limits established in federal law; amend KRS 287.350 to delete provision restricting declaration of any dividend until ten percent of net profits have been carried to the bank's surplus fund; amend KRS 287.450 to permit the commissioner to enter into joint examinations and enforcement actions with other bank supervisory agencies having concurrent jurisdiction over any bank or bank holding company; amend KRS 287.480 to permit the commissioner to enter into cooperative agreements with other bank supervisory agencies having concurrent jurisdiction over any bank or bank holding company; amend KRS 287.820 to require a bank to apply to the commissioner for permission to establish a loan production office, except for a bank the commissioner may designate by administrative regulation; amend KRS 288.410 to define "affiliate"; amend KRS 288.420 to require each consumer loan licensee to maintain a physical location in Kentucky; amend KRS 288.480 to direct that a licensee who has not paid its renewal fee by December 20 shall have its license suspended; amend KRS 288.490 to give the commissioner more enforcement powers against any license issued under KRS Chapter 288; amend KRS 288.530 to permit the charging of fees, costs, or other expenses authorized in accordance with KRS Chapter 355; amend KRS 288.530 to permit acquisition charges and installment account handling charges and other charges on loans of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 on loans with a term of not less than three months nor more than 15 months; amend KRS 288.580 to specify unlawful acts; amend KRS 291.430 to direct the suspension of the license of a industrial loan corporation that does not renew its license by January 15; amend KRS 291.530 to delete provision requiring an annual report on financial condition be filed by every industrial loan company; amend KRS 291.550 to give the commissioner more enforcement powers against any license issued under KRS Chapter 291; amend KRS 294.020 to clarify which affiliates are exempt from the provisions of KRS Chapter 294; exempt certain consumer loan or finance companies and industrial loan companies from the provisions of KRS Chapter 294 except for KRS 294.220(2)(e) and (f) and KRS 294.110(4); exempt certain nonprofit organizations from the provisions of KRS Chapter 294, except for KRS 294.255 and 294.260; exempt from certain provisions of KRS Chapter 294 any branch certain mortgage loan companies or brokers if the branch is approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and approved to perform business in Kentucky; establish requirements to be met for mortgage loan companies and brokers approved and regulated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to be exempt from certain provisions of KRS Chapter 294; amend KRS 294.032 to require an applicant for a mortgage loan broker license to have at least one owner who owns at least 20% of the applicant to provide proof of at least two years experience working in the mortgage industry; amend KRS 294.090 to give the commissioner more enforcement powers against any license issued under KRS Chapter 294; amend KRS 294.220 to prohibit a mortgage loan company or broker from delaying beyond five rather than two days the issuance of a written loan payoff amount; amend KRS 294.255 to require initial registrations of mortgage loan brokers to include evidence of completion of 12 classroom hours of education courses; authorize the commissioner to issue a temporary certificate of registration for up to 180 days to a mortgage loan officer or broker who is awaiting a criminal background check or is in the process of fulfilling the initial education requirements; require renewal of certificates of registration by June 30 of each year; amend KRS 368.080 to require the renewal of license by September 20 rather than July 1 each year and authorize suspension of license for failure to renew; amend KRS 368.100 to increase from $500 to $1,000 the maximum deferred deposit transaction from one customer; amend KRS 368.110 to give the commissioner more enforcement powers against any license issued under KRS Chapter 368; amend KRS 382.365 to require that the written notice to a lienholder of its failure to release be properly addressed and sent by first class mail or delivered in person to a corporate officer or agent for process of the lienholder at the lienholder's corporate address; amend KRS 425.501 pertaining to orders of garnishment to require a processing fee of ten dollars to be paid by the judgment plaintiff; amend KRS 287.990, 294.030, 294.034, 294.250 and various sections of KRS Chapter 368 to conform; repeal KRS 288.590, 294.265, 368.104, and 368.120.
HB 280 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, J. Wayne) - Delete Section 31 that increases the amount of deferred deposit transactions from five hundred dollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1,000).
HFA (2, R. Webb) - Delete Section 31 that increases the amount of the deferred deposit transaction from five hundred dollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1,000).
HFA (3, J. Bruce) - Delete Section 31 that increases the amount of deferred deposit transactions from $500 to one $1000.
HFA (4, D. Owens) - Delete subsection (13) of Section 19 that allows an acquisition charge and handling charge on loans of $100 to $1,000 for terms of 3 to 15 months.
HFA (5, K. Stein) - Delete Section 31 that increases the amount of deferred deposit transactions from $500 to $1000.
HFA (6, K. Stein) - Amend KRS 368.100 to reduce from $500 to $400 the maximum amount of a deferred deposit transaction from any one customer at any one time.
HFA (7, R. Palumbo) - Amend Section 33 to require that written notice of failure to release a satisfied lien be sent by certified mail or delivered in person to the executive officer at the main office of the institution or the agent for process with a copy to the executive officer at the main office of the institution, in lieu of first class mail or delivery in person to a corporate officer or agent for process at the lienholder's corporate address.
HFA (8, T. Kerr) - Require notice of failure to release lien be properly addressed and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered in person to the lienholder or an agent for process of the lienholder.
HFA (9, R. Palumbo) - Amend Section 33 to require that written notice of failure to release a satisfied lien be sent by certified mail or delivered in person to the executive officer at the main office of the institution or the agent for process with a copy to the executive officer at the main office of the institution, in lieu of first class mail or delivery in person to a corporate officer or agent for process at the lienholder's corporate address.
SCS - Retain original provisions, except delete Section 9 which exempted state banks, trust companies, or combined bank and trust companies from the provisions of KRS Chapters 288 and 360.
SFA (1, D. Kelly) - Amend KRS 382.110 to provide that an authentic photocopy of any original record may be certified as a true, complete, unaltered copy of the original record on file by the official public custodian of the record; permit a certified copy of a document certified by the official public custodian of the document to be filed in any other filing officer's jurisdiction as though it were an original record; restrict application of this subsection to a record generated and filed in Kentucky; amend KRS 382.360 to require that when a mortgage is assigned to another person the assignee must file the assignment with the county clerk within 30 days after the assignment; amend KRS 382.365 to require the assignee of a lien on real property to record the assignment in the county clerk's office; require the court upon proof of satisfaction of a lien to enter a judgment noting the identity of the final lienholder or final assignee and authorizing and directing the master commissioner to execute and file with the county clerk the requisite release or assignments or both; clarify what constitutes written notice of failure to release a lien; restrict damages for failure to release a lien.
SFA (2, T. Buford) - Amend Section 1 to include Internet use and on-line businesses in the prohibition against the use of the same or similar trade name, trademark, service mark, logo, or symbol of any financial institution, regulated by the department, in any advertisements, marketing materials, or solicitations that may confuse a reasonable person that the material is endorsed or consented to by the financial institution.
SFA (3, T. Buford) - Amend provision exempting a nonprofit organization from KRS Chapter 294.
SFA (4, T. Buford) - Amend provision exempting a nonprofit organization to delete exception for any mortgage loan broker, loan officer, or originator who is an employee of a mortgage loan company or mortgage loan broker from the provisions of KRS 294.255 and KRS 294.260.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Banking and Insurance (H); posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
Feb 11-floor amendments (3) (4) (5) and (6) filed
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005; floor amendments (7) (8) and (9) filed
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 82-8 with floor amendments (3) and (8)
Feb 16-floor amendment (1) withdrawn; received in Senate
Feb 22-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 2-floor amendments (1) (2) (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
Mar 8-recommitted to Banking and Insurance (S)
HB 281 (BR 955) - T. Edmonds, J. Higdon
AN ACT relating to nonresident licensed electricians.
Amend KRS 227A.030 to allow nonresident licensed electricians to do volunteer electrical work for a Kentucky charity for a period not to exceed thirty days; require nonresident electrician to notify Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to verify license in good standing, to provide information about Kentucky charity, and to cite specifics about work to be done; allow the department to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the subsection.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 282 (BR 1086) - Dw. Butler
AN ACT relating to consumer protection.
Create a new section of KRS 367.110 to 367.300 to define terms; provide that intentionally imposing a fraudulent finance charge after payment in full by a bank or a credit card issuer is a violation of KRS 367.170, subject to the Consumer Protection Act, KRS 367.110 to 367.300 and to the penalties contained in KRS 367.990.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 10-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
HB 283/LM (BR 1187) - J. Vincent
AN ACT relating to recyclers.
Create new sections of KRS 224.50 require junkyard operators to report material quantities and income for taxation purposes; to declare that violators of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fines; to require that a bill of sale identify the seller of a motor vehicle as the owner or one having the power of attorney for the owner; require the receiving operator to file these documents with the county clerk; allow a person to qualify as an employee of an operator through a notarized document; require that each operator maintain a file with employee notarized documents; require an intervening operator to furnish its employee's notarized documents to all of its receiving operators; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 177.905, 177.910, 177.912, 177.915, 177.920, 177.925 177.935, 177.940, 177.950, and 177.951 as new sections of KRS 224.50 to allow the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations regarding reporting sales of recyclable materials for state tax purposes and develop forms with specific requirements to implement this system; allow for verification of a seller's identity through a driver's license and proof of insurance; allow the cabinet to impose fines on any person or operator who fails to file vehicle transfer papers with the county clerk; make conforming amendments and technical corrections; amend KRS 177.990 to remove the penalty section for the sections that have been reenacted under this Act; amend KRS 177.978 to conform; provide that on the effective date of this Act, all relevant administrative and enforcement powers shall be transferred from the Department of Highways to the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
HB 284 (BR 1261) - G. Lindsay
AN ACT relating to the administration of trusts and estates.
Amend KRS 386.130 to remove gender-specific language.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HB 285 (BR 1260) - G. Lindsay
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 507.030 to eliminate gender-specific language and make other technical corrections.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HB 286 (BR 1259) - G. Lindsay
AN ACT relating to civil actions.
Amend KRS 413.140 and KRS 454.050 to delete obsolete references to the abolished tort of breach of promise to marry.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HB 287 (BR 1233) - S. Baugh
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property taxation.
Propose an amendment to the Constitution to exempt public property owned by another state or political subdivision from the property tax if the other state or political subdivision provides a similar exemption for property owned by Kentucky or one of its political subdivisions.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 288 (BR 432) - J. Jenkins, D. Horlander, M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to employment.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337.420 to 337.433 to declare the need for pay equity in private and public workplaces; amend KRS 337.420 to make antidiscrimination provisions applicable to employers with eight or more employees; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin; and delete reference to the Fair Labor Standards Act.
HB 288 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill, except delete requirement to amend KRS 337.420 which would have made the antidiscrimination provisions applicable to employers of eight or more employees.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 10-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
HB 289 (BR 1147) - B. Smith, H. Cornett, T. Couch
AN ACT relating to purchase of surplus right-of-way property.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to require Department of Highways to determine if surplus right-of-way property is needed or may be sold within 90 days of payment for the property; reduce price for surplus right-of-way property after 90 days; amend KRS 45A.050 to require Finance and Administration Cabinet secretary to sign deed for transfer within 10 days of request; require Turnpike Authority to meet within 5 days of request to consider surplus right-of-way transfer.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 290 (BR 1099) - C. Hoffman, L. Clark, R. Damron, M. Harmon, J. Jenkins, G. Lynn, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to athletic trainer licensure.
Amend various sections of KRS 311.900 to 311.298 to delete certification and create licensure requirements for athletic trainers; delete definition of "athletic trainer" and insert new language; grant the State Board of Medical Licensure the authority to promulgate regulations to require continuing education as a condition for license renewal; delete existing fee schedule and create new one; delete existing qualifications for certification and insert new criteria for licensure based of national certification board requirements; provide inactive license status for retired athletic trainers and include relicensure process; allow licensure reciprocity with other states with equivalent requirements; allow board to sanction and fine athletic trainers who violate standards of practice; exempt from licensure out-of-state trainers temporarily in the Commonwealth for athletic competition or exhibition; amend statutory citations to conform to range.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 7-reassigned to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 18-posting withdrawn
HB 291 (BR 1239) - J. Carr, M. Weaver, M. Denham
AN ACT relating to the operator's licenses of members of the military.
Amend KRS 186.412, relating to motor vehicle operator's licenses, to clarify that a member of the military returning to the Commonwealth from out-of-state duty whose license has expired while away shall not be cited or convicted for driving on an expired license within 90 days of return to the state if the person can provide proof of out-of-state service and dates of assignment.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
HB 292 (BR 1234) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 527.020, relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons to permit state probation and parole officers to carry concealed deadly weapons at all times throughout the state.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HB 293 (BR 1237) - M. Weaver, R. Adams, J. Carr, P. Clark, H. Collins, T. Edmonds, M. Henley, C. Meade, C. Miller, R. Nelson, D. Pasley, J. Richards, T. Thompson, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit benefit disqualification of a spouse who leaves employment because of a military transfer.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 89-1; received in Senate
Feb 28-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
HB 294 (BR 238) - S. Westrom, R. Damron, S. Brinkman, R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to the business of debt adjusting.
Amend KRS 380.010 to delete the definition of "debt adjuster" and "debtor" and define "person," "debt adjusting," and "reside"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 380 to establish the requirements for debt adjusting and require the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to implement and enforce KRS Chapter 380; amend KRS 380.030 to conform; amend KRS 380.990 to provide penalties for violations of this Act; repeal KRS 380.020.
HB 294 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, B. Yonts) - Retain original provisions of the bill, except to require that persons engaging in debt adjusting pay an initial registation fee of $250 and renew registration annually thereafter for a fee of $250.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, passed 92-0 with committee amendment (1)
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House
Mar 3-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 38)
HB 295/FN (BR 1238) - J. Carr, D. Keene, J. Bruce, S. Rudy
AN ACT relating to individual income tax.
Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from the definition of "adjusted gross income" all compensation received by an individual for active duty in the United States Armed Forces, including compensation received by members of the National Guard or Reserve called to active duty; provide that the exclusion applies for tax years beginning after December 31, 2004.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 296/FN (BR 287) - S. Brinkman, K. Bratcher, R. Crimm, T. Feeley, D. Floyd, C. Hoffman, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders to develop a comprehensive state plan for an integrated system of training, treatments, and services for individuals of all ages with ASD, including a timeline to implement the plan in all geographic areas of the state; require the commission to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding legislation, administrative regulations, and policies; require the appointment of members by July 1, 2005, and the submission of the comprehensive state plan and recommendations by October 1, 2006; require the Cabinets for Health Services and Families and Children to provide administrative support to the commission; require the commission to monitor the implementation of the state plan and make recommendations until October 1, 2015, when the commission will cease to exist.
HB 296 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, S. Brinkman) - Retain original provisions of the bill except to create the commission under KRS Chapter 194A rather than KRS Chapter 211; require the Kentucky Council on Developmental Disabilities to appoint a subcommittee to monitor the implementation of the state plan beginning October 1, 2006, at which time the commission will cease to exist.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Health and Welfare (H); posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 15-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 91-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 1-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 138)
HB 297 (BR 1347) - M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to vinyl chloride.
Amend KRS 342.316 to extend the statute of limitations for claims resulting from exposure to vinyl chloride.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Labor and Industry (H); posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, passed 84-5
Feb 11-received in Senate
Feb 16-to Judiciary (S)
HB 298/FN/LM (BR 461) - Ji. Lee, T. Feeley, J. Barrows, C. Belcher, T. Burch, L. Clark, J. Crenshaw, M. Denham, W. Hall, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, T. McKee, R. Meeks, H. Moberly Jr, R. Nelson, S. Nunn, R. Palumbo, J. Richards, T. Riner, K. Stein, T. Thompson, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to the protection of adults.
Amend KRS 209.010 to include coordination and efficiency among agencies that respond to adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation among purposes of the chapter; specify that this chapter shall not apply to victims of domestic violence unless the person meets the amended definition of adult; amend KRS 209.020 to define or redefine "adult," "caretaker," "deception," "abuse," "exploitation," "investigation," "records," "neglect," and "authorized agencies"; amend KRS 209.030 to specify that the Cabinet for Families and Children has primary responsibility for investigation and services under KRS Chapter 209, but that nothing restricts the authority of other agencies; specify cabinet actions upon receipt of a report to include notice to law enforcement within 24 hours and immediate notice when an emergency circumstance or a potential crime occurs; require the cabinet to establish standardized procedures for notifying other authorized agencies; if practical, require the cabinet to coordinate investigations with other agencies and to support specialized multidisciplinary teams with professionals who have investigative authority; specify that cabinet representatives shall be allowed access to financial records in an active investigation; require the cabinet to consult with agencies and advocacy programs to encourage information sharing, training, and awareness of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; require each agency that receives notice of a report from the cabinet to submit an annual report of actions taken and the current status of investigations; require the cabinet to summarize all reports from other agencies into a report to the Governor and Legislative Research Commission; specify that no identifying information about the victim shall be included in the report; require recommendations on improving investigations and make the report available upon request; amend KRS 209.110 to specify that a summons for a hearing for emergency protective services shall not be made upon an alleged perpetrator; amend KRS 209.130 to specify that the court order for protective services shall not be made upon the alleged perpetrator; create new sections of KRS Chapter 209 to encourage counties to develop protocols for adult abuse investigations; require prosecutors to have an attorney trained in adult abuse and one lead prosecutor for adult abuse cases, if adequate personnel are available; require prosecutors to have an active role in adult abuse cases and minimize the involvement of the adult victim; require prosecutor's offices to make appropriate referrals when a case is not prosecuted; require the cabinet to establish a registry of persons who have been substantiated for adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation; require an appeal process for persons substantiated by the cabinet and prohibit a licensed or certified facility from employing a person on the registry; amend KRS 209.990 to make technical amendment; create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to require an eight-hour training program on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation for prosecutors, and require a four-hour update for assistant prosecutors and detectives every five years; specify those subjects approved by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council for mandatory training, including abuse, neglect, and exploitation of the elderly, domestic violence, and child abuse; require the council to develop similar mandatory professional development training; amend KRS 15.760 to require victim advocates to have training in elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; amend KRS 15A.190 to add adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation and other crimes to the uniform reporting form by January 1, 2006; amend KRS 21A.170 to add adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to Circuit and District Judges training once every two years; amend KRS 30A.015 to add adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to circuit clerks training once every two years; amend KRS 69.350 to require victim advocates to have training in adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; amend KRS 194A.540 to require the cabinet to develop training on adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation for specified licensure boards; amend KRS 194B.530 to require training for social workers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to permit training to be developed and accessed electronically; establish KRS Chapter 209A and create new sections to move relevant provisions of KRS Chapter 209 that relate to domestic violence into this chapter; EMERGENCY.
HB 298 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/FN/LM - Retain original provisions except specify use of records; require standardized procedures for notification of other investigatory agencies; create a new section of KRS 209 to require cabinet to provide for sufficient staff to respond to adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to require the Office of Attorney General to develop a prosecutors' manual; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to specify law enforcement basic and professional development training courses, require administrative regulations on training requirements, and require the Law Enforcement Council to report to the LRC about mandatory training subjects each year; create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to develop judicial training; delete requirements relating to the adult abuse registry; delete prohibition of employment of a person on the registry by a certified or licensed facility.
HFA (1, J. Lee) - Retain original provisions except delete assignment from definition of caretaker; specify that the Office of Inspector General is responsible for identification of abuse, neglect, or exploitation by an administrator or management of a facility; delete new definition of neglect; specify that authorized agencies shall submit written reports of referrals from the cabinet in accordance with state and federal confidentiality and open records laws and require reports to contain the current status or disposition of each case referred; add that the Elder Abuse Committee may recommend practices in its model protocol for reporting to the cabinet; delete language about counties developing investigative protocols; reduce required training for prosecutors to 4 hours initially and 2 hours every 5 years; delete training requirement for circuit clerks and deputy clerks; add a new section to amend KRS 209.005 to permit law enforcement officials and prosecutors to be members of the Elder Abuse Committee; require the committee to address investigations, to recommend a model protocol for joint multidisciplinary investigations, and to recommend practices for reporting investigative outcomes.
HFA (2/Title, J. Lee) - Make title amendment.
SFA (1, R. Stivers II) - Retain original provisions; attach provisions of HB 303/HCS.
SFA (2/Title, R. Stivers II) - Make title amendment.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Amend KRS 205.560 to require Medicaid to use forms and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of health care providers applying for participation in Medicaid; amend KRS 216B.155 to require health care facilities to use the application form and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of persons applying for privileges; and amend KRS 314.17A-545 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a uniform application form and guidelines for the evaluation and reevaluation of health care providers, including psychologists, who will be on a health benefit plan's list of participating providers.
SFA (4, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 189/GA, SB 23/HCS(2), and SB 25/HCS(1); clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; add that Glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner's written statement.
SFA (5/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Health and Welfare (H); posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 15-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
Feb 17-received in Senate
Feb 23-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Mar 4-floor amendments (3) (4) and (5-title) filed; 3rd reading; floor amendments (1) and (2-title) withdrawn; passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 132)
Introduced Feb. 4, 2005
HB 299/AA (BR 1242) - C. Miller, C. Siler, De. Butler, L. Clark, P. Clark, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.552, relating to purchased service in the Kentucky Retirement Systems, to permit purchase of full-time employment at a state university if the service was covered by a defined contribution plan; allow vested members of the Kentucky Retirement Systems to purchase credit for full-time employment with an urban-county government in positions which would qualify for hazardous duty.
HB 299 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions; amend KRS 6.505 to permit a legislator who failed to elect membership in the Legislators' Retirement Plan an option to elect membership; amend KRS 6.515 to allow legislators to purchase "airtime" after 15 years; amend KRS 6.520 to base final compensation on the three highest years of earnings; amend KRS 6.525 to provide reciprocity between the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the other state-administered plans and to allow legislators to retire after 27 years; amend KRS 21.360 to permit judges participating in KERS to join the Judicial Retirement Plan; amend KRS 21.370 to allow judges to purchase "airtime" after 15 years; amend KRS 61.510 to base the compensation used for legislators' retirement benefits on taxable earnings; amend KRS 61.680 to conform.
SFA (1, E. Tori) - Retain original provisions and create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit public agencies from rehiring a person retired from the agency within one year except through a competitive hiring process; exempt local school districts, postsecondary education institutions, and public agencies employing a person who retires from another agency from the provisions; amend KRS 61.637, relating to reemployment after retirement, to suspend the retirement of an elected official who resigns from office and is reemployed in an elected position contributing to the same retirement system within 12 months; require member to repay benefits received and to contribute to previous retirement account; apply provisions to elected officials who retire after effective date of the Act; amend KRS 64.5275 to provide that county judges/executives, county clerks, jailers, and sheriffs who are reemployed in their same position within twelve months of retirement shall be paid in accordance with Step I of the salary schedule.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 92-0
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill
Mar 3-floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 8-recommitted to State and Local Government (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading; floor amendment (1) withdrawn; passed 30-2 with Committee Substitute; received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; passed 48-36; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
Mar 21-became law without Governor's signature (Acts ch. 86)
HB 300 (BR 1166) - T. Couch
AN ACT relating to county clerks and making an appropriation therefor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to create a fund in the State Treasury to be known as the "county clerk motor vehicle registration supplement fund"; specify that disbursements shall be made quarterly by the State Treasurer for the purpose of supplementing county clerks' commissions for registering motor vehicles; require the Transportation Cabinet to deposit monthly 3% of the tax collected under KRS 138.463 into the fund; disburse funds equally to counties having a population of 18,000 or less.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 301 (BR 1213) - J. Draud
AN ACT relating to instructional leadership.
Amend KRS 156.101 to require an instructional leader to complete an intensive training program of twenty-one hours annually; require local school district superintendent to report annually the name of any instructional leader who fails to comply with the training requirement and to place the instructional leader on probation for one year; require the Department of Education to verify training completion; require the Department of Education to forward names of persons who fail to complete training requirements during probationary period to the Education Professional Standards Board for certificate revocation.
HB 301 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Retain original provisions, allow 3 to 6 hours of training credit for duties performed as part of a beginning teacher internship committee.
SFA (1/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (2, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 189/GA; clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; add that Glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner's written statement.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Education (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 97-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Education (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent bill
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute; 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; passed 92-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 110)
HB 302 (BR 855) - W. Hall, H. Cornett, A. Smith
AN ACT relating to The Kentucky Recreational Trail System.
Createnew sections of KRS Chapter 148 to create the Kentucky Mutiple-use Recreational Trail Commission, attached to the Commerce Cabinet, and establish responsibilities to develop and implement a multi-county demonstration trail system project, funded by counties interested in promoting trail development and managed for statewide and multi-state promotion and access. require semiannual report on access to multiple-use recreational trails on privately owned land in Kentucky to include recommendations for improvements; require commission to sunset in two years and require commission to recommend a transition plan for a long-term permanent state entity to plan, promote, fund, and manage multi-county recreational trails which are developed for multiple uses, including pedestrians, horses, motorized and nonmotorized vehicles, and are on privately owned land.
HB 302 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain provisions of original bill, except include language which references existing state statutory requirements for ATVs which are ridden by children; include clarification regarding the administrative costs for staffing the Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission; include a member of the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation as a member of the commission; delete restrictive language regarding types of contracts which the commission may use to establish trails.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 85-0 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate
Mar 1-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
HB 303 (BR 1262) - G. Lindsay
AN ACT relating to state government.
Amend KRS 21A.110 to remove gender-specific language with regard to retired judges called back to service.
HB 303 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Replace original text of bill with provisions to increase the number of Circuit Judges by one judge in the 8th, 10th, 13th, 20th, 27th, 38th, 42nd, 53rd, and 55th Judicial Circuits; reduce by one the number of District Judges in the 8th Judicial District; provide various delayed effective dates.
HCA (1/Title, G. Lindsay) - Delete the original title and insert AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.
HFA (1, J. Vincent) - Add an additional circuit judgeship in the thirty-second judicial circuit consisting of Boyd county.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 25-3rd reading; Committee Substitute adopted; laid on clerk's desk
Feb 28-taken from clerk's desk; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 304 (BR 310) - D. Owens, C. Hoffman, J. Richards
AN ACT relating to international adoption.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to require Kentucky courts to recognize a final adoption decree from a foreign country; require the issuance of a record of foreign birth when the provisions of KRS 213.066(5) are met; permit adoptive parents to submit foreign adoption papers with a petition to adopt or name change under Kentucky law; permit expedited court forms; require adoption under Kentucky law for a child born outside the United States if there is no final foreign decree or order; amend KRS 199.470 to specify that no petition or approval of the cabinet secretary is required for a foreign adoption meeting the provisions of the new section.
HB 304 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions except delete that court, while recognizing a foreign final order of adoption, may require a translated copy of the foreign final order; make technical corrections.
SCS - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to require the cabinet secretary to recognize a final adoption decree from a foreign country and issue a notice that the adoption is registered in the Commonwealth; permit the secretary to require a translated copy of the foreign adoption decree if necessary; require the cabinet to maintain all records and notices of foreign adoptions; require adoption under Kentucky law for a child born outside the United States if there is no final foreign decree or order; require adoption under Kentucky law for a child born outside the United States who does not qualify for citizenship upon entry into the United States; amend KRS 199.470 to specify that no petition or approval of the cabinet secretary is required for a foreign adoption meeting the provisions of the new section.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Health and Welfare (H); posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 8-received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; passed 96-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 68)
HB 305/LM/CI (BR 1256) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 510 to create the crimes of custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree and in the second degree; amend KRS 510.020, relating to lack of consent to sexual offenses, to include victims of custodial sexual misconduct.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Judiciary (H)
HB 306/LM (BR 1298) - J. Carr, R. Palumbo, M. Henley, A. Simpson, A. Wuchner
AN ACT relating to public morals.
Create two new sections of KRS Chapter 510 to set out the offense of public indecency.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HB 307 (BR 1212) - J. Draud, G. Lynn, R. Palumbo
Feb 28-WITHDRAWN
HB 308/LM (BR 1208) - R. Crimm, S. Brinkman, B. DeWeese, J. Jenkins, C. Miller
AN ACT relating to local property tax exemptions.
Amend KRS 132.200 to remove biological products from assessment for local property tax, and provide a definition of biological products; make effective for assessment dates on or after January 1, 2002.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 9-posting waived
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 15-3rd reading, passed 97-2
Feb 16-received in Senate
Feb 22-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 1-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 8-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 25)
HB 309/FN (BR 1249) - D. Keene, K. Upchurch, J. Carr, M. Henley, D. Horlander, P. Marcotte, R. Rand, A. Simpson, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to the transportation of manufactured homes.
Amend 189.270 to prohibit the transportation of manufactured homes by use of an overdimensional permit after daylight hours on Monday through Saturday and at any time on Sunday.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 88-0; received in Senate
Feb 28-to Transportation (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules Transportation (S); posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 166)
HB 310/LM (BR 1192) - H. Cornett, T. Couch, C. Embry Jr, B. Smith
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186, relating to licensing and registration of vehicles, to create a special license plate for coal miners.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Transportation (H)
HB 311 (BR 213) - F. Rasche, P. Clark
AN ACT relating to traffic regulations.
Amend KRS 189.338 to require a driver to stop at an intersection controlled by a traffic-control signal which is inoperative; establish conditions to permit the driver to proceed through the intersection; delete provision relating to 1978 information campaign.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 312/LM (BR 1105) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to subdivision road districts.
Amend KRS 179.705 to limit the amounts of revenue on lots in a subdivision road district; amend KRS 179.720 to raise the tax in a subdivision road district from $0.10 per $100 assessed valuation to $0.50 per $100 assessed valuation and allow the trustees of a subdivision road district to levy either that tax or an annual flat fee not to exceed $500 on each lot in the subdivision road district.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Local Government (H)
HB 313 (BR 931) - T. Kerr
AN ACT relating to provider taxes imposed on nursing facility services.
Amend KRS 142.361 to prohibit nursing facilities from passing on certain provider taxes to nursing facility residents.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 314 (BR 1354) - S. Brinkman
AN ACT relating to alien disability.
Amend KRS 381.290, relating to right of an alien intending to be naturalized to own real or personal property in Kentucky, to delete original provisions and replace them with a provision permitting aliens, both resident and nonresident, to own real and personal property in Kentucky in the same manner as a citizen, except as provided by an applicable statute or treaty; repeal KRS 381.300, 381.310, 381.320, 381.330, and 381.340 restricting the rights of aliens to own property in Kentucky.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Judiciary (H)
HB 315 (BR 1185) - J. Stacy
AN ACT proposing to create new sections of the Constitution of Kentucky and amend Sections 30, 31, 70, 73, 85, 87, 91, 95, 148, and 152 of the Constitution of Kentucky, relating to state government.
Propose amending the Constitution of Kentucky to create new sections to provide that if appropriations for operation of the executive branch of state government have not been passed by the General Assembly on or before the 60th legislative day during an even-numbered year regular session, the terms of members of the General Assembly and the terms of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall expire 35 days after the 60th legislative day; provide that a special election shall be called by the Secretary of State to fill each seat of the General Assembly and the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; propose amending Section 30, relating to term of office of Senators and Representatives, Section 31, relating to time of election and term of office of Senators and Representatives, Section 70, relating to election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Section 73, relating to when terms of Governor and Lieutenant Governor begin, Section 85, relating to President of the Senate, Section 87, relating to who is to act as Governor in absence of Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate, Section 91, relating to constitutional state officers, Section 95, relating to time of election of elected constitutional state officers, Section 148, relating to number of elections, and Section 152, relating to vacancies to conform; provide for submission to the voters in the normal manner.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
HB 316 (BR 1346) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to limited health service benefit plans for the provision of dental-only benefits.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17C of KRS Chapter 304 to subject limited health benefit plans to the payment of claims requirements contained in KRS 304.17A-700 to 304.17A-300, except as to time for response, reporting requirements, and payment of interest on a claim; effective January 1, 2006.
HB 316 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, J. Denton) - Attach the provisions of SB 97/GA to HB 316/GA.
SFA (2/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 209.
SFA (4/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (5, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 209/GA; amend KRS 91A.080 to apply exemptions on any license fee or tax imposed for premiums received on high deductible health plans.
SFA (6, J. Denton) - Attach SB 209/GA; permit insurer to amend policy forms.
SFA (7, J. Denton) - Amend KRS 205.560 to require Medicaid to use forms and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of health care providers applying for participation in Medicaid; amend KRS 216B.155 to require health care facilities to use the application form and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of persons applying for privileges; and amend KRS 314.17A-545 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a uniform application form and guidelines for the evaluation and reevaluation of health care providers, including psychologists, who will be on a health benefit plan's list of participating providers.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 90-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005; floor amendments (1) (2-title) (3) and (4-title) filed
Mar 4-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day; floor amendments (5) (6) and (7) filed
Mar 8-3rd reading; floor amendments (1) (2-title) (3) (4-title) (5) (6) and (7) withdrawn; passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 169)
HB 317 (BR 1332) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to drivers' licenses.
Amend KRS 159.051 to delete the requirement that a school district have an alternative education program as a condition for imposing the provision that a student shall be enrolled and passing at least four courses; prohibit a student from withdrawing from school in favor of home schooling solely for the purpose of avoiding the loss of a driver's license for being academically deficient.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Education (H)
HB 318/LM/AA (BR 1248) - J. Crenshaw, C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to hazardous duty retirement.
Amend KRS 61.692 to add positions in urban-county governments with duties involving collection of waste and operation of heavy equipment to the definition of hazardous positions for retirement purposes.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 319 (BR 1250) - J. Fischer, D. Keene
AN ACT relating to planning units.
Amend KRS 100.117 to allow independent planning units created prior to 1966 to continue to operate and not be required to conduct or respond to interrogations for joint planning units or to dissolve.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Local Government (H)
Feb 10-posted in committee
Introduced Feb. 7, 2005
HB 320 (BR 1253) - J. Carr, J. Draud, J. Bruce
AN ACT relating to students with specific learning disabilities.
Amend KRS 157.200 to include dyslexia and other conditions in the definition of "specific learning disability."
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Education (H)
HB 321 (BR 1271) - M. Marzian, C. Belcher, T. Burch, L. Clark, P. Clark, T. Couch, R. Damron, J. Jenkins, K. Stein, T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to prescriptive authority of advanced registered nurse practitioners.
Amend KRS 314.011 to authorize advanced registered nurse practitioners to prescribe controlled substances; limit the prescribing of Schedule II controlled substances written by an advanced registered nurse practitioner to a 72 hour supply; amend KRS 314.042 to require an advanced registered nurse practitioner to enter into a written collaborative practice agreement with a physician that defines the scope of the prescriptive authority prior to prescribing controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.010 to include an advanced registered nurse practitioner within the definition of "practitioner" and include an advanced registered nurse practitioner as a provider authorized to order a drug or medicine; and amend KRS 218A.202 to authorize the Board of Nursing to receive reports from the electronic system for monitoring controlled substances under specified circumstances if the nurse is working in a practice where a physician or another advanced registered nurse practitioner is under investigation or if the nurse working in a designated geographic area where inappropriate prescribing may be occurring; amend KRS 314.195 to conform.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Health and Welfare (H); posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 16-3rd reading, passed 82-10
Feb 17-received in Senate
Feb 23-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Feb 25-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 322/AA (BR 1230) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 21.580, relating to the Senior Status Program for Special Judges, to eliminate the sunset provision and to allow judges participating in the Kentucky Retirement Systems to participate in the Senior Status Program; amend KRS 21.400 to conform.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 323 (BR 1377) - R. Rand
AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Off-Road Motorcycle and ATV Commission.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 176 to establish an Off-road Motorcycle and ATV Commission; establish membership and duties of the commission; attach commission to the Transportation Cabinet for administrative purposes.
HB 323 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, D. Boswell) - Increase membership of the Commission from 11 to 12; add executive director of Brain Injury Association of Kentucky to membership of the Commission.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 84-9
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Transportation (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 4-reported favorably, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 139)
HB 324 (BR 1173) - A. Simpson
Mar 1-WITHDRAWN
HB 325/LM (BR 333) - S. Baugh
AN ACT relating to property tax.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt from the property tax property owned by other states and their political subdivisions if a reciprocal agreement is in place exempting property owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky or its subdivisions.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 24-posting waived
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 326/LM (BR 1278) - F. Rasche
AN ACT relating to absentee voting.
Amend KRS 117.075 to allow county clerks to send absentee ballots to voters by facsimile; amend KRS 117.085 to provide guidelines for transmission of absentee ballot application and absentee ballot to voter by facsimile and guidelines for voter to return absentee ballot application and absentee ballot by mail; amend KRS 117.086 to conform; amend KRS 117.0863 to establish criteria for the voter verification sheet sent with an absentee ballot by facsimile; amend KRS 117.087 to conform.
HB 326 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Retain provisions of the original bill as they relate to distribution of absentee ballot applications by facsimile; amend to delete all references to distribution of absentee ballots by facsimile; amend to delete Sections 1, 4, and 5 of original bill.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 90-2 with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 3-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
HB 327 (BR 1471) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to the State Citizen Foster Care Review Board.
Amend KRS 620.310 to require the State Citizens Foster Care Review Board to elect a chair and vice chair every two years rather than annually.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
HB 328 (BR 1264) - M. Marzian, M. Weaver, C. Belcher, D. Graham, C. Hoffman, J. Jenkins, R. Palumbo, K. Stein, R. Webb, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to boards and commissions.
Amend KRS 12.070 to allow the Governor, when appointments to boards and commissions are made from lists submitted to him, to appoint a male or female so as to achieve as much gender equity as possible.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 89-1
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 329/AA (BR 1299) - C. Embry Jr
AN ACT relating to retirement.
Amend KRS 61.552, relating to purchased service in the Kentucky Retirement Systems, to allow vested members to purchase credit for employment with a Head Start agency.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 330 (BR 85) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to human remains and burial objects.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter to require persons excavating archaeological sites on private property to obtain a permit from the Kentucky Heritage Council; establish a process by which the landowner shall provide reasonable access to the cemeteries to the descendants and relatives of those buried within; place responsibility on the land owner to maintain the cemetery's integrity; make denial of access to the cemetery a violation; set out a process by which the state shall dispose of human remains within its custody and control; permit a legally-recognized tribal government to conduct reinterment ceremonies for Native Americans; require a person who encounters or accidentally disturbs human remains to immediately cease disturbing the ground in the area of the human remains; place responsibility of encountered or accidentally discovered human remains on the cemetery owner or the state and require responsible party to dispose of; require persons wishing to possess human remains or burial objects to obtain a permit from the Office of Vital Statistics and limit possession to teaching, medical, scientific, or training purposes; make unlawful possession of human remains or burial objects a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense; make a person who unlawfully possesses human remains or burial objects to reimburse the state for the cost of properly disposing of the remains and objects; prohibit the excavation of human remains and burial objects; amend KRS 525.105 to delete the requirement that desecration of a venerated object is shown only when one's purpose is commercial gain or exploitation; require that the tools, implements, or vehicles used in desecrating human objects be seized and sold with profits from such sale going to the council; require violator to reimburse the Commonwealth for its costs in properly disposing the human remains and the land owner for damage to the property; amend KRS 525.120 to increase penalty for abuse of a corpse from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony; require human remains possessed or so used to be seized and forfeited to the state; require the violator to reimburse the Commonwealth for the cost of properly disposing the human remains.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, defeated 35-39
HB 331/CI (BR 96) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to historic preservation.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; declare public policy of the Commonwealth regarding historic or prehistoric human remains; define terms relating to the disposition of historic or prehistoric human remains; establish property confirmation process by which property owners or developers verify whether property contains known human remains; authorize the Kentucky Heritage Council to promulgate administrative regulations related to the disposition of historic and prehistoric human remains; prohibit the issuance of building permits under KRS Chapter 198B until the property owner or developer has completed the preconditions relating to human remains; formulate the procedures and requirements for a human remains outcome review; prescribe the procedures and requirements for an adverse effects determination; list prohibited actions subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 381.990 regarding the disposition of human remains; establish the procedures and requirements for a human remains disposition agreement between the Kentucky Heritage Council and a property owner or developer; authorize the Kentucky Heritage Council to establish a plan for the disposition of human remains if a human remains disposition agreement cannot be reached; create an emergency inspection process for unforeseen human remains or unforeseen adverse effects on human remains; allow property owners or developers to appeal in specified ways when aggrieved by decisions of the Kentucky Heritage Council; exempt from human remains disposition process actions taken under KRS 381.755 or KRS Chapter 72, surface coal mining conducted in accordance with a permit issued under KRS Chapter 350, archaeological investigations and data recovery projects conducted under relevant portions of the Federal National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, and archaeological surveys; amend KRS 381.990 to create the offense of intentional desecration of human remains; levy fines of not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000 for each act of intentional desecration of human remains; declare that intentional desecration of human remains is a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense; amend KRS 164.715 to state that no person shall willfully injure, destroy, or deface any human remains found on any property when protected under this Act; make technical corrections to conform; amend KRS 171.313 to require the Kentucky Historical Society to cooperate in the processes established under this Act; make technical corrections to conform; amend KRS 171.381 to require the Kentucky Heritage Council to develop and control the system for disposition of human remains under this Act; make technical corrections; require the state historic preservation officer to coordinate and administer the system for the disposition of historic and prehistoric human remains established under this Act; make technical corrections to conform.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
HB 332/LM (BR 86) - R. Meeks, D. Owens
AN ACT relating to cemeteries.
Designate week prior to Memorial Day as Kentucky Cemetery Cleanup Week; establish criteria to grant families and others the right of ingress and egress to cemeteries on privately owned lands; make owner's denial of family access to cemetery a Class B misdemeanor; require deeds to property with a cemetery to indicate location; increase $25 fine-per-incident for judicial officers who fail or refuse to enforce statutes related to cemeteries to no less than $500 and no more than $1,000; repeal and reenact selected statutes in KRS Chapters 61 and 381 as new sections of KRS Chapter 307; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet to inventory all Native American remains currently held by state-funded agencies and all state-owned real estate that would be suitable for reinterment of Native American remains, and to report to General Assembly on or before January 15, 2006; require an individual who files a death certificate to include specific location of interment site, effective January 1, 2006; require cemetery owners to keep records at cemetery's place of business to allow families to readily access interment sites of loved ones; and impose a fine on any cemetery owner who does not keep records of not less than $100 and not more than $500 for each offense.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 54-26
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 333 (BR 974) - R. Damron, J. Richards, R. Adkins, J. Barrows, L. Clark, B. DeWeese, J. Hoover, R. Meeks, K. Upchurch
AN ACT relating to legislative security.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to create a Division of Legislative Security within the Legislative Research Commission; specify duties; repeal KRS 6.420, relating to legislative security.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
HB 334 (BR 1287) - K. Stein, R. Wilkey, J. Crenshaw, M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to child safety.
Amend KRS 189.125, relating to the state's mandatory seat belt law, to require all drivers transporting children between 40 inches and 4 feet, 9 inches in height, and weighing less than 80 pounds, to have the children secured in a child booster seat that meets federal safety standards; make violations for failure to have a child in a child booster seat a primary offense.
HB 334 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, K. Stein) - Apply provisions of the child booster seat requirement only to those children younger than 8 years of age.
HFA (2, R. Wilkey) - Amend to make failure to wear a seat belt a primary offense.
HFA (3/Title, R. Wilkey) - Make title amendment.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (2) and (3-title) filed
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 77-1 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Transportation (S)
HB 335 (BR 1512) - R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to proof of responsibility for motor vehicle accidents.
Amend KRS 187.290 to change the definition of "proof of financial responsibility" for motor vehicle accidents to increase the damages one must be able to respond to from $10,000 to $25,000 for bodily injury or death on one person in any one accident, from $20,000 to $50,000 for bodily injury or death to two or more persons in any one accident, and from $5,000 to $10,000 for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 90-0; received in Senate
Feb 28-to Banking and Insurance (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 140)
HB 336 (BR 1348) - C. Embry Jr, T. Edmonds
AN ACT relating to professional development of certified staff.
Amend KRS 158.070 to limit when professional development may take place; require a local board to compensate teachers at their daily rate of pay if the employee is required to attend a professional development activity beyond four days; prohibit a board from adding additional requirements to the Kentucky teacher internship program; require scheduling of staff for professional development to conform to bargained agreements.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Education (H)
HB 337 (BR 1349) - R. Palumbo, M. Denham
AN ACT relating to tax increment financing.
Amend KRS 65.680 to include housing authorities and community redevelopment authorities as agencies for purposes of section; define "low income household," " redevelopment assistance tool," and "service payment agreement"; amend KRS 65.682 to require a city or county expanding a development area to afford maximum opportunity for work in the area to be done by private enterprise; amend KRS 65.6851 to conform; create new sections of KRS 65.680 to 65.699 to permit a city or county which participates in a planning unit and meets specified conditions to establish a development area for community redevelopment as prescribed; require local government to adopt a redevelopment plan prior to establishment of the development area and prescribe the contents of such plan; require a public hearing and public notice of the hearing on the plan; require notice to other local governments in the county of a proposed redevelopment plan as specified; require local governments to notify the entity proposing the plan if the local government will be participating in the plan; permit the city or county proposing the plan to enact the ordinance establishing a development plan after receiving notice of the intentions of the local governments which have been notified, or after 30 days if no response is received; prescribe the contents of the ordinance which creates the development area; permit the ordinance to designate a public agency or a community redevelopment authority to oversee the implementation of the ordinance; permit a city or county to enter into service payment agreements as provided; allow the establishment of a lien in favor of the city or county under the service payment agreement; require the lien to be filed in the office of the county clerk prior to becoming valid or enforceable; prohibit real estate in the development area from participating in programs granting property assessments or reassessment moratoriums; require planning commissions to make an annual determination to the city or county as to the existence of potential development areas within the city or county and prohibit the determinations of the planning and zoning commissions to have no binding effect upon the city or county; permit a city or county to establish a nonprofit community redevelopment authority and specify the membership, terms of office, appointment and removal procedures, and administrative procedures for the authority; provide for the selection and bonding of a secretary-treasurer and set out the duties and responsibilities of the secretary-treasurer, require an annual report of all acts of the authority to the legislative body or bodies which created the authority.
HB 337 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, R. Palumbo) - Redefine "service payment agreement" to include an "issuer" as a member to such agreements; move language Section 4(7) to create a new separate section; and make technical and conforming changes.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Economic Development (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 90-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
HB 338 (BR 1433) - S. Westrom, J. Crenshaw
AN ACT relating to disclosure of information about sprinkler systems in long-term care facilities.
Create a new section of KRS 216.537 to 216.590 to require a long-term care facility to inform a person prior to admission about details of the facility's sprinkler system; require a facility that does not have a sprinkler system to inform a person prior to admission about the absence and to obtain a written acknowledgment that the person is aware about the absence of a sprinkler system; and prohibit the acknowledgment from containing a waiver of any liability arising from the absence of a sprinkler system.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
HB 339 (BR 431) - S. Westrom, R. Adams, A. Arnold, J. Barrows, J. Bruce, R. Damron, F. Nesler, R. Rand, J. Richards, J. Stacy
AN ACT relating to horses and making an appropriation therefor.
Amend KRS 139.531 to exempt certain horses from sales tax; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to create a thoroughbred breeders incentive fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to create a standardbred breeders incentive fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to create a horse breeders incentive fund; earmark a portion of sales tax from appropriate horse breeding to the funds; specify how funds may be used.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 340 (BR 1277) - T. Couch
AN ACT relating to access control to highways.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to allow partial control of access on the Hal Rogers Parkway in accordance with KRS 177.315.
HB 340 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, T. Couch) - Delete references to KRS 177.315 and instead give Transportation Cabinet the responsibility for establishing minimum spacing requirements and the manner in which access is granted and set a minimum spacing requirement for access of 1,200 feet.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 92-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 147)
HB 341/FN (BR 1193) - H. Moberly Jr, D. Pasley, M. Denham
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.
Amend KRS 141.010 to adopt the provisions of the Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003, Pub. L. No. 108-121; provide that the provisions of Pub. L. No. 108-121 shall be effective in Kentucky using the same effective dates as provided under federal law.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 15-posting waived retroactively; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 342 (BR 1240) - R. Palumbo, J. Barrows, C. Belcher, J. Crenshaw, R. Damron, D. Graham, C. Hoffman, S. Lee, T. McKee, B. Montell, D. Pasley, R. Rand, J. Richards, K. Stein, K. Upchurch
AN ACT relating to breeders' incentives, making an appropriation therefore and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 139.531 to define "nonresident" and exempt horses less than two years of age from taxes imposed under KRS Chapter 139, even if the horse is not immediately transferred out of the state at the time of sale or upon completion of training; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to allocate moneys collected from the sales and use taxes imposed on the fees paid for breeding a stallion to a mare in Kentucky to the breeders incentive funds for thoroughbreds, standardbreds, and other breeds of horses; authorize the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority and the Revenue Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to effectuate the breeders programs.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 343/LM/CI (BR 1630) - M. Weaver, J. Carr, W. Hall, C. Meade, R. Nelson
AN ACT relating to Internet pharmacies.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 relating to pharmacies and pharmacists to require internet pharmacies to have a permit to operate in Kentucky and to obey Kentucky pharmacy laws; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to specify permitted and prohibited acts for internet pharmacies, how prescriptions for internet pharmacies are to be filled and related matters; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to give the Attorney General and Commonwealth's attorneys over felony offenses related to internet pharmacies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to provide for seizure and forfeiture of illegal shipments of drugs; amend KRS 315.010 relating to definitions to conform; amend KRS 315.990 relating to penalties to conform.
HB 343 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM/CI - Delete most original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to set Class C felony penalty for illegal operation of an out of state pharmacy; provide for Class B felony penalty if Schedule I drug caused substantial bodily harm; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to exempt common carriers transporting drugs from pharmacy licensing requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to give the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction for investigation and prosecution of violators of the pharmacy laws; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to provide a procedure for seizure and forfeiture of illegal drug shipments; amend KRS 315.010 relating to definitions for pharmacy chapter to define as incidental and eliminate from certain regulations pharmacies which fill fewer than 25 prescriptions in a calendar month; amend KRS 315.035 relating to licensing of pharmacies to include pharmacies out of state which operate by the Internet, facsimile, telephone, mail, or otherwise fill prescriptions for Kentucky delivery; require pharmacies who operate solely or primarily through the Internet to meet the qualifications of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy as a Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Site; require reporting to Board of Pharmacy; amend KRS 315.0351 relating to out of state pharmacies to include pharmacies out of state which operate by the Internet, facsimile, telephone, mail, or otherwise fill prescriptions in Kentucky and require them to meet the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Site; require the out of state pharmacy to have a Kentucky licensed pharmacist to ensure compliance with the law; amend KRS 31.990 relating to penalties for violating pharmacy statutes to provide an administrative penalty of not more than $100,000 for operating an illegal out of state pharmacy.
HCA (1/Title, M. Weaver) - Make title amendment.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Judiciary (S)
Introduced Feb. 8, 2005
HB 344 (BR 1449) - J. Fischer
AN ACT relating to individual income tax.
Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from the definition of "adjusted gross income" all compensation received by a member of the National Guard or Reserve on active duty in the United States Armed Forces; provide that the exclusion applies for tax years beginning after December 31, 2004.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 345/LM (BR 1330) - M. Denham, D. Horlander
AN ACT relating to nuisance abatement.
Amend KRS 381.770 to establish certain definitions, and include junked, and wrecked automobiles, vehicles, machines, and mobile homes or manufactured homes that are junked, wrecked, or nonoperative and uninhabited, and other items excluding inoperative farm equipment to be within the definition of prohibited items to be on property, and exclude licensed automotive recycling dealers
HB 345 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, M. Denham) - Provide that motor vehicles associated with motor carriers are not nuisances as set out in paragraph (a) of subsection (2).
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Local Government (H)
Feb 10-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 88-0 with floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 8-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Mar 21-3rd reading, passed 35-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 31-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 179)
HB 346 (BR 1342) - T. Burch, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to the dispensing of emergency contraceptives.
Amend KRS 217.182 to provide that a practitioner may dispense an emergency contraceptive to women who may or may not be patients of the practitioner; provide that emergency contraceptives may be dispensed by a practitioner in compliance with standards adopted by the respective licensing authority for the practitioner; amend KRS 311.565 to require the Board of Medical Licensure to establish standards by promulgation of administrative regulations relating to emergency contraceptives; amend KRS 311.723 to provide that the definition of "abortion" does not include emergency contraceptives; amend KRS 311.858 to permit a physician assistant to prescribe and administer an emergency contraceptive to the extent delegated by the supervising physician and in compliance with administrative regulations promulgated by the Board of Medical Licensure; amend KRS 314.011 to provide that "registered nursing practice" includes the preparing and giving of emergency contraceptives under specified standards; and amend KRS 314.042 to provide that an advanced registered nurse practitioner may prescribe and dispense an emergency contraceptive in compliance with standards established by the Board of Nursing through administrative regulation.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
HB 347 (BR 1490) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to students called to military active duty.
Amend KRS 38.470 to require that a student called to federal military active duty shall receive credit for academic work and reasonable time to make up missed work.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
HB 348/LM/CI (BR 965) - S. Brinkman
AN ACT relating to motion picture piracy.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 434 to prohibit the recording of all or part of a motion picture in a theater without the consent of the theater owner, with an exception for government agents engaged in lawful investigative or other activities; allow a theater owner with probable cause to believe a person has criminally recorded a motion picture at a theater to detain that person to obtain their identity, investigate the offense, and summon police.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 349 (BR 79) - J. Barrows, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt specified purchases made when raising equine as a business from the sales and use tax; provide that the exemptions take effect on August 1, 2005.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 350/FN/LM (BR 1279) - F. Rasche
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation.
Amend KRS 136.180 to cause the Revenue Cabinet to centrally bill and collect the property of common carrier barge lines, and to distribute the local share of the tax collected; amend KRS 136.181, 136.1877, and 136.183 to conform; amend KRS 136.184 to allow 45 days for protest; repeal KRS 136.186, relating to certification of the value of watercraft.
HB 350 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, F. Rasche) - Amend to allow the Revenue Cabinet a fee for collecting the local portion of the property tax.
SCS (1/LM) - Retain provisions of HB 350 / GA; incorporate provisions of SCA 1; provide for debt service for bonds to be used for the Letcher County Central Vocational Center, the Russell County Learning Center, the Butler County Area Vocational Center, the Louisville Science Center, the E.P. Tom Sawyer Park, and the Louisville Zoo.
SCS (2/LM) - Retain provisions of HB 350/GA; incorporate provisions of SCA 1; provide for debt service for bonds to be used for the Letcher County Central Vocational Center, the Russell County Learning Center, the Butler County Area Vocational Center, the Louisville Science Center, the E.P. Tom Sawyer Park, and the Louisville Zoo; provide that the fund transfers provided for in 2005 HB 267 and HJR 92 relating to boards and commissions not be made; create a new section of KRS Chapter 424 to provide that public agencies required to advertise or publish notices be charged the lowest rate generally charged for advertising by the newspaper; declare an EMERGENCY.
SCA (1, R. Stivers II) - Amend KRS 138.510 to exempt a one day international horse racing event from pari-mutuel tax; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2006.
SCA (2, D. Kelly) - Provide that the fund transfers provided for in 2005 HB 267 and HJR 92 relating to boards and commissions not be made; create a new section of KRS Chapter 424 to provide that public agencies required to advertise or publish notices be charged the lowest rate generally charged for advertising by the newspaper; declare an EMERGENCY.
SCA (3/Title, D. Kelly) - Make title amendment.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 15-posting waived retroactively; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 87-6 with committee amendment (1)
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1) as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 1 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0 with committee amendment (1); bill reconsidered; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 8-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (2) and (3-title); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 33-0-1 with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) and (2); bill reconsidered; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; Committee Substitute withdrawn; committee amendment committee amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn; passed 29-0-1 with Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (3-title); received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (3-title) for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (3); Bill passed 59-13; bill reconsidered; passed 60-8; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 106)
HB 351 (BR 1510) - T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to toll roads.
Amend KRS 175.525 to make school district vehicles being operated in an official capacity eligible for a non-paying toll road identification card.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 91-0
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Transportation (S)
HB 352/CI (BR 1272) - R. Webb, K. Stein
Mar 1-WITHDRAWN
HB 353/FN (BR 1211) - J. Draud, G. Lynn
AN ACT relating to local school district taxes.
Amend KRS 160.470 to permit a district board of education to levy a general tax rate that will produce revenue from real property, exclusive of revenue from new property, that is 4% over the amount of the revenue produced by the compensating tax rate as defined in KRS 132.010.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 15-posting waived
HB 354 (BR 1597) - Ji. Lee, H. Moberly Jr, H. Collins
Feb 24-WITHDRAWN
HB 355 (BR 1569) - D. Owens, L. Clark, S. Brinkman, R. Crimm, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, C. Miller, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to coroners' vehicles.
Amend KRS 72.415 to allow coroners and deputy coroners to equip vehicles used in the performance of their official duties with one or more flashing, rotating, or oscillating blue lights, visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle; amend KRS 189.910 and 189.920 to conform.
HB 355 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, D. Owens) - Exempt blue lights for coroner's vehicles from the requirement that counties fund the operations of the coroners office.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 90-1 with floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Transportation (S)
HB 356 (BR 1269) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Confirm Executive Order 2004-01, dated May 27, 2004, to create the Division of Investment Property within the Department of Treasury; assign responsibilities.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 92-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 357 (BR 1539) - H. Cornett
AN ACT relating to railroad employees.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277, regarding railroads, to require a railroad company to provide up to two days off, without pay, for a crew member who has worked for seven consecutive days, if requested by the crew member.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Transportation (H)
HB 358 (BR 1503) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to weights and measures.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 363.520 to 363.850 to permit the Commissioner of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations establishing fees for servicing or inspecting tobacco moisture-testing devices; amend KRS 363.510 to clarify that tobacco moisture-testing devices are included in the definition of "weights and measures."
HB 358 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, T. McKee) - Allow the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish fees for operating and maintaining the department's metrology lab.
HFA (1, M. Denham) - Allow the Commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish fees for operating and maintaining the department's metrology lab and for servicing or inspecting tobacco moisture testing devices.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 10-reassigned to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 359 (BR 1288) - K. Stein
AN ACT relating to the child support guidelines table.
Amend KRS 403.212 to add new amounts in the child support guidelines table and delete the old amounts.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 360 (BR 1286) - K. Stein, R. Webb
AN ACT relating to adjustments to child support awards for shared parenting time.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to establish conditions for adjusting the presumptive child support award under the child support guidelines table on the basis of a shared parenting order for physical custody of a child; exempt children receiving public assistance.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 361 (BR 1254) - K. Stein, R. Webb
AN ACT relating to sex offender treatment.
Amend KRS 197.440 to convert the privilege against disclosure of sex offender treatment to a prohibition on disclosure and allow use of disclosures where the offender was not participant in the offense or where a homicide is involved; amend KRS 635.527 to convert the privilege against disclosure of juvenile sex offender treatment to a prohibition on disclosure.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 362 (BR 1210) - A. Arnold, P. Clark, B. Smith
AN ACT relating to school district employees.
Amend KRS 161.164 to allow local school district employees to take part in the activities of any political campaign for school board; allow candidates for school board to accept any political assessment, subscription, contribution, or service of any employee of the school district.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 87-2
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 363 (BR 1055) - A. Wuchner
Feb 17-WITHDRAWN
HB 364/LM (BR 961) - S. Nunn
AN ACT relating to fees and making an appropriation.
Amend KRS 64.012 to increase the fees collected by the county clerks for their services; amend KRS 134.100 to increase the fee from $0.25 to $10 for recording certificates of transfer; amend various provisions of KRS Chapter 186 relating to the issuance of license plates, decals and certificates of registration to increase the clerks' fees and state fees, including the addition of a one dollar fee to go into the highway technology program fund; amend KRS 186.240 to establish the highway technology program fund, and provide that the Transportation Cabinet may make grants to clerks for the improvement of the motor vehicle registrations systems, and to make grants to the Turnpike Authority of Kentucky and entities created under KRS Chapter 181 to study the construction and reconstruction of bridge and highway projects, and administer the fund, and require that criteria for the disbursement of funds shall be set by administrative regulation, and establish the increased state and clerk fees for the issuance of license plates, decals and certificates of registration through December 31, 2007, and then increase fees once more after December 31, 2007; amend KRS 186.245 to change the clerks' offices notice posting requirements; amend KRS 186A.035 to increase registration renewal fees; amend KRS 186A.100 increase the fees of motor vehicle temporary tags; amend KRS 186A. 115 to increase sheriff's fees and certified inspector fees; amend KRS 186A.130 to increase clerk's fees and the application fees for certificates of title, including replacements or corrected ones, and speed titles; amend KRS 186A.555 to increase the clerk's fee for hail damage titles; amend KRS 137.115 to conform; effective January 1, 2006.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 15-posting waived
HB 365/FN (BR 1258) - M. Marzian, P. Clark, C. Hoffman
AN ACT relating to wages and hours.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to declare a public policy to establish a maximum hourly work day and work week for nonsupervisory employees of a health facility; create definitions for terms; prohibit an employer from working a nonsupervisory employee in excess of an agreed-to predetermined and regularly scheduled daily work shift, or over a 40 hour work week except in emergency situations; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties and provide that penalties assessed shall be paid to the Kentucky nursing incentive scholarship fund; amend KRS 314.027 to conform.
HB 365 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, K. Upchurch) - Amend to revise penalty not to exceed $100 for the first offense and not more than $1,000 for each subsequent offense.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 10-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 25-floor amendment (1) filed
HB 366 (BR 1689) - D. Graham, J. Barrows
AN ACT relating to Myositis Awareness Day.
Amend KRS 2.135 to establish September 21 of each year as "Myositis Awareness Day."
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 94-0
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 367 (BR 1225) - C. Hoffman, T. McKee
AN ACT relating to the Disaster Relief Funding Program and making an appropriation therefor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to establish a Disaster Relief Funding Program; establish a Disaster Relief Funding Program trust fund.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 91-0
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 56)
HB 368 (BR 1493) - S. Baugh
AN ACT relating to domestic relations.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 to prohibit a person convicted of a sex offense or a crime against a person who is a minor from exercising parental authority until the person completes his or her sentence and the court conducts a hearing on the advisability of restoring the parental authority.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Judiciary (H)
HB 369 (BR 1142) - C. Miller, C. Siler, J. Arnold Jr, L. Clark, P. Clark, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, T. Kerr
AN ACT relating to real property.
Amend KRS 382.365 to allow any party with an interest in real property that was subject to a lien to recover against the lienholder for a failure to release the lien and provide that if multiple parties recover against the lienholder, the amount of damages recovered shall be allocated equally among the recovering parties.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 370/CI (BR 1676) - J. Hoover, R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to placing inmates on home incarceration.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to permit convicts selected by the Department of Corrections who have served their sentence in a state operated facility to serve the final 60 days of their sentence on home incarceration with a monitoring device; permit the inmate to be charged with escape if they violate the provisions of home incarceration.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Introduced Feb. 9, 2005
HB 371/LM (BR 924) - T. Shelton
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance.
Amend KRS 187.590 to require surrender of a motor vehicle license plate for failure to maintain motor vehicle insurance; require the Transportation Cabinet to notify the chief executive officer of the county to direct any peace officer, including but not limited to constables, to secure the motor vehicle license plate; amend KRS 187.990 to provide that $100 of the fine for failure to surrender a motor vehicle license plate shall be paid to the state or local agency employing the peace officer directed to secure the plate; provide that suspension of a license, registration or motor vehicle license plate for failure to maintain insurance shall not affect the transfer of title if prescribed conditions are met by the person seeking to transfer the vehicle or by the person acquiring the vehicle; amend KRS 304.99-060 to conform.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 372 (BR 1205) - E. Ballard
AN ACT relating to environmental laboratories.
Create new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to establish criteria for certification of environmental laboratories, require that environmental laboratories be accredited through the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation or the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP); provide that data submitted by uncertified laboratories after June 30, 2006 not be valid; provide for various fees for accreditation and certification status; require Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to provide form for certification applications; provide that certification be for three years and be updated thereafter; provide for conditions under which certification may be revoked or suspended; provide that cabinet promulgate regulations before December 31, 2005.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
HB 373 (BR 1392) - C. Siler, R. Nelson, C. Miller
AN ACT relating to public employees.
Amend KRS 161.155 to provide that there shall be no loss of income or benefits to a teacher or school employee for work time lost because of personal injury incurred by the teacher or employee as the result of an assault while in the performance of assigned duties for a period of one year subsequent to the assault; amend KRS 156.026, 161.157, 161.623 to conform.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Education (H)
HB 374/FN (BR 1523) - S. Rudy, T. Turner
AN ACT authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law, and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable, or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency.
Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the state; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 15-posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
HB 375/LM (BR 936) - D. Horlander
AN ACT relating to legal publications.
Amend KRS 91A.040 to change auditor's requirements for city audits; allow local governments to publish a legal advertisement announcing the audit and its findings; permit local governments to publish components of the audit on the Internet; allow audit report to be inspected by public during normal business hours; amend KRS 424.130 to permit counties other than those containing a city of the first class or a consolidated local government to publish delinquent taxes on the Internet, in lieu of newspaper publication; amend KRS 424.220 to allow cities, counties, and special districts to publish financial statements on the Internet; amend KRS 424.330 to permit sheriffs and cities to publish lists of uncollectible delinquent taxes on the Internet.
HB 375 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Retain the original provisions of the bill; require audit reports to be on city-affiliated Internet Web site; city clerk to attest to posting of information; clarify language as to publication alternatives; require cities and counties to post certain information on a on city- or county-affiliated Internet Web site; make provisions for updating of posted information; establish minimum posting time; require county treasurer to attest that information has been posted to Internet Web site; establish requirements for sheriffs in posting delinquent taxes; establish requirements for cities to post delinquent taxes.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Local Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, defeated 44-45 with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-bill reconsidered; placed in the Orders of the Day
Feb 25-passed 44-42 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 8-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
HB 376 (BR 1138) - J. Wayne, D. Floyd, M. Harmon, J. Higdon, S. Lee, D. Owens
AN ACT relating to a tax credit for investments in adult stem cell research.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define "adult stem cell investment" as an investment in adult stem cell research and does not include human stem cell research from human embryos; allow a nonrefundable tax credit of 50% of the cost of an approved adult stem cell investment, subject to a $500,000 maximum per year, and a total of $3 million for all taxpayers in each calendar year; permit unused credit to be carried forward for 10 years; and amend KRS 141.0205 to list the adult stem cell investment credit to be taken against individual and corporate taxes.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 377 (BR 1711) - S. Lee
AN ACT relating to contracts.
Amend KRS 336.130 to prohibit mandatory membership or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment; designate this section as the "Kentucky Right to Work Act"; amend KRS 336.180 to revise the definition of "labor organization" to include a union; define "public body" to mean the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, including school districts and postsecondary education systems; define "employee" to mean any person employed by an employer, including employees of a public body; amend 336.990 to make a violation of this Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages and provide injunctive relief; create a new section to exempt existing contracts or agreements; amend KRS 67A.6904, KRS 67C.406, KRS 78.470, KRS 78.480, and KRS 345.050 to conform.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Labor and Industry (H)
HB 378 (BR 1353) - F. Nesler
AN ACT relating to lights on slow moving vehicles.
Amend KRS 189.050, regarding lighting requirements for vehicles, to require motorless vehicles operated between sunset and sunrise to display four-way flashers; amend KRS 189.287 to conform.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 84-2
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
HB 379 (BR 960) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to utilization review.
Amend KRS 304.17A-600 pertaining to health insurance utilization review to clarify the definition of "urgent care"; amend KRS 304.17A-607 to provide timeframes for utilization review decisions; require urgent care claims to be decided within twenty-four (24) hours; require pre-service claims to be decided within three (3) days; require post-service claims to be decided within thirty (30) days; provide for extensions if the claimant fails to provide sufficient information.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 380/CI (BR 1733) - M. Harmon
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to provide that a person is guilty of assault in the third degree when he causes or attempts to cause physical injury to emergency medical services personnel, organized fire department members, and rescue squad personnel; name the Act the "Brenda D. Cowan Act."
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 381 (BR 1678) - G. Lindsay
AN ACT relating to trusts and estates.
Amend KRS 387.070, relating to bonding of guardians and conservators, to provide exemption from requirement of giving surety on bond when the District Court orders the assets of a ward's estate to be deposited in a restricted account as set out in KRS 387.122.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 18-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 96-1
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 135)
HB 382 (BR 1488) - J. Draud
AN ACT relating to revenue bonds for city or county projects.
Amend KRS 103.2101 to require approval by the state local debt officer in addition to the Kentucky Private Activity Bond Allocation Committee for certain projects; require substantiating documentation for findings of competitive disadvantage and lack of normal commercial financing; allow review for project's economic growth and job-creation potential; impose maximum bond term of 20 years.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Local Government (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
HB 383 (BR 1440) - T. Riner, J. Carr
AN ACT relating to faith-based initiatives.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 12 to establish an Office for Faith-Based and Community Nonprofit Social Services in the Office of the Governor; define "government funding" and "social service program"; include legislative findings; establish principles for all government agencies to include nondiscrimination practices, separation of government-funded and religious activities, and accountability for governmental funds; specify that the office shall review policies affecting opportunities for funding for social services programs and provide information and technical assistance to faith-based and nonprofit organizations and public officials; require specified agencies to designate liaisons to the office; require agencies to review existing policies and report to the office; specify that this Act shall not be contrary to state or federal law and shall not establish any preference for faith-based or nonprofit organizations government funding.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to State Government (H)
Feb 14-posting waived
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 92-2
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 33-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 137)
HB 384 (BR 1653) - T. Riner
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
Propose an amendment to Section 145 of the Kentucky Constitution, relating to persons entitled to vote, to permit persons convicted of a felony to vote; submit to voters.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 385 (BR 1622) - T. Riner
AN ACT relating to military affairs.
Amend KRS 35.115 to create gender neutral language.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
HB 386 (BR 1691) - W. Hall, A. Wuchner, J. Carr, R. Damron, C. Embry Jr, D. Floyd, M. Harmon, M. Harper, C. Meade, R. Nelson, T. Pullin, T. Riner, T. Thompson
AN ACT relating to the protection of embryonic human life.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "human embryo" and "nontherapeutic research"; prohibit nontherapeutic research that destroys a human embryo; prohibit nontherapeutic research that subjects a human embryo to a substantial risk of injury or death; prohibit using cells or tissues for research when the person knew that the cells were obtained by performing nontherapeutic research; prohibit shipment of embryos to another person for nontherapeutic research; amend KRS 311.990, relating to penalties, to make violations of the act a civil penalty of not less than $250,000 and not more than $500,000.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Judiciary (H)
HB 387 (BR 1683) - R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to supersedeas bonds.
Amend KRS 411.187 to limit supersedeas bonds to no more than $100,000,000; Create a noncodified provision to apply the amendment to all civil actions pending on the effective date of the act.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 388 (BR 1382) - R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.
Increase charitable gaming fee from four tenths of one percent to fifty-three hundredths of one percent; delete outdated language relating to alternative license fee; add noncodified language making fee retroactive to July 1, 2004.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 389 (BR 1582) - S. Riggs, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to locally operated secondary area technology centers and vocational departments.
Amend KRS 157.069 to require that the supplemental funding for locally operated area technology centers and vocational departments be increased biennially by the same percentage baseline increase that is provided to the state-operated secondary area technology centers in general fund appropriations.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Education (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 22-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 390 (BR 1638) - J. Hoover, K. Stein, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, D. Ford, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, M. Rader, R. Wilkey
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 36 and 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to legislative sessions.
Propose an amendment to Sections 36 and 42 of the Kentucky Constitution to repeal annual sessions; provide ballot language for submission to voters.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 391 (BR 1522) - B. Montell
AN ACT relating to corporations.
Amend KRS 271B.10-010 and 271B.10-060 to allow an ordinary corporation to convert to a nonprofit, nonstock corporation under KRS Chapter 273.
HB 391 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to additionally create a new section of KRS Chapter 273 to clarify the attributes, liabilities, and components that a converted corporation will carry forward into its nonprofit status.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 392/LM (BR 1527) - A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to towing.
Amend KRS 376.275 to require advertisement of the sale of a motor vehicle sold for unpaid towing charges.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 393 (BR 1620) - T. Riner
AN ACT relating to military affairs.
Amend KRS 36.040 to create gender neutral language.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
HB 394 (BR 1482) - R. Palumbo, R. Damron
AN ACT relating to economic development.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 154 to establish findings and definitions; allow businesses to apply annually with the Cabinet for Economic Development to become eligible for benefits; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to approve or deny applications based on criteria for minimum capital expenditures, minimum qualified employees, and average wage; allow qualified businesses to file for a refund with the Revenue Cabinet on sales and use taxes paid on capital expenditures; allow motor vehicle usage tax exemption for vehicles not considered commercial vehicles but purchased and used by qualified businesses solely for business purchases; allow the Cabinet for Economic Development and the Revenue Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; provide short title of the Kentucky Enterprise Zone Reform and Job Creation Act; allow an eligible business to apply for a refund on sales and use taxes paid on capital expenditures made on or after January 1, 2004.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Economic Development (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
HB 395 (BR 1246) - J. Crenshaw, R. Meeks, J. Arnold Jr, D. Graham, D. Owens
AN ACT relating to death benefits.
Amend KRS 61.315, relating to death benefits of police officers and firefighters, to designate recipient of the in-line-of-duty death benefit if there is no surviving spouse, child, or parent; make the change retroactive to January 1, 2004.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 97-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Introduced Feb. 10, 2005
HB 396 (BR 1195) - S. Lee
AN ACT relating to consumer protection.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define "consumer credit reporting agency, "credit report", "identity theft", "proper identification", "security alert", and "security freeze"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to establish a procedure to allow a consumer to place a security alert on his credit report if the consumer's identity may have been used without the consumer's consent; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to establish a procedure to allow a consumer to place a security freeze on his credit report, requiring the consumer's authorization for release of his report by a consumer credit reporting agency; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit a consumer credit reporting agency from changing a credit report if a security freeze is in effect without notifying the consumer, and require the consumer reporting agency to provide a copy of the credit report to a consumer who has placed a security alert on his report at the end of the 90 day alert period; amend KRS 367.990 to provide a penalty of $2500 to a consumer credit reporting agency which recklessly, willfully, or intentionally fails to enforce a security alert or security freeze as provided in Sections 2 and 3 of this Act; provide that this Act may be cited as the "Consumer Credit Reporting Protection Act of 2005".
HB 396 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill; make technical corrections.
HFA (1, J. Gooch Jr) - Exempt from the provisions allowing a security freeze on credit reports any person or entity using a credit report in preparation for a civil or criminal trial or an insurer in the investigation of a claim.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 397 (BR 1334) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to judicial sales.
Amend KRS 426.705 to specify that bonds by purchasers at judicial sales shall bear interest at the prime rate plus 2% instead of bearing interest at the rate specified in the judgment for which the sale is conducted.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Judiciary (H)
HB 398 (BR 1684) - R. Mobley, D. Graham
AN ACT relating to compensatory time for certified employees.
Amend KRS 158.070 to require local boards of education to compensate teachers with compensatory time or compensation at their normal rate of pay for time extended beyond seven and 1/2 hours per day or 37 1/2 hours per week; allow compensatory time to accumulate; state that no teacher shall be required to work more than the minimum term during the school year; amend KRS 158.649 to conform.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Education (H)
HB 399 (BR 1478) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to collective bargaining in public education.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define terms and permit teachers and classified employees to organize and bargain collectively with a board of education for wages, hours, and other work conditions; require local boards of education to bargain collectively with a bargaining representative that has been chosen by a majority of a bargaining unit of teachers or classified employees; and authorize the Kentucky Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of this section and to mediate when necessary.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Labor and Industry (H)
HB 400/LM (BR 1585) - J. Draud
AN ACT relating to county occupational license fees and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 68.197 to prohibit the crediting of a city license fee against a county license fee except by agreement of the city and county as provided, prohibit a taxpayer from receiving a refund or credit for overpayment to a county if the credit or refund is attributable to KRS 68.197 as prescribed and the taxpayer seeks a credit from the county for a tax paid to a city within the county if a claim or the refund was filed or perfected after November 18, 2004; apply provisions retroactively; make new subsection severable from section; and create noncodified language to clarify the intent of the General Assembly relating to the crediting or refunding of local occupational fees. EMERGENCY.
HB 400 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/LM - Retain original language and insert new subsection (10)(c) to require, in counties which have approved license fees by public referendum, license fees rates in effect on January 1, 2005, and maximum salary limits on which fees are calculated to remain unchanged unless approved by public referendum; prohibit the license fee rate from exceeding 1%; permit referendum on such questions to be placed on the ballot at nominating primary or general election.
HFA (1, A. Simpson) - Amend Section 1(7) to require crediting of city license fees against county license fees imposed for the first time or increased after specified date except in counties which have a referendum approved license fee; require a crediting of city license fees against county license fees in counties with a referendum approved license fee unless the city ordinance imposing the tax provides otherwise; delete proposed new language in Section 1(10) relating to procedures for refunding and crediting overpayment of license fees, freezing current rates and maximum salary limits unless increases approved by referendum, retroactive applicability, and severability of subsection; and delete uncodified legislative intent language.
HFA (2, A. Simpson) - Amend Section 1(7) to require crediting of city license fees against county license fees imposed for the first time or increased after specified date except in counties which have a referendum approved license fee; require a crediting of city license fees against county license fees in counties with a referendum approved license fee unless the city imposing the tax provides otherwise, including but not limited to eliminating a credit against the county tax both prospectively and retrospectively; delete proposed new language in Section 1(10) relating to procedures for refunding and crediting overpayment of license fees, freezing current rates and maximum salary limits unless increases approved by referendum, retroactive applicability, and severability of subsection; delete uncodified legislative intent language.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Local Government (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to State and Local Government (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to State and Local Government (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 25-4
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 79)
HB 401 (BR 895) - J. Stacy
AN ACT relating to motor fuels taxes.
Amend KRS 138.210, relating to motor fuel taxes, to cause the average wholesale price of motor fuels to grow based on increases in the consumer price index.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 15-reassigned to Transportation (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
HB 402 (BR 1499) - D. Ford, R. Mobley
AN ACT relating to deceptive business practices.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit misrepresentation of geographic location of any business in telephone directories and other directory assistance databases; amend KRS 367.990 to provide a penalty of $2,500 per violation and to authorize both the Attorney General and the appropriate Commonwealth's attorney to prosecute violations.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 403 (BR 1692) - E. Ballard
AN ACT relating to parts for manufactured and mobile homes.
Amend KRS 219.340 to limit fees charged to owners of mobile home parks with 10 or fewer lots for rent.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Local Government (H)
HB 404 (BR 1513) - T. Kerr
AN ACT relating to commercial vehicle operators.
Amend KRS 342.650, relating to workers' compensation, to exempt contract professional drivers who hold a commercial driver's license from the coverage of KRS Chapter 342.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Labor and Industry (H)
HB 405 (BR 1655) - M. Cherry, P. Clark, J. Draud, C. Embry Jr, D. Floyd, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, R. Palumbo, M. Rader, C. Siler, K. Stein, J. Wayne, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to the safety, learning, and well-being of students.
Amend KRS 158.440 to require school districts to have procedures in place to address student harassment, intimidation, and bullying; amend KRS 158.441 to define "harassment, intimidation, or bullying"; amend KRS 158.148 to require school districts to formulate a code of acceptable behavior prohibiting student harassment, intimidation, or bullying that includes procedures for reporting and investigating complaints, a strategy for protecting complainants from retaliation, and a process for annually discussing the code with students; require school districts, under certain conditions, to provide training to school employees on the district's acceptable code of behavior; require school districts to include code of acceptable behavior in district employee training manual; amend KRS 158.150 to include student harassment, intimidation, or bullying as a cause for suspension or expulsion; amend 158.444 to require local school districts to collect and provide the Kentucky Department of Education with information related to all incidents of student harassment, intimidation, or bullying; amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to include strategies to address student harassment, intimidation, or bullying as part of the school's comprehensive safety plan; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to provide immunity to school employees or students from a cause of action for damages arising from reporting a student's disruptive or disorderly behavior.
HB 405 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1, F. Rasche) - Retain original provisions except clarify that a school employee or student reporting an incident of a student's disruptive or disorderly behavior is immune from a cause of action for damages if the report is made in good faith; and make technical corrections.
HFA (1, T. Riner) - Require that training on district's code of acceptable behavior and discipline strategies include a component on how to encourage students' reporting of harassment, intimidation, and bullying.
HFA (2, M. Harmon) - Prohibits any school or school board from developing behavior and discipline policies that conflict with the personal religious beliefs of staff or students.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Education (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 18-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 23-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-floor amendment (2) filed; 3rd reading, passed 57-33 with committee amendment (1), floor amendment (1)
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Education (S)
HB 406 (BR 1241) - M. Cherry, M. Henley
AN ACT relating to joint municipal power authorities.
Create KRS Chapter 96B to authorize creation of a joint municipal power authority by two or more municipalities; define municipality to include any county, city, urban-county, merged, or charter government of any and every class in the Commonwealth; provide basic terms of an agency agreement establishing a municipal power authority; provide for bylaws; provide for appointment and duties of directors of a municipal power authority; authorize any two or more municipal power authorities to consolidate to form a new municipal power authority upon authorization of member municipalities; authorize a municipal power authority to plan, finance, acquire, construct, and operate facilities to provide to members and others electric power and energy, electric transmission capacity and services, and related goods and services; require that all municipal power authority property shall be considered public property to be held and used only for the benefit of the public and as such shall be tax exempt; authorize the issuance of bonds by a municipal power authority; authorize a municipal power authority to collect on its services and set rates that cover operating costs and indebtedness; authorize financial institutions licensed under the laws of the Commonwealth to invest in the projects of the municipal power authority.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 407 (BR 1720) - S. Nunn
AN ACT relating to the hospital provider tax.
Amend KRS 142.303 to require the Medicaid provider tax on hospitals to be capped at $150,000,000 set out formula for determining tax due and reported.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 408 (BR 1625) - De. Butler
AN ACT relating to truancy.
Amend KRS 159.150 to permit a local board of education and law enforcement officials to enter into an agreement to authorize police to investigate nonattendance and take into custody a student of compulsory school age who is not on school property during school hours; require operating procedures to be established for an approved placement facility; amend KRS 610.255 to permit a peace officer to take a child in custody to an approved placement facility with the permission of school personnel; and amend KRS 630.030 to permit any peace officer to take into custody a child who is believed to be a truant or a child who has not subjected himself or herself to control of school personnel.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Education (H)
HB 409 (BR 1698) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to truancy.
Amend KRS 159.150 to permit a local board of education and law enforcement officials to enter into an agreement to authorize police to investigate nonattendance and take into custody a student of compulsory school age who is not on school property during school hours; require operating procedures to be established for an approved placement facility; amend KRS 610.255 to permit a peace officer to take a child in custody to an approved placement facility with the permission of school personnel; and amend KRS 630.030 to permit any peace officer to take into custody a child who is believed to be a truant or a child who has not subjected himself or herself to control of school personnel.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Education (H)
HB 410 (BR 1656) - P. Clark
AN ACT relating to health insurance.
Amend KRS 304.17A-520 to permit an enrollee in a managed care plan to retain his or her primary care physician although not on the plan's list of health care provider, and require the insurer to cover the cost of care by the primary care physician chosen by the enrollee.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 411 (BR 189) - T. Riner
AN ACT relating to the Military Heritage Commission.
Permit the members of the Commission to send another person named in writing as their designees for the meeting.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
HB 412 (BR 1724) - D. Floyd
Feb 14-WITHDRAWN
HB 413 (BR 1642) - M. Marzian
AN ACT relating to kindergarten.
Amend KRS 157.320 to change the definition of "kindergarten full-time equivalent pupil in average daily attendance" to allow public schools to include each kindergarten pupil who attends their school regardless of whether they attend a one-half (1/2) or full day. Amend KRS 157.320 to delete the requirement in the definition of kindergarten that the program be provided "no less than the equivalent of one-half (1/2) day."
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Education (H)
Feb 22-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 414 (BR 1394) - D. Ford, R. Mobley
AN ACT relating to deceptive business practices.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit misrepresentation of geographic location of floral businesses in telephone directories and other directory assistance databases; amend KRS 367.990 to provide a penalty of $2,500 per violation and to authorize both the Attorney General and the appropriate Commonwealth's attorney to prosecute violations.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 415 (BR 1636) - D. Ford, H. Collins
AN ACT relating to practices regulated by the Kentucky Board of Hairdresseers and Cosmetologists.
Amend KRS 317A.020 to exempt hospice employees performing the practices of cosmetology and nail technology under the direction of the hospice interdisciplinary team from the prohibition that only licensed cosmetologists and nail technicians perform such services; amend KRS 317A.050 to delete references to specific amounts for fees and authorize the board to establish fees by administrative regulation; add provision that requires persons who perform charitable services at no costs on premises other than licensed premises to obtain a permit; amend KRS 317B.020 to require guest artists and demonstrators performing esthetician services for compensation to obtain a demonstration permit; permit the cosmetology board to establish a permit for facilities where licensed cosmetologists or estheticians perform limited esthetic services; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the fee and standards for such limited practice.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 416 (BR 1605) - R. Webb, H. Moberly Jr, R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to health information and declaring an emergency.
Create various sections of KRS Chapter 216 to state declarations related to improving the quality of health care and decreasing the cost of health care; define terms; create an Academy for Health Care Improvement and Cost Reduction to be operated jointly by the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville; identify responsibilities of the academy, which include conducting research on health information electronic applications, conducting pilot projects, and serving as a forum for the exchange of ideas and consensus-building related to the advancement of health information infrastructure and health care applications; permit the academy to seek federal and private funding; require an annual report to the Governor, secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services, Legislative Research Commission, Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, and Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance; create the Kentucky e-Health Network Board to oversee the development, implementation, and operation of a statewide electronic health network of voluntary participants using federal and voluntarily contributed funds; attach the network to the Cabinet for Health Services for administrative purposes; establish the membership of the board and various committees; require the board to appoint an advisory group to ensure input into implementation of the network; require the board to consider various models, including a model with the capability to integrate an electronic Medicaid management information system and public health alert features; require the board to submit the model to be implemented to the Legislative Research Commission; require any transactions to comply with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; require the board to oversee the development of the network of providers and payors and adopt standards for computer systems communicating with the network; require that geographical locations that are critical to homeland security and protection of energy production be given priority in phasing in the network; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; require an annual report to the Governor, Cabinet for Health Services, Office for the New Economy, Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, and Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance; establish a Ke-HN fund; amend KRS 45A.605 to permit the network to use the "information highway" for transactions, but not to limit the network to the use of the highway to implement its communications; delay the appointment of board members until funds are available for administrative costs of the board; EMERGENCY.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
HB 417 (BR 1199) - D. Pasley, T. Kerr
AN ACT relating to real estate appraisers.
Amend KRS 324A.035, relating to the Real Estate Appraisers Board, to delete the provision requiring administrative regulations on licensing and certification of appraisers in federally related transactions not to exceed the minimum requirements established in federal law.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 18-posting withdrawn
HB 418 (BR 1100) - A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to public agency meetings.
Amend KRS 61.820 to permit a local government public agency to hold one regular meeting each year outside the local government's jurisdiction if certain conditions are met.
HB 418 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Delete the condition that limited the location to less than 125 miles from the local government's jurisdiction; retain the condition that it be within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 419 (BR 1127) - J. Higdon
AN ACT relating to electricians.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 227A to allow eligible experience gained at age 16 or 17 to apply toward the verifiable experience requirement of KRS 227A.060 or KRS 227A.080; limit the maximum amount of this eligible experience to two years; require that this verifiable experience be performed under the supervision of a qualified electrician and that it comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and related regulations; authorize the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate regulations related to electrician experience gained at age 16 or 17; create a new section of KRS Chapter 227A to allow verifiable experience gained at age 16 or 17 to apply to applicants who could have used the experience to qualify for licensure under KRS 227A.080; direct that this verifiable experience may apply to a person who was denied licensure, had his or her license revoked, or failed to apply because part of the verifiable experience was obtained for work performed at age 16 or 17; prohibit inclusion of any experience acquired after July 15, 2004, in this specific situation; eliminate this route to licensure after July 15, 2006; amend KRS 227A.060 to allow eligible verifiable experience gained at age 16 or 17 to be used in conjunction with other verifiable experience to meet the electrician licensing requirements.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 420 (BR 1280) - T. Feeley
AN ACT relating to the Board of Claims.
Amend KRS 44.070 to clarify that the Board of Claims does not have jurisdiction to consider cases against the Kentucky Board of Education and the Department of Education for allegations arising out of the actions of an employee or agent of a local board of education.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Education (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
HB 421/LM (BR 1727) - R. Webb, D. Pasley
AN ACT relating to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and making an appropriation therefor.
Create new sections of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 to require a permit for the installation or major repair of HVAC systems; establish requirements for permit; create exemptions from permitting process; grant the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction the authority to promulgate administrative regulations for HVAC permitting process and impose fees to fund permitting process; grant local authorities the right to act as the agent for the department, enter into contractual relations to act as agent, and fix compensation of local inspectors; forbid local authorities from establishing additional permitting or inspection programs for HVAC; establish an agency trust and surplus account for the fees to fund the HVAC permitting process; define the powers of HVAC inspectors to include "stop work" authority; allow county, city, Commonwealth's Attorneys, or the Attorney General to represent the department or its agents; grant the Circuit Court where a violation occurs and the Franklin Circuit Court concurrent venue and jurisdiction for civil and injunctive actions; grant Circuit Courts venue and jurisdiction for criminal action, and the Franklin Circuit Court appeals jurisdiction for criminal action; grant aggrieved parties administrative hearings in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; amend KRS 198B.650 to define "major repair" and "permit"; amend KRS 198B.990 to include infractions of the HVAC permitting process within the fines and punishment section; create a noncodified section to allow the initial funding of the program from existing agency trust and surplus accounts; require repayment of these accounts within two fiscal years; provide that the Act takes effect January 1, 2006.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 18-posting withdrawn
HB 422 (BR 1701) - T. Riner
AN ACT relating to income tax refund designations.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to create an income tax check-off for Simmons Bible College.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Introduced Feb. 11, 2005
HB 423 (BR 1198) - J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to impact fees.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to allow local governments to assess and collect impact development fees, and provide for the administration of the process.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Local Government (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 424 (BR 1673) - E. Ballard, J. Vincent
AN ACT relating to wireless service providers.
Prohibit state administrative regulation of wireless telecommunications providers; amend KRS 278.010 to define "commercial mobile radio services."
HB 424 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, R. Webb) - Change references to "state agency" to "Public Service Commission."
HFA (2, T. Pullin) - Require each wireless provider in the state to build a new cell tower in Greenup County.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-floor amendment (2) filed; 3rd reading, passed 92-2 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules
Mar 4-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 25-7
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 109)
HB 425/LM (BR 1448) - J. Fischer
AN ACT relating to county occupational license fees and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 68.197 to prohibit the crediting of a city license fee against a county license fee except by agreement of the city and county as provided, prohibit a taxpayer from receiving a refund or credit for overpayment to a county if the credit or refund is attributable to KRS 68.197 as prescribed and the taxpayer seeks a credit from the county for a tax paid to a city within the county if a claim or the refund was filed or perfected after November 18, 2004; require the percentage rate of the license fee in effect on January 1, 2005 and maximum salary rate used to calculate fee to remain unchanged unless any increase is approved by the voters as prescribed, permit rate changes to be placed before the voters at a general election or nominating primary, and limit license fee rates to a maximum of 1%; apply provisions retroactively; make new subsection severable from section; and create non-codified language to clarify the intent of the General Assembly relating to the crediting or refunding of local occupational fees. EMERGENCY.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Local Government (H)
HB 426 (BR 1427) - H. Collins
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates.
Amend KRS 186.240, regarding motor vehicle license plates, to eliminate the set 5 year replating schedule and, instead, allow the Transportation Cabinet to establish a replating schedule at its discretion.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 93-0
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Transportation (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, passed 36-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 50)
HB 427 (BR 1649) - T. Kerr
AN ACT relating to water utility rates.
Amend KRS 278.192 to authorize the Public Service Commission to allow a water utility to implement a rate adjustment, to be phased-in over multiple years, based upon a capital improvement plan.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 428 (BR 1508) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to tobacco warehouses.
Amend KRS 99.595 to include definition of tobacco warehouse; amend KRS 99.600 to include tobacco warehouses as property eligible for property assessment or reassessment moratoriums; amend KRS 99.605 to include a tobacco warehouse owner or lessee as a person eligible to apply for a property assessment or reassessment moratorium; require the assessing official of a tobacco warehouse, when establishing its taxable value, to treat the costs to restore, repair, rehabilitate, or stabilize the building as an offset against the property's fair market or fair cash value; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a tax credit for tobacco warehouse remediation costs; amend KRS 141.0205 to include the tobacco warehouse remediation tax credit in the list of tax credit priorities.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 429 (BR 1521) - R. Nelson
AN ACT relating to writing portfolios in the public schools.
Amend KRS 158.6453 to remove writing portfolios as a part of the required state assessment program that is established by the Kentucky Board of Education; permit the use of writing portfolios as an instructional tool for continuous assessment.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Education (H)
HB 430 (BR 1670) - E. Ballard
AN ACT relating to barbers.
Amend KRS 317.410 to add definitions for "independent contractor" and "barber pole"; amend KRS 217.420 to require that an independent contractor working in a barber shop hold a barber's license pursuant to KRS Chapter 317; prohibit the use of a barber pole outside a business except to advertise one that provides barbering services and employs at least one licensed barber; amend KRS 317.440 to require the board to promulgate administrative regulations governing materials required for independent contractors; allow the board to refuse to issue a license to an applicant who fails to comply with provisions of KRS Chapter 317 or regulations pursuant thereto; amend KRS 317.450 to update language regarding licensure reciprocity with other states; require licensure applicants to have graduated from high school or passed the GED exam; allow the licensed owner of a barber shop and an unlicensed owner, who has a licensed barber in his employ, to rent or lease space in their shops to an independent contractor; require an independent contractor to pay an annual license fee, in addition to his barber license fee, not to exceed fifty dollars; amend KRS 317.580 to require barbers to observe sanitation and hand washing methods recommended by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services before and after contact with each patron; require, after the effective date of this Act, that applicants for a barber shop license have a sink with hot and cold running water located in the room of their facility where barbering services are done; amend KRS 317.590 to prohibit independent contractors from working in a facility that is not licensed under KRS Chapter 317; and amend KRS 317.595 to exempt the holder of a license to operate a barber shop from responsibility for violations committed by an independent contractor.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 431/LM (BR 820) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to marriage.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 402 to provide the option for couples to enter into a covenant marriage; provide that a couple may designate a covenant marriage when applying for a marriage license or after marriage; require authorized counseling before entering a covenant marriage; define "authorized counseling"; establish the procedure for declaring a covenant marriage; require marriage license and certificate to indicate if the marriage is a covenant marriage; provide limited grounds for dissolution, legal separation, or divorce from bed and board, including a requirement of authorized counseling before divorce in a covenant marriage; require the Human Resources Coordinating Commission of Kentucky to develop an informational pamphlet regarding covenant marriage; amend KRS 402.100, 402.230, 403.025, 403.044, 403.110, 403.140, 403.150, and 403.170 to conform.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Judiciary (H)
HB 432 (BR 1681) - R. Wilkey, L. Clark
AN ACT relating to incompatible licenses.
Amend KRS 243.110 to preclude licensed malt beverage brewers, distributors, and retailers from holding more than one of those kinds of licenses.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Judiciary (H); posted in committee
HB 433 (BR 1393) - S. Riggs
AN ACT relating to the General Assembly.
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a program making legislative aides available to chairs of standing committees during sessions; require a chair desiring an aide to notify the director of the LRC; require position to be nonpartisan; direct that qualifications, job description, and schedule be established by the LRC; require an aide to a committee chair to be paid a stipend not to exceed that of interns in the LRC intern program.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to State Government (H)
HB 434 (BR 1729) - A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to charter county governments.
Amend KRS 67.830, relating to charter county governments and the consolidation of services, to redistribute the composition of the study commission and provide that the mayors of cities make appointments to represent the cities in each classification; require that the chair and vice chair be elected from the membership of the commission and that one be from the county and one be from a city within the county; provide that the comprehensive plan must be completed with two years, and that if agreement on the plan cannot be reached the plan will not be submitted to the voters; provide that if a proposal is designed to affect only one particular area, the voters within that area are only able to vote on the proposal; provide that if a proposal fails, that proposal shall not be submitted again for 5 years.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Local Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 435 (BR 1507) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to tobacco warehouses.
Amend KRS 154.01-010 to include tobacco warehouses in the definition of "project" for economic development funding purposes.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 436 (BR 1119) - M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.
Amend KRS 11A.201, relating to definitions for the executive agency lobbying portion of the executive branch ethics code, to include the Public Service Commission in the definition of an "executive agency"; include the commission's orders regarding rates and services of a utility in the definition of "executive agency decision."
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to State Government (H); posting waived
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
HB 437 (BR 1611) - T. Riner
AN ACT relating to awards for students and teachers.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish a fund to provide awards to high achieving high school students and to their teachers; identify the corporation responsible for administering the awards program; amend KRS 164A.337 to conform; name Section 1 of this Act for the Commonwealth's official Latin motto in honor of the students who advocated the passage of legislation designating the phrase in the 2002 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Education (H)
HB 438/LM/CI (BR 1376) - K. Stein
AN ACT relating to nuclear transplantation.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to prohibit cloning for the purpose of producing a child; require persons and organizations engaging in cloning activities to register with the Cabinet for Health Services.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Judiciary (H)
HB 439/FN (BR 1175) - J. Barrows, J. Higdon, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, T. Burch, L. Clark, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. Gooch Jr, Ji. Lee, M. Marzian, H. Moberly Jr, R. Palumbo, J. Wayne, M. Weaver
AN ACT relating to licensure and regulation of health facilities and services.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to allow a facility with beds licensed as nursing home beds to convert licensed nursing home beds to licensed intermediate care facility beds, and exempt the conversion from the certificate of need process; prohibit any facility with more than 60 beds from converting the bets; and require any conversion to occur prior on or before September 1, 2005; amend KRS 142.301 to except services provided through licensed personal care beds from the definition of nursing facility services, and define "total bed capacity"; amend KRS 142.361 to revise the provider assessment against nursing facility services, and exempt state veterans nursing homes; amend KRS 142.307 to conform.
HB 439 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, J. Denton) - Amend KRS 205.560 to require Medicaid to use forms and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of health care providers applying for participation in Medicaid; amend KRS 216B.155 to require health care facilities to use the application form and guidelines established by the commissioner of insurance to assess the credentials of persons applying for privileges; and amend KRS 314.17A-545 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a uniform application form and guidelines for the evaluation and reevaluation of health care providers, including psychologists, who will be on a health benefit plan's list of participating providers.
SFA (2/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.
SFA (3, J. Denton) - Attach provisions of SB 189/GA; clarify that a school district and its employees have immunity from any injury sustained by a student from any reaction to any hypoglycemic or seizure medications or its administration, and that a parent shall hold harmless the school and its employees against any claims made for any reaction to any medications or the administration thereof to treat a hypoglycemic episode or seizure; and add that Glucagon may be administered at school for hypoglycemia or other conditions noted in the health care practitioner's written statement.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Appropriations and Revenue (H); posting waived
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, passed 95-0
Feb 18-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill
Mar 4-floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3) filed
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading; floor amendments (1) (2-title) and (3) withdrawn; passed 35-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 73)
HB 440 (BR 1462) - F. Nesler
AN ACT relating to gas delivery systems and appliances.
Amend KRS 234.175 to require that installation and maintenance of gas-consuming appliances be in compliance with manufacturer and administrative requirements; limit liability of licensee for damages resulting from nonconforming installation or maintenance.
HB 440 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Clarify that a negligent liquefied petroleum gas licensee is subject to civil liability.
SCS - Retain original provisions, except delete language that clarifies that limitations in bill are not designed to affect liability for grossly negligent or intentional acts.
SFA (1, E. Harris) - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to allow the Public Service Commission to allow for recovery of investment costs in natural pipeline replacement programs that are not currently being recovered in existing rates if those costs are deemed fair, just, and reasonable.
SFA (2/Title, E. Harris) - Make title amendment.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute
Mar 2-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed
Mar 3-3rd reading; floor amendment (2-title) withdrawn; passed 33-4 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1)
Mar 4-received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 8-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); Bill passed 86-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 148)
HB 441/FN (BR 1013) - M. Rader, M. Weaver, J. Carr, J. Comer Jr, B. Farmer, D. Ford, J. Gray, R. Mobley, T. Turner, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Amend KRS 150.175 to provide hunting and fishing licenses free of charge to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom; amend KRS 148.0211 to provide Kentucky state park passes free of charge to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
HB 441 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain all provisions except that KRS 150.175 is amended to provide hunting and fishing licenses for $5 to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute; received in Senate
Feb 28-to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
HB 442 (BR 1633) - R. Damron
AN ACT relating to a residential hospice exemption from certificate of need.
Amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt residential hospice facilities established by licensed hospice programs from the certificate of need process.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 17-posting waived retroactively; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 443 (BR 1357) - W. Dedman Jr
AN ACT relating to highway rest areas.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to require the Department of Highways to display the POW/MIA flag at Kentucky rest areas, in addition to the United States and state flags.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Introduced Feb. 14, 2005
HB 444 (BR 1035) - J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to fire districts.
Amend KRS 75.031 to add two additional property owner representatives to a fire protection district board of trustees; extend the voting hours to the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; require a second notice of the election to be advertised seven days prior to the election; require district to provide for the placement of signs in the fire district area notifying property owners of the election; amend KRS 75.255 to add penalty for violation of provisions related to audits and financial reports.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Local Government (H)
HB 445/CI (BR 1703) - J. Bruce
AN ACT relating to the licensure of prescription drug wholesalers.
Amend KRS.036 to require licensure of wholesale distributors of prescription drugs; amend KRS 315.010 to define terms; create various new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to specify licensure requirements for wholesale distributors of prescription drugs; require a criminal background check for an applicant for licensure; require wholesale distributors to complete continuing education and pass a test on federal and state laws regarding the wholesale distribution of prescription drugs; establish requirements for representatives of wholesale distributors; require wholesale distributors applying for licensure to submit a bond of at least $100,000 or other equivalent security; permit wholesale distributors to receive prescription drugs from a pharmacy under an agreement between the parties; prohibit the sale of drugs to parties other than those licensed to receive the drugs; require prescription drugs to be delivered only to the premises listed on the license, except in certain circumstances; permit prescription drugs to be delivered to a hospital; require the maintenance of records and tracking of all transactions; require electronic tracking of prescription drug distribution on December 31, 2007; establish requirements for the drug pedigree; permit the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out these requirements; establish violations; and amend KRS 315.990 to establish penalties of 15 years in prison or a $50,000 fine or both for certain violations and increase the penalty to any number of years in prison or a $500,000 fine or both for knowingly committing certain violations.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Judiciary (H)
HB 446 (BR 1437) - E. Ballard
AN ACT relating to foster care.
Amend KRS 605.110 to require the state to provide health care or health insurance for a foster child enrolled in a postsecondary institution until age 23; amend KRS 620.140 to specify that the child is not required to reinstate or extend his commitment to the state to receive the health care or health insurance.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 447 (BR 1484) - R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to economic development.
Create new sections of subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish definitions for "approved company," "approved expense," "economic development project," "equipment used in research and development," "inducements," "preference zone," and "service and technology"; grant the authority the powers to establish guidelines to approve companies; require an eligible company to certify expenses, describe its project, and provide supporting documentation as requested; require that the total tax refund available by the authority for commitment shall not exceed $20,000,000 for construction materials and $5,000,000 for research and development equipment; allow an eligible company to transfer its designation as an approved company upon approval by the authority; allow an approved company to receive a refund of sales and use taxes paid on building materials and research and development equipment; allow the Revenue Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; require an approved company to enter into an agreement with the authority prior to receiving inducements; state that the term of the agreement shall be not longer than eighteen months; describe the requirements of an agreement; exempt from the Kentucky Open Records Act a company's filings; require the authority to submit to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission an annual report that details the incentives granted and company participation; make conforming changes; repeal KRS 154.45-001, 154.45-020, 154.45-030, 154.45-040, 154.45-080, 154.45-100; repeal, effective December 31, 2007, KRS 154.45-010, 154.45-050, 154.45-060, 154.45-070, 154.45-090, 154.45-110, 154.45-120.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Economic Development (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
HB 448 (BR 922) - R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to health insurance riders to exclude coverage for a specified condition.
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to permit insurers to issue to persons who apply for new policies on and after the effective date of this Act individual health benefit plans that contain riders or endorsements excluding coverage for a specified condition, other than a high-cost condition, that existed prior to issuance of coverage and complications that arise from the specified condition if the listed conditions are met; amend KRS 304.17B-015 to provide that an individual is eligible for Kentucky Access coverage if the individual received an offer for coverage by an individual health benefit plan that contains a rider or endorsement excluding coverage for a specified condition.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 449 (BR 1434) - R. Adams, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to indemnification.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 371 to define "construction services contract"; establish that indemnification clauses purporting to indemnify or hold harmless another person from that person's own negligence or from the negligence of his or her contractors, agents, or employees are void and unenforceable.
HB 449 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill except to add definition of "contractor," and "contractee."
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 17-posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 51-40 with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Judiciary (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 3-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
Mar 4-reported favorably, to Rules
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 156)
HB 450 (BR 1702) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to speed limits.
Amend KRS 189.390, regarding speed limits, to set a maximum speed limit of 75 MPH on interstates and parkways and 65 MPH on other 4 lane state highways; amend 189.394, regarding the fine schedule for speeding offenses, to replace the current speeding fine chart with the mathematical formula on which it is based and to conform; amend KRS 24A.175 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Transportation (H)
HB 451 (BR 340) - J. Gray
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 342.122 to require the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission, by October 1 of each year, to notify all insurance carriers writing workers' compensation insurance in the state, including group and individual self-insured employers, of the rates to become effective January 1 of each year; ; amend KRS 342.1242, beginning June 30, 2005, to change the date that the funding commission determines the assets of the special fund and sets rates from September 1 to June 30; require notice of rate changes to be given no later than October 1 instead of December 1 of the year preceding the rate change; EMERGENCY.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Labor and Industry (H)
Feb 22-posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 452/LM (BR 1343) - M. Marzian, R. Palumbo, R. Meeks, K. Stein, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create a new section of KRS 186, relating to the licensing and registration of vehicles, to create a Love Makes a Family special license plate.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Transportation (H)
HB 453 (BR 1644) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to the reimbursement for school services provided for state agency children.
Amend KRS 158.135 to require the General Assembly to increase funding for the education programs for state agency children by the same percentage increase as provided in the biennial budget for the base per-pupil funding level under the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program and, if applicable, by an amount necessary to address increases in the number of state agency children being served.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Education (H)
Feb 22-reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 454/LM (BR 1515) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to training for emergency personnel.
Amend KRS 95A.260 to include emergency medical technicians and paramedics serving in a city of the first class or in a charter county government in the Firefighters Foundation Program fund; amend KRS 311A.020 to require emergency medical technicians to meet the certification and recertification requirements of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 455/CI (BR 1514) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to offender registration and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 17.500, containing definitions for sex offender registration, to define "approved provider"; expand the definition of "criminal offense against a minor" to include unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree, unlawful transaction with a minor in the second degree, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, and any offense involving a minor or depiction of a minor as set forth in KRS Chapter 531; expand the definition of "sex crime" to include a misdemeanor offense defined in KRS Chapter 510 where the victim and offender are of specified ages; define "sexual offender"; define "The Board" and "victim"; amend KRS 17.510, relating to the registration system for adults convicted of specified crimes, to permit the court or the official in charge of an offender's confinement upon release to notify the offender of the requirement to register; require foreign offenders moving to the Commonwealth to register in the county of residence; amend KRS 17.530, relating to authority to share information from registrants, to permit the cabinet to share information with the federal government; amend KRS 197.010, relating to penitentiaries, to include new definitions for "cabinet", "eligible sexual offenders", and "sexual offenders"; amend various sections to conform; apply provisions retroactively to specified persons; amend KRS 17.497, 17.564, 17.566, 17.568, 17.580, 197.440, 532.045, 532.050, 532.100, and 640.030 to conform; repeal KRS 17.540, KRS 17.550, and KRS 197.410; EMERGENCY.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
HB 456 (BR 1292) - R. Rand, J. Vincent
AN ACT relating to recycling tax credits.
Amend the provisions of KRS 141.390 to establish an alternative method for claiming tax credits approved after July 1, 2005 for purchases of more than $1,000,000.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 457 (BR 1517) - R. Webb, B. Montell
AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife.
Amend KRS 48.315 to delete the game and fish fund from list of funds subject to transfer to the general fund; amend KRS 150.170 to define farmlands for the purposes of the section as ten contiguous acres; amend KRS 150.175 to provide that a short-term hunting license may be issued to both residents and nonresidents; amend KRS 150.280 to clarify that permit revocation may be for violations of federal and other states' laws; amend KRS 150.320 to remove the exemption of crows from the chapter's protections; amend KRS 150.370 to remove the provision that furs obtained out of season are presumed to be taken illegally; amend KRS 150.412 to provide that a commercial guide does not have his or her hunting and fishing privileges reduced as a consequence of serving as a guide; amend KRS 150.999 to provide for increased penalties relating to violations of the chapter and provide for treble damages for violation of KRS 150.460, relating to fish kills.
HB 457 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill except to delete the changes relating to short-term hunting licensees; restore original statutory language relating to short-term hunting licenses; provide that a short-term fishing license may be provided to both residents and nonresidents; amend KRS 150.175 to delete language relating to nonresident special hunting licenses for hunting on licensed hunting preserves; make clarifying and technical change.
HFA (1, R. Webb) - Remove changes to KRS 150.175(Q) and restore original text relating to special licenses for nonresidents for hunting on licensed hunting preserves and delete new language in subsection (2) relating to hunting preserves; amend KRS 150.280(1) to provide that a license may be revoked for a violation of KRS Chapter 150 law; delete new language in KRS 150.990 that provided for treble damage for fish and wildlife kills and restore original text.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 16-posting waived; posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 24-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 52-36 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
HB 458 (BR 1373) - R. Webb
AN ACT relating to medical malpractice insurance.
Create a new section of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit discrimination in medical malpractice insurance rates against Kentucky applicants or insureds, unless justified by higher claims payments.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 22-posting waived; posted in committee
HB 459 (BR 1483) - R. Palumbo
AN ACT relating to the Commission on Small Business Advocacy.
Amend KRS 11.200 to change the membership in the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to twenty-one members.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 18-reassigned to Economic Development (H); posted in committee
HB 460 (BR 1574) - T. Pullin
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship program.
Amend KRS 164.7874, 164.7877, 164.7879, 164.7881, 164.7883, and 164.7885 to move the administrative responsibility of the Kentucky education excellence scholarship program from the Council on Postsecondary Education to the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority; change reporting requirements for grades of students.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Education (H); posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, passed 96-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Education (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Education (S)
Mar 1-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent bill
Mar 8-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 117)
HB 461 (BR 1530) - Ji. Lee
AN ACT relating to the provider tax.
Amend KRS 142.301 to add to the definition of "health care items or services," and add definitions for "regional community mental health and mental retardation services", "psychiatric residential treatment facility services," and "supports for community living waiver program"; create new sections of KRS 142.301 to 143.363 to impose a provider tax against regional community mental health and mental retardation services, psychiatric residential treatment facility services, and Medicaid managed care organization services; amend KRS 142.313, 142.317, 142.321, 142.323, 142.327, 142.347, 142.351, 142.353, 142.357, and 205.640 to conform.
HB 461 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions, except clarify that no Medicaid managed care organization shall be guaranteed repayment, in violation of federal law, of any assessments paid; require the Department for Medicaid Services to use the assessment proceeds to maintain actuarially sound rates as defined in contract with the managed care organization, without creating a guarantee to hold the organization harmless.
SCS - Retain original provisions, except reduce the rate for mental health centers from 5.5% to "up to 4%," and permit a rate "up to 5.5%", rather than 5.5%, for Medicaid managed care organizations and psychiatric residential treatment facilities; make technical corrections.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee; posting waived retroactively
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Health and Welfare (S)
Feb 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
Mar 1-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute; received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 3-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute on Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 8-House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; passed 91-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 120)
HB 462 (BR 1495) - M. Harmon, M. Cherry
AN ACT relating to the state health insurance program.
Amend KRS 18A.225, relating to the state health insurance program, to require the 2006 request for proposals to include a scenario which provides for a single, statewide high-deductible plan in conjunction with a health savings account.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 16-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
HB 463 (BR 1640) - R. Crimm
AN ACT relating to health insurance loss ratios.
Amend KRS 304.17A-095 to change the minimum loss ratio for individual health insurance policies from 70 percent to 65 percent.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
HB 464 (BR 1419) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to statutory actions.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to permit the owner of a motor vehicle to recover property damage caused by an accident not covered by KRS Chapter 304, Subtitle 39; limit action to an owner who retains possession of a salvage motor vehicle; require judgment to be responsibility of person responsible for accident and not of a reparation obligor.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 465/CI (BR 1300) - T. Burch
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and require court with jurisdiction over person sentenced to death to sentence the person to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole; amend KRS 24A.110, 27A.430, 431.060, 431.215, 431.510, 439.265, 506.010, 506.030, 506.040, 506.080, 507.020, 509.040, 520.120, 527.200, 532.030, 532.040, 532.050, 532.100, 532.140, 533.010, 610.265, 635.020, 635.090, 640.040, 17.173, 17.176, and 507A.020 to conform; repeal KRS 422.287, 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 532.025, 532.075, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309, relating to the death penalty.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
HB 466 (BR 1608) - J. Richards
AN ACT relating to insurance consultants.
Create a new section of Subtitle 9 of KRS Chapter 304 to permit a business entity to be licensed as an insurance consultant; require an application to be filed with the Commissioner of Insurance; establish criteria that must be met to obtain license; amend KRS 304.9-040, 304.9-080, 304.9-320, and 304.9-350 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 16-to Banking and Insurance (H); posted in committee
HB 467/CI (BR 399) - J. Richards
AN ACT relating to state prisoners.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to require the Department to levy a 5% transaction fee on the transaction when a inmate accesses an inmate account; amend KRS 439.315 to increase the minimum felony probation or parole supervision fee to $25; amend KRS 532.050 to impose a fee for the preparation of a presentence investigation; amend KRS 533.030 to require at least a $20 fee for drug or alcohol tests for persons placed on parole or conditional discharge where that testing is ordered by the court.
HB 467 - AMENDMENTS
HCS/CI - Retain original provisions; amend to reduce transaction fees.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
HB 468 (BR 1634) - T. McKee
AN ACT relating to poultry.
Amend KRS 257.400 to delete references to the Kentucky poultry and turkey improvement plans and insert a reference to the National Poultry Improvement Plan or equivalent program; amend KRS 257.410 to delete a reference to the Kentucky Poultry Improvement Association.
HB 468 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of the bill except to add a definition of National Poultry Improvement Plan; amend KRS 257.390 to specify that poultry imported into the state for breeding purposes meet the requirements of the National Poultry Improvement Plan or other USDA plan; amend KRS 257.400 to specify that poultry imported into the state for sale meet the requirements of the National Poultry Improvement Plan or other USDA plan; amend KRS 257.410 to clarify poultry plan requirements for poultry flock origination.
HFA (1, T. McKee) - Amend to add the Office of State Veterinarian as the lead agency responsible for supervision of certain tests on poultry over five months old imported into the state for breeding purposes; amend to add the Office of State Veterinarian as the lead agency responsible for supervision of certain tests on poultry under five months old imported into the state.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 16-posting waived
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 82-2 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 115)
HB 469 (BR 1054) - J. Barrows
AN ACT relating to adoption.
Amend KRS 199.520 to require any known health history of biological parents and prenatal health history and medical records of a child to be adopted to be provided by the cabinet, a child-placing agency, or any entity in an independent adoption to the court and adoptive parents.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (H)
HB 470 (BR 1498) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to a school employee on active military duty.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to permit a local board of education to continue paying a salary to a certified or classified school employee called to active military duty; require payments to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System during that period.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Education (H)
HB 471 (BR 1580) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to flood plain management.
Amend KRS 151.230 to authorize local governments with sufficient staff expertise to issue building permits to landowners seeking to develop land in a flood hazard area; amend KRS 151.250 to require the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet to abide by local flood hazard area building permit provisions.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 472 (BR 1450) - G. Lindsay
AN ACT relating to uniform environmental covenants.
Create a new subchapter of KRS Chapter 224 relating to environmental covenants; define "activity and use limitations," "applicant," "cabinet," "common interest community," "division," "environmental covenant," "environmental response project," "holder," "indexing," "interest," "owner," "person," "subordination agreement," and "servitude"; allow any person with an interest in real property subject to an active environmental response project to apply for approval of an environmental covenant; require the applicant to apply with the Division of Waste Management; establish a partial application process; require the division to notify the applicant after receipt of the application; require the division to meet with the applicant if requested; require that the decision to approve or deny a covenant not take more than 45 days; permit the cabinet to deny an environmental covenant for any reason; establish obligations and responsibilities on the holder of the covenant if approved; provide that the cabinet has no presumptive obligation; require the division to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application procedure, submission guidelines, and forms; establish rules of priority with respect to interests in real property subject to an environmental covenant; establish a subordination agreement for interests; establish the form and content requirements for an environmental covenant; require that the environmental covenant will run with the land; establish the scope of enforceability for an environmental covenant; clarify that the environmental covenant does not prescribe a use of property prohibited by zoning or by law; establish a list of recipients of a copy of the environmental covenant; establish recording requirements; require an environmental covenant to exist in perpetuity except under specific circumstances; allow the cabinet or the court under legal doctrine prescribed to terminate an environmental covenant; establish a method for termination of an environmental covenant by consent of the parties; permit civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of the environmental covenant; require the Division of Waste Management to establish and maintain a registry of environmental covenants and all the changes to those covenants; require notice of amendments or termination of environmental covenants and an alternate method for giving notice.
HB 472 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions of HB 472; allow a person to utilize the environmental covenant in conjunction with a corrective action plan; delete separate process for obtaining an environmental covenant and use existing process for obtaining a corrective action plan; delete definition of court; require that denial of an environmental covenant be based on reasonable grounds and that the grounds will be specified in writing; delete that the cabinet has no obligation under the covenant; delete the authority for promulgating administrative regulations to establish a separate process for obtaining an environmental covenant; require the holder of an interest rather than a fee simple interest in the property to sign the environmental covenant; delete language requiring the grantor to file the environmental covenant in the county clerk's office; conform section on eminent domain so that the proceeding takes place in the court of competent jurisdiction; permit the cabinet and any holder to petition Franklin Circuit Court to terminate the environmental covenant under the changed circumstance doctrine; clarify the cabinet is not limited in its regulatory authority except as expressly prohibited by the environmental covenant.
HFA (1, G. Lindsay) - Provide that the obligations imposed under an environmental covenant are not dischargeable under bankruptcy law and not reducible to monetary claim.
HFA (2, G. Lindsay) - Amend to include a definition of "public notice" and require the cabinet to review the environmental covenant to determine whether the applicant has caused public notice that identifies the legal description of the property, the intent to place an environmental covenant on the property, and list interest holders of record.
HFA (3, G. Lindsay) - Require all signatories to the environmental covenant to fulfill all obligations and responsibilities prescribed in the environmental covenant and any amendment thereto; permit an environmental covenant to be terminated or amended if it is requested as a modification to the corrective action plan; delete the cabinet's authority to waive the responsibility of the current owner of the fee simple in the property to sign the amendment or termination; provide that the original owner or the owner's heirs, assigns or transferees will sign unless waived in a document or if the court finds the person does not exist or cannot be located with the exercise of reasonable diligence.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005; floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 25-3rd reading, passed 86-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) (2) and (3); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 92)
HB 473 (BR 1578) - J. Barrows
AN ACT relating to state government.
Amend KRS 18A.030 to insert gender-neutral language when referring to the duties of the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to State Government (H)
HB 474/AA (BR 1658) - P. Clark
Feb 16-WITHDRAWN
HB 475 (BR 1657) - P. Clark
AN ACT relating to health insurance.
Amend KRS 18A.225, relating to the state health insurance group, to define the state contribution toward employee coverage; establish minimum coverage and employee costs equal to coverage and cost under the current PPO plan; require the Personnel Cabinet to develop legislation for the 2006 General Assembly to establish a statewide self-insured PPO plan.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to State Government (H)
HB 476 (BR 1704) - J. DeCesare
AN ACT relating to economic development.
Amend KRS 65.6851 to specify that persons assessed a job development fee shall receive credits against any local occupational license fee or payroll tax imposed by the governing body that established the development area if a license fee is levied by that governing body.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Economic Development (H)
HB 477 (BR 30) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to the official state song of Kentucky.
Amend KRS 2.100 to designate the contemporary version of "My Old Kentucky Home," originally written by Stephen Collins Foster, as the official state song.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
HB 478 (BR 1697) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to employee sick leave.
Amend KRS 161.155 to require a district board of education to establish and adopt a plan for a sick leave donation program or a sick leave bank; require a district board of education to establish policies and procedures to implement a sick leave donation program or a sick leave bank; permit a district to have both a sick leave donation program and a sick leave donation bank; amend KRS 61.680 and 161.623 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Education (H)
HB 479/LM (BR 808) - R. Meeks, A. Simpson, D. Owens
AN ACT relating to lead-based paint and lead hazards.
Amend KRS 211.900 by changing the date of dwelling construction and original painting to 1960 from 1945 in the definition of at-risk persons; add definitions of lead hazard, lead-safe work practices; clearance examination, risk assessment, and elevated blood lead levels; amend KRS 211.903 to require testing for an elevated blood lead level as part of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program; require the secretary for health services to establish a statewide program for testing at-risk persons and other target populations including children 6 years of age and under; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish methods and intervals for screening and testing procedures for notifying health care providers of methods and intervals, guidelines for reporting of tests of blood lead levels to affected persons and the cabinet, and keeping records of the incidence of elevated blood lead levels; require the cabinet to submit an annual report beginning July 1, 2006; amend KRS 211.905 to require a risk assessment to be performed by a risk assessor who presents certification; require the remediation of the hazards to be conducted using lead-safe work practices and pass an independent clearance examination; amend KRS 211.994 to make the failure to remove hazardous lead based substances within 30 days a Class A misdemeanor and increase the fine to a maximum of $100 from a minimum of $25.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 23-posting waived
HB 480 (BR 1365) - R. Webb
AN ACT relating to medical malpractice insurance.
Create a new section of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to require medical malpractice insurers to develop and establish an experience rating plan, that provides for surcharges and discounts for insureds who implement risk management techniques; subject the plan to disapproval by the commissioner of insurance.
HB 480 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Delete original provisions of the Act; direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Medical Malpractice Insurance Task Force; authorize the task force to meet monthly and employ consultants upon approval of the Legislative Research Commission; direct the task force to study all aspects of the medical malpractice liability insurance matter, including Kentucky's insurance laws and insurance market issues, tort laws, all legislation introduced during the 2005 Session of the Kentucky General Assembly pertaining to the issue, actions taken in other states, and patient safety matters; require the task force to submit its report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2005.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 22-posting waived; posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 481 (BR 1366) - R. Webb
AN ACT relating to medical malpractice insurance.
Create a new section of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish an Internet Web site by July 1, 2005, to be accessed by physicians for the purpose of obtaining premium quotes from medical malpractice insurers writing policies in the state.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 22-posting waived; posted in committee
HB 482 (BR 1363) - R. Webb
AN ACT relating to medical malpractice insurers.
Create a new section of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to authorize the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to determine after a hearing that the surplus of a medical malpractice insurer is excessive and to deny a rate increase until he determines that the surplus is no longer excessive.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 22-posting waived; posted in committee
HB 483 (BR 1528) - A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to plastic containers.
Amend KRS 224.50-585 to require that if the material comprising a container's label, base cup, layer of resin, or other plastic component is different but of the same predominant resin comprising the bottle or container then the container shall be labeled the same as the plastic container; and the word "OTHER" and the number "7" if the material comprising the product label, base cup, layer of resin, or other plastic component is not compatible for the purposes of recycling with the material comprising the bottle or container.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
HB 484 (BR 1336) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to medical malpractice insurance.
Amend KRS 304.13-051 to require filing of medical malpractice insurance rates with the Department of Insurance; create new sections of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit certain components from being included in a medical malpractice rate filing; restrict premiums for medical malpractice polices covering health care providers who deliver one or more babies per year; require the commissioner of insurance on or before April 1 of each year to determine if there are any medical specialties in the state which are essential as a matter of public policy and which must be protected from certain adverse actions relating to medical malpractice insurance that may impair the availability of these essential medical specialties to residents of this state; direct the commissioner to provide the list of essential medical specialties to each insurer that issues medical malpractice coverage to health care providers practicing in any of the essential medical specialties; require an insurer that intends to cancel, terminate, or otherwise not renew a medical malpractice policy of an essential medical specialist to provide 120 days notice to the health care provider and allow the commissioner to delay the insurer's intended action for up to 60 days if the commissioner determines a replacement policy is not readily available; require an insurer that intends to cancel, terminate, or otherwise not renew all medical malpractice policies issued to essential medical specialists to provide 120 days notice to the commissioner and the health care providers and allow the commissioner to delay the insurer's intended action for up to 60 days if the commissioner determines replacement policies are not readily available; designate medical specialties in this Act until the commissioner acts to designate specialties; require the commissioner to collect certain information from insurers to make certain an insurer issuing policies of medical malpractice insurance is complying with applicable standards for rates; require medical malpractice insurers to submit a report on a claim to the commissioner within 45 days after a claim is adjudicated to final judgment against the health care provider; require the commissioner to collect and maintain the information; repeal KRS 304.40-310 pertaining to reporting of settled or adjudicated medical malpractice claims.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Banking and Insurance (H)
HB 485 (BR 261) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to prescription drug programs offered by local governments or special districts.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to permit a local government or special district to establish a prescription drug program, and to require the Cabinet for Health Services to offer assistance if the program seeks to obtain prescription drugs through reimportation from another program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the cabinet to offer assistance and technical support for such prescription drug program
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Local Government (H)
HB 486 (BR 349) - R. Meeks
AN ACT relating to revenue and taxation, and making an appropriation therefor.
Amend KRS 138.140 to impose a surtax of $.457 per pack of cigarettes and specify that funds received shall be deposited into a new Kentucky health education and improvement fund; amend KRS 138.146 to specify that the tax evidence compensation remains at $.30 per $3 and require the $.379 tax to be paid at the time of purchase of tax evidence stamps; amend KRS 248.652 to specify that the $0.03 tax remains credited to the agriculture diversification and development fund; amend KRS 438.335 to specify that the Department of Agriculture retains $0.0005 of the $0.03 tax; amend KRS 438.337 to specify that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control retains $0.0005 of the $0.03 tax; create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to create a Kentucky health education and improvement fund from the surtax imposed on cigarettes and specify use of cigarette surtax money for mental health and substance abuse services through the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, school health initiatives through the Department of Education, and research and health services at the James Brown Cancer Center and the Department for Public Health, which may include, but not be limited to, smoking prevention and cessation services; require any agency or entity receiving moneys from the Commonwealth fund to report on use of the funds; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2005.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 487 (BR 1182) - R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to prosecutorial funding and making an appropriation therefor.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to create the Kentucky Prosecutors Enhancement Fund; amend KRS 138.130 to include definitions for smokeless tobacco products and cigarette rolling papers; amend KRS 138.140 to levy a tax on wholesalers of smokeless tobacco products and cigarette rolling papers to support the fund created in Section 1; amend KRS 138.195 to specify when returns on the tax are due; amend KRS 248.652, 438.335, and 438.337 to conform; tax to be effective July 1, 2005.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 488 (BR 1615) - T. Riner, J. Carr
AN ACT relating to civil actions regarding childhood sexual abuse.
Amend KRS 413.249 to extend the time limit for civil action for recovery of damages relating to childhood sexual abuse from five years to ten years.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 489 (BR 1700) - H. Cornett
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Insurance Guaranty Association.
Amend KRS 304.36-050 and 304.36-110, pertaining to the Kentucky insurance guaranty association, to delete the net worth requirement; amend KRS 304.36-080 to require the limit on claims to be adjusted annually by the rate of change in the consumer price index.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 16-to Banking and Insurance (H)
HB 490 (BR 979) - R. Wilkey
AN ACT relating to health care providers.
Amend KRS 304.13-051 to require medical malpractice insurers who for the 90-day period prior to filing did not issue or renew medical malpractice insurance policies in Kentucky to file rates at least 30 days before the proposed effective date of the rates; authorize the commissioner to hold a hearing on the rate filing; require the insurer to notify policyholders of the proposed rate increase; create a new section of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to require medical malpractice insurers before the first of March 2006 and annually thereafter to file with the commissioner a medical malpractice insurance premium and market statement for the preceding calendar year; create new sections of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to create the Kentucky Health Care Providers' Mutual Insurance Authority to provide medical malpractice insurance to health care providers; provide that the authority is a nonprofit, independent, self-supporting de jure municipal corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth; provide for a board of directors which shall function in a manner similar to the governing body of a mutual insurance company; direct the board to hire a manager who shall have proven successful experience for a period of at least five years as an executive at the general management level in insurance operations or in the management of a state fund for medical malpractice; establish powers and duties of the manager; require the authority to provide medical malpractice insurance to any health care provider who pays the premium and complies with any other qualifications and conditions adopted by the authority; require the authority to provide coverage to any health care provider who is unable to secure coverage in the voluntary market unless the provider owes undisputed premiums to a previous medical malpractice carrier or to a medical malpractice residual market mechanism; direct the authority to establish separate rating plans, rates, and underwriting standards for different classes of risks; require rates to be based only on Kentucky experience; authorize the board to declare an annual dividend and distribute it in the form of premium discounts, dividends, or a combination of discounts and dividends if certain conditions are met; require a quarterly report of assets and liabilities to be provided to the board, the Governor, and the Legislative Research Commission; require the board to file an annual report indicating the business done in the previous year and deliver the report to the Governor, commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, and co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission; prohibit the authority from entering into a contract for an audit unless the Auditor of Public Accounts has turned down a request to perform the audit; provide that if the assets of the authority are less than its liabilities, the board may levy an assessment on its policyholders; require the board to formulate and adopt an investment policy; require the manager to compile and maintain statistical and actuarial data; prohibit the authority from receiving any direct state general fund appropriation; provide that upon request of the board, the Governor and the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet may determine additional initial funding which may include a loan from an existing state agency not to exceed $7,000,000; authorize the issuance of revenue bonds not to exceed $40,000,000 upon approval of the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; provide that the authority may utilize only agents duly and legally licensed and in good standing; exempt board members, the manager, and any employee from being held personally liable for acts taken in official capacity; require the board, manager, and employees to comply with the Executive Branch Code of Ethics; prohibit the authority from participating in a plan, pool, association, guarantee, or insolvency fund; require the board to comply with the open meetings and open records laws; direct the Attorney General and the Auditor of Public Accounts to monitor operations of the authority and authorize each to make examinations or investigations of the operations, practices, management, and other matters of the authority; require the Attorney General and the Auditor of Public Accounts to report jointly to the General Assembly in January in each even-numbered year in which the General Assembly convenes in a regular session the results of their monitoring activities; create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish medical malpractice screening panels; permit a party to an action for medical malpractice to file a memorandum with the Circuit Court requesting that a medical malpractice screening panel be convened; permit a Circuit Court judge to convene a panel if neither party makes a request; provide that if a claim for damages on account of medical malpractice has not been formalized by filing a complaint, any party affected by the claim may request the court to convene a screening panel; provide for a four-member screening panel consisting of a health care provider selected by the plaintiff, a health care provider selected by the defendant, a health care provider selected jointly by plaintiff and defendant, and an attorney who serves as chair selected by the Circuit Court judge; direct state licensing authorities to maintain lists of health care providers available to serve on panels; direct the judge to notify parties that screening panel members are to be appointed within 10 days of the notice; provide that screening panels are to submit written reports within 90 days after the panel is commenced as to whether there was a departure from the standard practice of the health care provider specialty involved and whether a causal relationship existed between the damages suffered by the claimant and any such departure; provide that the written report is admissible in any legal proceeding; provide for screening panel members to be paid a total of $500 and the chair to be paid a total of $1,000; require each side to pay 50 percent of the costs of the panel; provide that in those cases before a screening panel which have not been formalized by filing a complaint in a court of law the filing of the request for the panel shall toll any applicable statute of limitations until 30 days after the panel has issued its recommendations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to require that a lawsuit against a health care provider be submitted to mediation to be held within 180 days after all responsive pleadings are filed unless a screening panel was convened, in which case mediation must take place within 90 days after the filing of the panel's report; allow parties to consent to a postponement of up to 60 days; permit parties to opt out of mediation only by obtaining a court order; permit parties to mutually agree to select a mediator; direct court to appoint mediator if parties cannot agree within 20 days after all responsive pleadings are filed; require parties to provide mediator with a statement of issues at least 7 days prior to mediation; authorize mediator to cancel mediation if all parties do not submit statement of issues or any party fails to attend within the first 30 minutes of the session; authorize those persons present at the session to settle the case for an amount deemed appropriate by the party or parties they represent; direct the parties to extend authority to settle to their insurers where consent to settle is required by the policy of insurance; provide that if a settlement is reached the parties must file notice with the court within 10 days; require the mediator to file a report with the court on the outcome of mediation; require the parties to pay the mediator's fee equally; create new sections of KRS 216B to create a patient safety center within the Cabinet for Health Services of the Cabinet for Public Health; require as a condition of licensure that every hospital and ambulatory surgical center establish a process for identifying and managing sentinel events; provide that hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations are in compliance if they meet joint commission standards for sentinel events; require the cabinet to analyze the root cause for each sentinel event directly reported to the center and provide evidence-based recommendations to the facility reporting the event; require the cabinet to annually obtain from the joint commission a nonidentifiable report summarizing the number and type of sentinel events and types of root causes reported to it by Kentucky facilities; require every hospital to establish a patient safety program as a condition of licensure; amend KRS 311.377 to provide that certain information is confidential and cannot be used in a civil action alleging negligent credentialing.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
HB 491 (BR 980) - R. Wilkey
AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution relating to legal actions.
Propose to amend the Constitution of Kentucky by adding a new section permitting the General Assembly to require documentation and data collection by health care providers to maximize patient safety, and permitting the General Assembly to require alternative dispute resolution in cases involving health care providers licensed or certified by the Commonwealth; propose amending Section 7 relating to the right to trial by jury, and Section 14 relating to access to the courts to conform; provide for submission to the voters in the normal manner.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
HB 492/FN (BR 1538) - H. Cornett
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship program.
Amend KRS 164.7874 to define "Commonwealth Accountability Testing System" or "CATS," "KEES award," and "supplemental CATS award"; create a new section of KRS 164.7871 to 164.7885 to require the Kentucky Higher Assistance Authority (KHEAA) to commit to provide a supplemental CATS award within the KEES program to eligible high school students receiving a "proficient" or distinguished" score on a component of the CATS assessment; establish the components for which a supplemental CATS award shall be provided; set the supplemental award for a "proficient" score to be $25 and for a "distinguished" score to be $50; require KHEAA to review the base amounts for the supplemental CATS award each academic year and permit the authority to make adjustments based on the availability of funds; amend KRS 164.7885 require the Kentucky Department of Education to provide student CATS scores to KHEAA for the purposes of determining the amount of the supplemental award; and amend KRS 164.7879 and 164.7881 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 493 (BR 1537) - H. Cornett
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.
Amend KRS 242.230 by deleting language that puts the burden of proving that alcoholic beverages found in a person's possession were obtained legally; add language to specify the maximum quantity of beer, wine, and distilled spirits a person may lawfully possess in a dry county.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 494/FN (BR 1567) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to motor fuels taxes.
Amend KRS 134.580 to limit motor fuels refund to fuel purchased after the effective date of the refund permit, amend KRS 138.240 to limit motor fuel exemption for sales to the federal government to bulk sales; amend 224.60-145 to extend the underground storage tank fee exclusion to include all special fuels for which a credit is provided; amend KRS 138.280 to allow motor fuels dealer to pay by electronic funds transfer; amend KRS 138.320 to require that a financial instrument be filed with the application for license.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 22-posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 92-0; received in Senate
Mar 1-to Appropriations and Revenue (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 134)
HB 495/FN (BR 1565) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to sales and use tax.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 and amend various sections of KRS Chapter 139 to conform to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement; amend KRS 139.472 to exempt certain hospital beds from sales and use tax.
HB 495 - AMENDMENTS
SFA (1, R. Palmer II) - Exempt county fair admissions from sales and use tax if the county fair is held by a nonprofit county fair board in counties with a population of less than 30,000.
SFA (2, R. Palmer II) - Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the first $50,000 in sales of admissions to county fairs.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 22-posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 91-0; received in Senate
Mar 1-to Appropriations and Revenue (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-floor amendments (1) and (2) filed; 3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 154)
HB 496 (BR 1623) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to occupational license fees.
Amend KRS 67.795 to clarify that any tax district that makes a change to its tax structure to conform with the provisions of KRS 67.750 to 67.790 shall not be considered to have levied a new fee or tax; amend KRS 67.793 to establish how any one time rate increase under KRS 67.793 will impact any offset of city fees against county fees.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Local Government (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 497/FN (BR 1566) - C. Belcher, R. Adams, J. Arnold Jr, J. Carr, R. Damron, M. Denham, W. Hall, C. Hoffman, D. Keene, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, R. Rand, B. Yonts
AN ACT relating to taxation.
Amend KRS 131.010 to define terms; amend KRS 131.130 to include examination of electronic, as well as hard-copy, records by the Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to indicate when electronic records are acceptable and when they may be required; establish standards for records and filing; create a new section of KRS 160.613 to 160.617 to require electronic filing and paying of utility gross receipts license taxes; amend KRS 131.190 to permit the Revenue Cabinet to share utility gross receipts license tax information with school districts.
HB 497 - AMENDMENTS
SCA (1, D. Kelly) - Amend KRS 138.510 to exempt a one-day international horse racing event from pari-mutuel tax; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006.
SCA (2, D. Kelly) - Amend KRS 139.536 to allow an approved company a refund of the lesser of the sales tax liability or 50% of the approved costs if the tourism attraction includes a facility including, but not limited to, a lodging facility located on recreational property owned or leased by the Commonwealth or federal government.
SFA (1, R. Palmer II) - Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the first $50,000 in sales of admissions to county fairs.
SFA (2, R. Palmer II) - Exempt county fair admissions from sales and use tax if the county fair is held by a nonprofit county fair board in counties with a population of less than 30,000.
CCR - Cannot agree.
FCCR - Retain the provisions of HB 497/GA with the following changes: amend 2005 HB 267/EN to provide language regarding interlocal agreements between the Transportation Cabinet and local governmental units, to clarify authorization for the UK Bed Tower Project, to revise language relating to enterprise zone initiatives, to amend the funding source for a Morehead dorm renovation project, to amend provisions relating to the equalized facility funding program to allow funding to continue for twenty years rather than ten years, and to provide that the tobacco research trust fund shall receive at least $3,140,000 regardless of whether the half cent cigarette tax levy produces that amount; amend Section 9 of 2005 SB 23/EN to delete the word "who" and insert the word "that"; amend KRS 139.536, 148.851 and 148.859 to provide enhanced tourism development credits for facilities located on a state or national park; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the first $50,000 in county fair admissions from the sales and use tax; provide that provisions included in reorganization bills changing names and titles shall not prevail over other amendments to the same statute section in other bills enacted during this session; make title amendment; EMERGENCY.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 17-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 22-posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 90-2; received in Senate
Mar 1-to Appropriations and Revenue (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-floor amendments (1) and (2) filed; 3rd reading, passed 37-0; bill reconsidered; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 8-reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendments (1) and (2); posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; taken from the Regular Orders of the Day; floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn; passed 31-0-1 with committee amendments (1) and (2); received in House; to Rules (H)
Mar 21-posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendments (1) and (2); House refused to concur in Senate committee amendments (1) and (2); received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate committee amendments (1) and (2); Senate refused to recede from committee amendments (1) and (2); Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; passed 35-0; received in House; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; passed 88-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Apr 1-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 184)
HB 498/FN (BR 1603) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to the refund or recovery of taxes.
Amend KRS 134.580 and 134.590 to clarify when a refund is properly requested, require individual application for refunds; amend KRS 160.637 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 22-posting waived
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 28-3rd reading, passed 88-0; received in Senate
Mar 1-to Appropriations and Revenue (S); taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, passed 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 112)
HB 499 (BR 1624) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to electricians.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 227A to allow eligible experience gained at age 16 or 17 to apply toward the verifiable experience requirement of KRS 227A.060 or KRS 227A.080; limit the maximum amount of this eligible experience to two years; require that this verifiable experience be performed under the supervision of a qualified electrician and that it comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and related regulations; authorize the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate regulations related to electrician experience gained at age 16 or 17; create a new section of KRS Chapter 227A to allow verifiable experience gained at age 16 or 17 to apply to applicants who could have used the experience to qualify for licensure under KRS 227A.080; direct that this verifiable experience may apply to a person who was denied licensure, had his or her license revoked, or failed to apply because part of the verifiable experience was obtained for work performed at age 16 or 17; prohibit inclusion of any experience acquired after July 15, 2004, in this specific situation; eliminate this route to licensure after July 15, 2006; amend KRS 227A.060 to allow eligible verifiable experience gained at age 16 or 17 to be used in conjunction with other verifiable experience to meet the electrician licensing requirements.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 17-to Licensing and Occupations (H)
HB 500 (BR 1690) - D. Graham, D. Keene, R. Adams, T. Edmonds, W. Hall, C. Hoffman, T. McKee, C. Meade, S. Nunn, D. Pasley, J. Richards, T. Shelton
AN ACT relating to the funding and operation of local jails.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to establish per diem rates for payment to counties by the state for the care of state prisoners; to increase bed allotment payments for counties without a jail, and for those with only life safety jails; to provide payment for medical expenses; to provide payment for time served credit served in county jails; and to provide for the state takeover of county jails in fiscal year 2010-2011; establish an LRC task force on statewide jail consolidation.
HB 500 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain Section 2 of the bill establishing the task force on statewide jail consolidation; delete the remainder of the provisions.
HCA (1/Title, H. Moberly Jr) - Make title amendment.
HFA (1, D. Graham) - Amend the method of appointment from members being appointed by the LRC to members being appointed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 24-posting waived
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (1)
Mar 2-received in Senate
Mar 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HB 501 (BR 1661) - T. Thompson, D. Floyd
AN ACT relating to life-sustaining medical treatment for persons with disabilities.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "express and informed consent"; establish a presumption for the provision of artifically-provided nutrition and hydration for a person without decisional capacity and without an advance directive; prohibit a health care surrogate, an agency representative, or a court to withhold artifically-provided nutrition and hydration except in specified circumstances; amend KRS 311.629 and KRS 311.631 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 24-posted in committee; posting waived
HB 502 (BR 1641) - D. Owens
AN ACT relating to adult education.
Amend KRS 164.035 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to provide grants for adult education at the level funded for each adult served in the 1995-1996 year.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Education (H)
HB 503 (BR 1331) - Dw. Butler
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Sections 42 and 86 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to legislative compensation.
Propose to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require that all compensation and benefits for the members of the General Assembly be determined by a legislative compensation commission; and propose to amend Section 86 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require that compensation for the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be determined by a legislative compensation commission.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 504 (BR 1367) - R. Webb
AN ACT relating to medical malpractice insurance rate calculation standards.
Create a new section of Subtitle 40 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to promulgate rules to establish standards for calculating rates for medical malpractice insurance.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
Feb 22-posting waived; posted in committee
HB 505 (BR 1586) - A. Simpson
AN ACT relating to the crediting of county occupational license fees and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 68.197 to permit a credit of a city license fee against a county license fee in a county which on the effective date of this Act has a license fee which has been approved by the voters by public referendum unless the city ordinance imposing the tax states otherwise; EMERGENCY.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Local Government (H)
HB 506/LM (BR 1587) - D. Keene
AN ACT relating to county occupational license fees and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 68.197 to institute a 12-month period prohibiting rate increases, increasing the maximum salary limit on which the rate is calculated, and prohibiting the refunding of license fees from city tax credits; declare emergency.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Local Government (H)
HB 507/FN (BR 1397) - H. Moberly Jr
AN ACT relating to the state budget.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to reaffirm that the General Assembly has the power to repeal, amend, modify, or suspend statutes and to create substantive law relating to financial matters in a biennial budget bill; amend KRS 48.310 and 48.316 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 508/FN (BR 1096) - H. Moberly Jr
AN ACT relating to the state budget.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to reaffirm that the General Assembly has the power to repeal, amend, modify, or suspend statutes and to create substantive law relating to financial matters in a biennial budget bill; amend KRS 48.310 and 48.316 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HB 509 (BR 1699) - D. Pasley, H. Moberly Jr, R. Meeks, K. Stein, J. Wayne
AN ACT relating to surface mining.
Amend KRS 350.450 to change requirements relating to restoration to original contour of surface mines, and to require that when all requirements of the amended KRS 350.450 are met that the configuration requirements of KRS 350.410 and 350.445 may be altered, but that overburden must be returned to mine area to the maximum extent possible and that other overburden is to be disposed of in permitted areas or previously mined areas, and that no overburden is to be disposed of in the waters of the Commonwealth; amend KRS 350.440 to provide that no spoil be disposed of in the waters of the Commonwealth, and that any spoil not returned to mine area be disposed of only in previously disturbed areas on lands eligible for reclamation under the abandoned mine land program.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
HB 510 (BR 1564) - C. Belcher
AN ACT relating to the property valuation administrator exam.
Amend KRS 132.380 to require one central PVA exam to be administered annually, to establish registration and advertising requirements, and to amend the requirements for a second exam.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Local Government (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
HB 511 (BR 1337) - M. Denham
AN ACT relating to the Healthy Kentucky Program.
Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to create the Healthy Kentucky program to make standardized insurance contracts available to qualifying small employers and qualifying individuals, to encourage small employers to offer health insurance coverage to their employees, and to make coverage available to uninsured employees whose employers do not provide group health insurance; require health insurers who offer health benefit plans in the small group or individual market to participate in the program; specify covered services and deductibles and copayments; exempt the program insurance contracts from state mandated health benefits; require that applications be accepted at all times throughout the year; exempt the contracts from pre-existing condition limitations; require a qualifying small employer to pay at least 50% of the premium for employees covered under a qualifying group health insurance contract and offer coverage to all employees receiving annual wages of $30,000 or less, establish criteria for premium rate calculations; require a participating insurer to submit reports to the commissioner as reasonably required to evaluate the operations and results of the program; require the commissioner of insurance to establish two funds to reimburse participating insurers, known as the small employer stop-loss fund and the qualifying individual stop-loss fund; provide that participating insurers are eligible to be reimbursed for 50% of claims paid between $30,000 and $100,000 in a calendar year for any member; provide that once claims paid on behalf of a covered member reach or exceed $100,000 in a calendar year, no further claims shall be paid on behalf of such member; require reimbursement requests to be submitted no later than April 1 following the end of the calendar year for which the request is made; require the commissioner to provide for a pro rata distribution, if the total amount of reimbursement requests exceed available funds; require excess funds be carried forward; direct the commissioner to determine the total eligible enrollment under qualifying group health insurance contracts and qualifying individual health insurance contracts; authorize the commissioner to suspend enrollment; authorize the commissioner to obtain the services of an organization to administer the stop-loss funds; authorize the commissioner to purchase stop-loss insurance and reinsurance.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Banking and Insurance (H)
HB 512 (BR 1281) - F. Rasche
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky data research initiative.
Create the Kentucky data research initiative, a partnership between elementary and secondary schools and postsecondary research institutions to better utilize computer systems throughout the state.
HB 512 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to describe the findings of the General Assembly regarding the establishment of a statewide computing grid using K-12 technology for use by public postsecondary institutions; create a new section of KRS 164 to create the Kentucky Data Research Initiative Corporation and establish its purpose; specify the membership of the corporation's board of directors; require the board to adopt bylaws, keep minutes, and meet at least quarterly; attach the corporation to the Council on Postsecondary Education for administrative purposes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to set forth the powers and duties of the corporation to including, but not limited to, entering into contracts, developing a statewide computer grid and facilitating its use by public postsecondary institutions, requiring educational outreach to K-12 students, receiving public and private funds, and requiring participants to report regularly to the corporation.
HCA (1/Title, F. Rasche) - Make title amendment.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Education (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules
HB 513 (BR 31) - C. Hoffman
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle insurance.
Amend KRS 187.590 to require surrender of a motor vehicle license plate for failure to maintain motor vehicle insurance; amend KRS 187.990 to authorize payment of $100 from the fine for failure to maintain motor vehicle insurance to the employing agency of a peace officer who secures possession of a motor vehicle license plate pursuant to KRS 187.590; amend KRS 304.99-060 to conform.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Transportation (H)
HB 514/CI (BR 476) - A. Wuchner, J. Reinhardt
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Amend KRS 507.040, relating to manslaughter in the second degree, to increase the penalty by one level if the death was caused by the operation of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Judiciary (H)
HB 515 (BR 1646) - A. Wuchner, P. Clark, S. Brinkman, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, R. Crimm, J. Fischer, T. Kerr, G. Lynn, L. Napier, J. Reinhardt, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, S. Westrom
AN ACT relating to property affected by actions of state and local agencies.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Attorney General to develop guidelines to enable state and local governments to evaluate whether proposed regulatory or administrative actions would result in a loss of private property value.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Judiciary (H)
HB 516 (BR 1452) - J. Richards
AN ACT relating to incremental financing for economic development.
Amend KRS 65.6972 to provide that professional sports facilities projects in cities of the first or second class shall not be subject to independent consultant review and shall be allowed up to 100% of project costs.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Economic Development (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
HB 517/CI (BR 1497) - J. Higdon
AN ACT relating to operator's licenses.
Amend KRS 186.412, relating to the issuance of a driver's license, to permit a person to be issued an instruction permit or driver's license without a photograph based upon religious convictions; require as a condition of being issued a license without a photograph for the applicant to undergo a criminal history background check, submit an affidavit attesting to the person's religious objection to having a photograph taken, and submit to having a fingerprint placed upon the person's application and kept on file by the Transportation Cabinet; require the results of the background check to be sent to the Transportation Cabinet within 72 hours and require the cabinet to notify both the applicant and the circuit clerk as to the person's eligibility to be issued a license; require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations specifying conditions that will cause an applicant to be either eligible or ineligible to be issued a license based upon the background check; permit the State Police to charge a fee for conducting the background checks; limit the issuance of a license without a photograph to a Class D license and prohibit the issuance of a commercial driver's license without a photo; amend KRS 186.450, relating to the issuance of an instruction permit to conform; amend KRS 186.990 to establish a penalty of a Class D felony for any person who presents false or misleading information pertaining to their religious convictions to fraudulently obtain a license without a photograph, and upon conviction, permanently prohibit the person from being eligible to be issued an instruction permit or operator's license.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Transportation (H)
HB 518/LM (BR 1575) - J. Barrows
AN ACT relating to special license plates.
Create as special license plate with a voluntary contribution to benefit Kentucky Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Executive Directors; set forth requirements before license is issued.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 17-to Transportation (H)
House Resolutions
Includes opposite chamber sponsors where requested by primary sponsors of substantially similar bills in both chambers and jointly approved by the Committee on Committees of both chambers. Opposite chamber sponsors are represented in italics.
Introduced Jan. 4, 2005
HR 1 (BR 256) - J. Richards
Invite pastors of the various churches of Frankfort to open daily session of the 2005 Regular Session with prayer.
Jan 4-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 2 (BR 822) - R. Adkins
Adopt 2004 Regular Session rules as temporary House Rules until superseded by permanent House Rules.
Jan 4-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 3 - See Introductions on January 6, 2005.
HCR 4 (BR 17) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of Rodney Dick to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2005.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 94-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 89)
HCR 5 (BR 18) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of H.H. Barlow to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2007.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 96-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 87)
HCR 6 (BR 66) - R. Crimm
Create a Sex Offender Management Task Force composed of eight Senate members and eight House members to examine Kentucky's system of sex offender management, including community notification systems, probation and parole supervision, and available treatment programs; direct specific study of the advisability of chemical or hormonal treatment programs and the option of civil commitment for sexually violent predators, with a mandated report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by October 1, 2005.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Judiciary (H)
HCR 7 (BR 19) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of Donna M. Amburgey to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2007.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 94-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 88)
HCR 8 (BR 179) - R. Adkins
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Lonnie R. Anderson to the Education Professional Standards Board.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-3rd reading, adopted 90-0
Feb 7-received in Senate
Feb 8-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
Feb 15-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Feb 25-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 1)
HCR 9 (BR 180) - R. Adkins
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Stephen H. T. Lin to the Education Professional Standards Board.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-3rd reading, adopted 91-0
Feb 7-received in Senate
Feb 8-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
Feb 15-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Feb 25-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 2)
HCR 10 (BR 181) - R. Adkins
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Joseph Kent Juett to the Education Professional Standards Board.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 7-3rd reading, adopted 97-0
Feb 8-received in Senate
Feb 11-to Education (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 35-0; received in House
Feb 24-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 14)
HCR 11 (BR 236) - R. Damron, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, J. Reinhardt, T. Thompson, A. Wuchner
Designate September as Character Education Month in Kentucky.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, adopted 93-0
Feb 10-received in Senate
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HCR 12 (BR 274) - J. Gray, C. Embry Jr
Urge the Congress of the United States to pass an amendment to the Constitution of the United States defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
HCR 12 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, M. Marzian) - Retain original provisions and define marriage as the union of one man and one woman at a time.
HFA (2, M. Marzian) - Retain original provisions and define marriage as the union of one man and one woman only once during his and her life.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 23-floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HCR 13 (BR 275) - J. Gray, J. Bruce, J. Carr, H. Collins, C. Embry Jr
Urge the United States Congress to enact legislation requiring tighter regulations on indecent television and radio broadcasts and direct the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to each member of the Kentucky Congressional delegation and the Clerk of the United States Congress.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
HCR 14 (BR 276) - J. Gray, C. Embry Jr
Urge the Federal Communications Commission to impose tighter regulations on indecent television and radio broadcasts and direct the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to the five Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
HCR 15 (BR 277) - J. Gray
Urge the Congress of the United States to pass an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit abortion under any circumstance.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
HJR 16 (BR 270) - B. Montell
Designate Shelby County as the American Saddlebred Horse Capital of the World.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, adopted 88-1
Feb 14-received in Senate
Feb 17-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005; 3rd reading, adopted 33-0; received in House
Feb 25-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 13)
HCR 17 (BR 331) - S. Lee, C. Embry Jr
Urge the Congress of the United States to pass S.3026 or H.R. 5422 to protect the Boy Scouts of America's and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America's right to hold events on federal property.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
HR 18 (BR 171) - R. Adkins
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of F. Lynn Luallen.
(Prefiled by the sponsor(s).)
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to House Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
HCR 19 (BR 421) - S. Lee, C. Embry Jr
Direct a legislative staff study of the costs associated with educating elementary and secondary children of undocumented immigrants within Kentucky's public schools to be completed by November 1, 2005.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
HR 20 (BR 816) - A. Arnold, J. Richards
Honor Ms. Louise Summers, director of the Montgomery County Community Education program, on being elected 2005 president of the National Community Education Association.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-adopted by voice vote
HJR 21 (BR 169) - S. Nunn, M. Marzian
Direct the Cabinet for Health Services to establish a short term work group to develop legislative and policy recommendations on the creation of a statewide organ and tissue donor registry.
HJR 21 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions except change the appointment of the president of the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks Association to the president of the Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks Trust For Life.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 9-3rd reading, adopted 97-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 10-received in Senate
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (S)
HR 22 (BR 324) - J. Barrows, S. Baugh
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of George Street Boone.
Jan 4-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 23 (BR 435) - R. Nelson, T. Couch, C. Embry Jr, J. Gooch Jr, W. Hall
Urge the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postmaster General to issue a U.S. Postal Service stamp commemorating American coal miners.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 10-3rd reading, adopted 92-0
HCR 24 (BR 459) - B. Farmer
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study state imposed user fees.
HCR 24 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions; amend to require study of administrative user fees only.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, adopted 93-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
HR 25 (BR 490) - C. Hoffman
Honor Billie Travis, the 2005 Kentucky Teacher of the Year.
Jan 4-introduced in House
Jan 6-to House Floor
Mar 3-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Jan. 5, 2005
HR 26 (BR 417) - K. Bratcher
Urging the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government to consider the re-labeling of Metro Council district seats.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Local Government (H)
HJR 27 (BR 480) - R. Nelson, B. Smith, T. Couch
Name a segment of KY 72 in Harlan County in memory of the victims of the 1932 Yancey Mine Disaster.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Transportation (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 95-0
Feb 9-received in Senate
Feb 14-to Transportation (S)
HJR 28 (BR 89) - H. Collins
Jan 6-WITHDRAWN
HR 29 (BR 854) - J. Vincent
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Mattie Virginia Arvin Hart.
Jan 5-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 30 (BR 838) - T. Burch, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Sam B. Thomas.
Jan 5-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HCR 31 (BR 38) - R. Adkins
Jan 7-WITHDRAWN
HR 32 (BR 840) - R. Adkins
Express sympathy to the victims of the December 26, 2004, tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to House Floor
Mar 3-adopted by voice vote
HCR 33 (BR 98) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of Rita Gwenn Presley to the Education Professional Standards Board.
HCR 33 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Make technical corrections.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-3rd reading, adopted 93-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 7-received in Senate
Feb 8-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
Feb 15-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Feb 25-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 3)
HCR 34 (BR 36) - R. Adkins
Jan 7-WITHDRAWN
HR 35 (BR 843) - J. Arnold Jr, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Urge affected tobacco companies to pay their 2004 Phase II obligation to Kentucky tobacco quota holders and growers.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to House Floor
Jan 7-adopted 92-0
HR 36 (BR 842) - L. Napier, Dw. Butler, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Urge Congress to reexamine the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004, and clarify that the intent of the Act was for the tobacco companies to make the 2004 Phase II payment to tobacco growers and quota owners.
Jan 5-introduced in House
Jan 6-to House Floor
Jan 7-adopted 89-0
Introduced Jan. 6, 2005
HR 3 (BR 255) - J. Richards
Direct appointment of a committee to wait upon the Governor.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to House Floor
Feb 1-adopted by voice vote
HJR 37 (BR 88) - H. Collins
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name bridge number B00013 in Martin County on KY 292 over Wolf Creek the "John C. Cline Memorial Bridge" and to erect appropriate signs.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 7-3rd reading, adopted 95-0
Feb 8-received in Senate
Feb 11-to Transportation (S)
HJR 38 (BR 367) - C. Meade
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name the Town Branch Bridge on KY 3384 the "Woodrow Wilson Burchett Memorial Bridge" and erect appropriate signs.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Transportation (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
Feb 8-3rd reading, adopted 94-0
Feb 9-received in Senate
Feb 14-to Transportation (S)
HCR 39 (BR 68) - R. Adkins
Feb 9-WITHDRAWN
HCR 40 (BR 37) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of Kimberly S. McCann to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2010.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-3rd reading, adopted 90-0
Feb 7-received in Senate
Feb 8-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
Feb 15-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Feb 25-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 4)
HCR 41 (BR 97) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of Dr. Charles Samuel Evans to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-3rd reading, adopted 87-0
Feb 7-received in Senate
Feb 8-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
Feb 15-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Feb 25-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 5)
HCR 42 (BR 100) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of James Randolph Mahan to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2008.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 92-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 74)
HCR 43 (BR 99) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of Dennis Bruce Griffin to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2008.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 94-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 76)
HCR 44 (BR 101) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of John Cleaver to the Agricultural Development Board for a term expiring July 6, 2008.
HCR 44 - AMENDMENTS
HCA (1/Title, T. McKee) - Make title amendment.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 94-0 with committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day Number 2 for Friday, March 4, 2005
Mar 4-3rd reading, adopted 37-0
Mar 8-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 75)
HCR 45 (BR 35) - R. Adkins
Confirm the appointment of Frank Joseph Schwendeman to the Governor's Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee for a term expiring April 14, 2010.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Education (H)
Feb 1-posting waived
Feb 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for February 4, 2005
Feb 4-3rd reading, adopted 84-0
Feb 7-received in Senate
Feb 8-to Education (S)
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 14, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 36-0
Feb 15-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Feb 25-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 6)
HR 46 (BR 309) - R. Meeks, J. Gray, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, T. McKee, C. Meade, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Honor Sergeant Joseph H. Milam for his service to the General Assembly and to the Commonwealth.
Jan 6-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HCR 47 (BR 848) - M. Denham, T. McKee, R. Adams
Urge the U.S. Congress to review and amend the tobacco buyout legislation to make it clear that participating tobacco companies must make their 2004 Phase II payment.
HCR 47 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions except to insert language urging tobacco companies to pay their 2004 Phase II obligation; direct that a copy of the resolution shall be forwarded to affected tobacco companies.
HCA (1/Title, T. McKee) - Make title amendment.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 1-posted in committee
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
HR 48 (BR 831) - R. Meeks, D. Owens, J. Crenshaw, T. Edmonds, D. Graham, J. Jenkins, S. Nunn, R. Palumbo, T. Pullin, M. Rader, T. Shelton, A. Simpson, K. Stein, R. Webb, S. Westrom
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Shirley Chisholm.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 49 (BR 339) - B. DeWeese
Urge the United States Congress to submit an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to the voters that would prohibit the raising of taxes by a decision of a United States court.
Jan 6-introduced in House
Jan 7-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 7-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Introduced Jan. 7, 2005
HJR 50 (BR 887) - H. Collins
Name bridge number B00069 located on US 23 in Johnson County at the junction of the Licking Fork, CSX Railroad and KY 825 as the "World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge."
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Transportation (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2005
HR 51 (BR 883) - G. Lindsay, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Recognize the Kentucky Association of Circuit Court Clerks for its 100 years of service to the Commonwealth.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to House Floor
Feb 15-adopted by voice vote
HR 52 (BR 891) - D. Graham, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of MaLinda Shannon.
Jan 7-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HJR 53 (BR 815) - T. Pullin
Direct the Kentucky Department of Education and Kentucky Board of Education to study the feasibility of adjusting the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System to compare the achievement of cohorts of students over time for use in the school accountability structure.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Education (H)
HCR 54 (BR 278) - J. Gray
Urge the Congress of the United States to pass a constitutional amendment to provide for protecting an individual citizen's right to own and carry firearm.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HCR 55 (BR 486) - J. Gray, J. Higdon, R. Mobley
Create a legislative task force to examine the effect of school calendars on Kentucky's tourism industry; report its findings to the Legislative Research Commission no later than December 15, 2005.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Education (H)
Feb 9-reassigned to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 91-0
Feb 24-received in Senate
Feb 25-to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 7, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 70)
HCR 56 (BR 297) - S. Riggs, S. Brinkman, P. Clark, R. Damron, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, M. Harper, M. Henley, D. Horlander, D. Keene, S. Lee, P. Marcotte, R. Meeks, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, A. Simpson, T. Thompson, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner
Create a metropolitan issues task force; designate the 18 legislative members of the task force; designate the co-chairs of the task force and require the first meeting to be held by July, 2005; outline the topics and issues for the task force; require an annual report to LRC by December 1, 2005; permit the task force to offer legislative proposals to the General Assembly and to make policy recommendations to state and federal agencies; permit the LRC to make an alternative assignment or completion date for the study of the issue.
HCR 56 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, M. Denham) - Change name of task force to Metropolitan/Micropolitan Issues Task Force.
HFA (2/Title, M. Denham) - Make title amendment.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Local Government (H)
Feb 2-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 93-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 18-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
HCR 57 (BR 122) - P. Clark, R. Adams, Dw. Butler, C. Embry Jr
Create a ten-legislative-member Eminent Domain Task Force to study the use of eminent domain by state and local government and by private entities and to assess the advisability of safeguards used by other jurisdictions to protect private property owners and the environment in eminent domain situations; require submission of report by October 1, 2005.
HCR 57 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to have the study conducted by the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 7-introduced in House
Feb 1-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, adopted 94-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 2-received in Senate
Mar 3-to Judiciary (S)
HCR 58 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HCR 59 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HCR 60 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HCR 61 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HCR 62 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HR 63 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
Introduced Feb. 1, 2005
HR 64 (BR 1003) - R. Rand, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Memorialize Louis T. Peniston and adjourn the House of Representatives in his honor.
Feb 1-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HJR 65 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HJR 66 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HR 67 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HR 68 (BR 1152) - S. Brinkman, B. DeWeese, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, J. Jenkins, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Memorialize James L. Meagher.
Feb 1-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 69 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HR 70 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HR 71 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HR 72 (BR 941) - T. Thompson
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Doug Borders upon his retirement.
Feb 1-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 73 - See Introductions on February 2, 2005.
HR 74 (BR 1158) - T. Pullin
Urge Kentucky's congressional delegation to support continued funding of the FIVCO Area Drug Enforcement Task Force at current or higher levels.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to House Floor
Feb 11-adopted by voice vote
HR 75 (BR 994) - J. Gray, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, L. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, D. Floyd, D. Ford, D. Graham, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, R. Mobley, B. Montell, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of the Marshall County High School "Marching Marshalls" Band for its participation in the 2005 Presidential Inauguration Parade in Washington, D. C.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to House Floor
Feb 10-adopted by voice vote
HJR 76 (BR 932) - J. Gray
Name US 62 in Lyon County and Marshall County as the Veterans Memorial Highway.
Feb 1-introduced in House
Feb 2-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-recommitted to Transportation (H)
Introduced Feb. 2, 2005
HCR 58 (BR 950) - R. Adkins
Urge the United States Congress to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
HCR 58 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, T. Feeley) - Create the task force on National Guard and Reserve Medical Care; establish areas of study; establish membership of task force; set reporting for final report; allow Legislative Research Commission to alternatively assign issues of task force to an interim joint committee or subcommittee.
HFA (2/Title, T. Feeley) - Make title amendment.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Feb 28-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
HCR 59 (BR 918) - R. Adkins
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Phyllis Alany Maclin to the Council on Postsecondary Education.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H); posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 92-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 16-to Education (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 35-0; received in House
Feb 24-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 16)
HCR 60 (BR 921) - R. Adkins
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Alois McIntyre Moore to the Council on Postsecondary Education.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H); posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 93-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 16-to Education (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 35-0; received in House
Feb 24-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 15)
HCR 61 (BR 919) - R. Adkins
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Kevin Wayne Canafax to the Council on Postsecondary Education.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H); posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 96-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 16-to Education (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 35-0; received in House
Feb 24-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 17)
HCR 62 (BR 920) - R. Adkins
Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Danny E. Flanagan to the Council on Postsecondary Education.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H); posted in committee
Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2005
Feb 14-3rd reading, adopted 91-0
Feb 15-received in Senate
Feb 16-to Education (S)
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 35-0; received in House
Feb 24-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 2-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 18)
HR 63 (BR 1121) - R. Nelson, T. Pullin, T. Thompson
Urge the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and inform veterans of available services.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 4-posted in committee
Feb 8-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 9-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2005
Feb 11-3rd reading, adopted 91-0
HJR 65 (BR 1007) - R. Nelson
Direct the Department of Agriculture to reauthorize the Forest Health Task Force for a period of two years; reinstate the 2004 task force membership and designate the State Entomologist as chair; require state agencies to furnish information to the State Entomologist in identifying threats to Kentucky forests and prescribing ways to address those threats; require the State Entomologist to report annually to the General Assembly regarding Kentucky's forest health.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Natural Resources and Environment (H)
Feb 17-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, adopted 88-0; received in Senate
Feb 28-to Agriculture and Natural Resources (S)
HJR 66 (BR 1058) - C. Meade
Feb 3-WITHDRAWN
HR 67 (BR 985) - M. Denham, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Mary Patricia Breslin.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Mar 8-adopted by voice vote
HR 69 (BR 1095) - W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, L. Napier
Urge the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to undertake measures allowing tobacco growers to sell excess 2004 crop.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
HR 70 (BR 1030) - P. Marcotte, A. Wuchner
Recognize the third Saturday in May as Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day.
Feb 2-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 71 (BR 845) - C. Meade, W. Hall, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Kentucky State Trooper Rick Conn for his bravery and wish him a speedy recovery.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 24-adopted by voice vote
HR 73 (BR 1134) - T. McKee, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, H. Collins, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Honor Kentucky's farmers for providing us with the most affordable food in the world and recognize February 7, 2005, as Food Checkout Day.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
HCR 77 (BR 279) - R. Meeks, L. Clark, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, T. Burch, P. Clark, R. Crimm, D. Graham, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, C. Miller, D. Owens, S. Riggs, J. Wayne
Create a Task Force on Urban Violence; establish areas for study; mandate development of strategies; establish membership of task force; establish reporting date of task force.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Local Government (H)
Feb 10-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
HR 78 (BR 809) - S. Westrom, R. Meeks, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, De. Butler, L. Clark, R. Crimm, B. DeWeese, D. Owens, S. Riggs
Honor Steven Louis Block for the generous gift of his private collection of lithographs of James McNeill Whistler to the Louisville Speed Art Museum and the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Mar 3-adopted by voice vote
HR 79 (BR 409) - P. Clark, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Staff Sergeant George S. Rentschler.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
HR 80 (BR 463) - R. Palumbo, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Corporal Nicholas J. Dieruf.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
HR 81 (BR 465) - R. Wilkey, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Lieutenant Robert L. Henderson II.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
HR 82 (BR 467) - J. Arnold Jr, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Sergeant James W. Harlan.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
HR 83 (BR 471) - B. Farmer, S. Westrom, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Lance Corporal Sean M. Langley.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
HR 84 (BR 473) - M. Cherry, S. Rudy, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Sergeant Christopher T. Heflin.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
HR 85 (BR 469) - M. Weaver, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Lance Corporal DeShon E. Otey.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 7-adopted by voice vote
HCR 86 (BR 929) - R. Webb, T. Turner, R. Adams, R. Adkins, C. Belcher, M. Cherry, L. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, B. Farmer, J. Gray, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, B. Montell, S. Nunn, R. Palumbo, T. Pullin, M. Rader, S. Rudy, A. Smith, J. Stacy, A. Wuchner
Establish a Kentucky Sportsmen's Caucus in the Kentucky General Assembly.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to State Government (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 22-3rd reading, adopted 98-0
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to State and Local Government (S)
Feb 25-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, adopted 37-0; received in House
Mar 3-enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 44)
HR 87 (BR 1028) - T. Pullin
Encourage the Kentucky Congressional Conference Delegation and the Kentucky Workgroup on Civic Literacy and Engagement to implement a plan of action to improve the civic literacy and increase the civic engagement of Kentuckians.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, adopted 95-0
HJR 88 (BR 1109) - D. Graham, J. Barrows
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate US 60 in Franklin County from the Woodford County line to the intersection with US 460 the "Officer Jason Cammack Memorial Highway" in honor of the first KVE officer killed in the line of duty.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-recommitted to Transportation (H)
HCR 89 (BR 1172) - R. Nelson, S. Brinkman
Direct the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary to study the feasibility and advisability of adopting the updated Model Business Corporation Act.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
HJR 90 (BR 934) - A. Arnold, M. Denham, C. Belcher
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate KY 11 in Powell, Montgomery, Bath, Mason, and Fleming counties as "The Veterans Memorial Highway," and erect appropriate signs.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Transportation (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 17-recommitted to Transportation (H)
HCR 91 (BR 981) - A. Wuchner, J. Draud, K. Bratcher, J. DeCesare, B. DeWeese, T. Feeley, P. Marcotte, B. Montell, J. Reinhardt
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) program and consider policy options for modifying the program in order to assist districts with unpredictable and unanticipated student enrollment growth.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Education (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HJR 92 (BR 1088) - J. Hoover
Provide that any mandates, directives, or initiatives in the 2004-2006 State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum have the force and effect of law.
HJR 92 - AMENDMENTS
SCS - Attach provisions of the 2004-2006 State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 11-posting waived
Feb 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
Feb 17-reported favorably, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 18-3rd reading, adopted 100-0
Feb 22-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Feb 28-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 8-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 3rd reading, adopted 35-0 with Committee Substitute; received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute; House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute; adopted 90-0; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 18-filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
Mar 21-became law without Governor's signature (Acts ch. 170)
HR 93 (BR 1031) - K. Upchurch
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Kenny Hall.
Feb 2-introduced in House
Feb 3-to House Floor
Feb 15-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 3, 2005
HJR 94 (BR 1352) - C. Meade
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the "Frank DeRossett Bridge" in Floyd County, and erect appropriate signs.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Transportation (H)
HJR 95 (BR 1019) - R. Nelson
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name US Route 119 in Bell, Harlan, and Letcher Counties as the "Coal Miner's Highway" and erect appropriate signs.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Transportation (H)
HR 96 (BR 1170) - T. Edmonds
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory of Jerry Fonce Howell.
Feb 3-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 97 (BR 986) - R. Meeks, D. Owens
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Eric D. Coatley Sr.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HJR 98 (BR 935) - C. Meade
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name the bridge in Allen, Floyd County, Kentucky on KY 1428 the "R. D. "Doc" Marshall Bridge."
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Transportation (H)
HJR 99 (BR 1131) - M. Cherry, R. Nelson
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to include the Cumberland Gap and Trail of Tears automobile tours on the official Kentucky road map.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HCR 100 (BR 964) - T. Pullin
Encourage the Economic Development Cabinet to develop strategies to bring jobs into Kentucky that have previously been moved out of the country.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Economic Development (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Mar 2-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
HR 101 (BR 1204) - R. Adams
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of the Williamstown High School Band of Spirit upon winning the 2004 Class A Marching Band Championship.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 102 (BR 910) - D. Pasley, J. Comer Jr, R. Adams, A. Arnold, J. Barrows, C. Belcher, R. Damron, M. Denham, T. McKee, H. Moberly Jr, L. Napier, R. Rand, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, R. Wilkey
Urge the United States Department of Agriculture to delay its plan to allow Canadian beef to be imported into the United States beginning March, 2005.
Feb 3-introduced in House
Feb 4-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 8-posted in committee
Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 11-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 14-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Feb 23-3rd reading, adopted 94-0
Introduced Feb. 4, 2005
HR 103 (BR 1364) - T. Burch, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, C. Belcher, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, Dw. Butler, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, B. Farmer, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, D. Graham, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lynn, T. McKee, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, B. Montell, L. Napier, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Richards, S. Riggs, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, B. Smith, J. Stewart III, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, R. Wilkey, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of former Representative Louie Mack, and pray for his speedy recovery.
Feb 4-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 104 (BR 829) - J. Richards, R. Adkins, J. Barrows, L. Clark, R. Damron
Adopt Rules of Procedure to govern the 2005 Regular Session of the House of Representatives
Feb 4-introduced in House; adopted 62-19
HCR 105 (BR 945) - T. Pullin
Direct the 2005 Interim Special Subcommittee on Energy to invite the Council of State Governments to present materials on the potential impact of WTO decisions on Kentucky.
HCR 105 - AMENDMENTS
HFA (1, A. Smith) - Direct the 2005 Interim Special Subcommittee on Energy to conduct a study on the impact of the coal industry in the local, state, and global economies; require that the study shall be completed before December 15, 2005, and a written report submitted to the Legislative Research Commission.
HFA (2/Title, A. Smith) - Make title amendment.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; floor amendment (2-title) filed
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
HJR 106 (BR 1196) - H. Cornett
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the bridge on US 119 over US 23 in Letcher County as the Cpl. Joshua D. Harris Memorial Bridge, and erect appropriate signs.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Transportation (H)
HR 107 (BR 1243) - J. Jenkins
Recognize March as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Feb 4-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 2-3rd reading, adopted 96-0
Introduced Feb. 7, 2005
HR 108 (BR 1276) - T. Couch
Honor Officer Landry Collett of the Department of Vehicle Enforcement.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to House Floor
Feb 22-adopted by voice vote
HJR 109 (BR 1244) - T. Pullin
Designate October as Civic Literacy and Engagement Month in Kentucky.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Education (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, adopted 92-0; received in Senate
Feb 28-to Education (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Mar 4-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 7, 2005
Mar 8-3rd reading, adopted 37-0; received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 16-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 90)
HR 110 (BR 1289) - J. Richards
Declare February 9, 2005 to be Disabilities Awareness Day.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to House Floor
Feb 16-adopted by voice vote
HJR 111 (BR 1335) - J. Jenkins
Declare March 6 of each year as Lymphedema D-Day.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2005
Mar 3-3rd reading, adopted 96-0
Mar 4-received in Senate
HJR 112 (BR 1302) - M. Denham
Mandate the Transportation Cabinet to work with the Commerce Cabinet and the agritourism industry to develop a highway signage program for temporary events that will comply with federal law; require the cabinet to develop a signing program that uses low cost materials and can be easily covered and removed; require the cabinet to find methods for erecting temporary signs that meet the needs of the tourism industry while complying with state and federal laws; require the cabinet to report its findings to the LRC not later than September 1, 2005.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Transportation (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HCR 113 (BR 1519) - R. Webb
Direct the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary to study the feasibility and advisability of adopting the updated Model Business Corporation Act.
HCR 113 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Amend to include in the scope of the study partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies.
HCA (1/Title, G. Lindsay) - Make title amendment.
Feb 7-introduced in House
Feb 8-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 9-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Feb 25-3rd reading, adopted 92-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title); received in Senate
Feb 28-to Judiciary (S)
Introduced Feb. 8, 2005
HR 114 (BR 1533) - M. Denham, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, T. Burch, Dw. Butler, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, C. Embry Jr, T. Feeley, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, M. Harmon, M. Harper, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, M. Marzian, T. McKee, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Turner, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Bobby James "Bubba" Warner.
Feb 8-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HJR 115 (BR 1432) - J. Comer Jr, S. Nunn
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name the bridge numbered B00016 on US 68 in Metcalfe County over the Clay Lick Creek as the "Thomas D. Emberton Bridge"; erect appropriate signs.
Feb 8-introduced in House
Feb 9-to Transportation (H)
Introduced Feb. 9, 2005
HR 116 (BR 1710) - R. Adkins
Declare February as American Heart Month and February 15, 2005, as Go Red for Women Day in Kentucky.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to House Floor
Mar 3-adopted by voice vote
HR 117 (BR 1696) - T. Edmonds
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Guy Hatfield III.
Feb 9-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 118 (BR 1737) - L. Clark
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of the 95th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
Feb 9-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 119 (BR 1227) - J. Carr, M. Weaver
Urge the United States Congress to provide a benefit of $100,000 to 100 percent disabled veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
HR 119 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions; add veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom who are totally disabled based on individual unemployability to those veterans who should be eligible for a benefit of $100,000.
HCA (1/Title, M. Weaver) - Make title amendment.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 15-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 16-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 17, 2005
Feb 17-3rd reading, adopted 97-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
HJR 120 (BR 1650) - Ji. Lee
Feb 24-WITHDRAWN
HCR 121 (BR 1607) - R. Adkins
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a study regarding the advisability of licensing physician assistants; report study results to the appropriate committees by December 15, 2005.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Feb 24-3rd reading, adopted 90-0
Feb 25-received in Senate
Feb 28-to Health and Welfare (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Health and Welfare (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Health and Welfare (S); reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue (S)
Mar 3-reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2005; 3rd reading, adopted 35-0
Mar 4-received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
Mar 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 57)
HJR 122 (BR 1303) - B. Yonts
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate US 25 E from Corbin to the Cumberland Gap Tunnel as the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail, and erect appropriate signs.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Transportation (H)
HCR 123 (BR 1570) - T. Riner, L. Clark
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to appoint a task force to study pupil transportation funding in local school districts; require the task force to give a final report of the results of the study to the appropriate committees by December 15, 2005.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to Education (H)
Feb 14-posted in committee
Feb 16-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 17-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, adopted 98-0; received in Senate
Mar 2-to State and Local Government (S)
HR 124 (BR 1501) - R. Meeks, D. Owens
Recognize ConnectKentucky for its innovative and progressive approach to accelerate technology initiatives throughout Kentucky.
Feb 9-introduced in House
Feb 10-to House Floor
Mar 3-adopted by voice vote
HR 125 (BR 993) - R. Meeks, D. Owens, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, D. Floyd, D. Ford, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Honor the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Feb 9-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 10, 2005
HR 126 (BR 1506) - M. Weaver
Commend the Highway Watch® Program, the Kentucky Motor Transport Association, the American Trucking Associations, and the Transportation Security Administration for their efforts to make our nation and its highways safer.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to House Floor
Feb 22-adopted by voice vote
HR 127 (BR 1129) - R. Meeks, D. Owens, J. Crenshaw, D. Graham, M. Marzian, S. Nunn, T. Shelton, A. Simpson
Honor and recognize Kentuckians who served our country as members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to House Floor
Mar 4-adopted by voice vote
HR 128 (BR 1668) - H. Collins
Honor the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to House Floor
Feb 14-adopted by voice vote
HCR 129 (BR 1529) - A. Simpson, T. Shelton, D. Keene, D. Pasley
Direct the creation of a jail funding task force; designate the 16 members of the task force; outline the topics and issues for the task force; require a final report to LRC by December 1, 2005; permit the LRC to make an alternative assignment or completion date for the study of the issue.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to Judiciary (H)
HR 130 (BR 362) - J. Crenshaw, R. Meeks
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Cecil R. Madison Sr. upon being the recipient of the 2004 Lyman T. Johnson Award.
Feb 10-introduced in House
Feb 11-to House Floor
Mar 21-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 11, 2005
HJR 131 (BR 847) - M. Denham
Direct the Governor to create a State Rural Development Council.
Feb 11-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Agriculture and Small Business (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HR 132 (BR 1284) - R. Palumbo, K. Stein
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of James Kermit Blackburn.
Feb 11-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 14, 2005
HCR 133 (BR 1579) - T. Feeley
Create the task force on National Guard and Reserve Medical Care; establish areas of study; establish membership of task force; set reporting for final report; allow Legislative Research Commission to alternatively assign issues of task force to an interim joint committee or subcommittee.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Seniors, Military Affairs, and Public Safety (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 25-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HCR 134 (BR 1726) - B. DeWeese
Recognize the Kentucky Institute of Medicine as a respected consortium capable of addressing the health care issues of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
Mar 1-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 2-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 3-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
HJR 135 (BR 1428) - H. Collins, M. Denham
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to name various state highways and bridges and erect appropriate signs.
HJR 135 - AMENDMENTS
HCS - Retain original provisions and name a section of US 431 in Muhlenberg County to honor the thumb-picking style of guitar playing.
HCA (1/Title, H. Collins) - Make title amendment.
HFA (1, R. Nelson) - Delete U.S. Route 119 in Letcher County from the designation of the "Coal Miners Highway."
SCS - Retain the provisions to name various roads and bridges after victims of the 1932 Yancey Mine Disaster, John C. Cline, World War II Veterans, Jason Cammack, Thomas D. Emberton, Colonel Andrew Jackson May, John G. Fee, Ronald Wilson Reagan, and Colonel William E. Barber.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Transportation (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee; posting waived retroactively
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 22, 2005; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 22-3rd reading, adopted 97-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (1)
Feb 23-received in Senate
Feb 24-to Transportation (S)
Mar 1-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 1st reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 2-taken from committee; laid on clerk's desk; taken from clerk's desk; 2nd reading; returned to Transportation (S)
Mar 21-reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2005; 3rd reading, adopted 32-2-1 with Committee Substitute; received in House
HR 136 (BR 1770) - R. Damron
Urge the Kentucky National Guard to name its Lexington armory after Major General John Russell Groves, Jr.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-adopted by voice vote
HJR 137 (BR 1189) - D. Owens, R. Meeks, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, R. Webb
Create the Kentucky Health and Economic Welfare Task Force to study the challenges faced by low-income Kentucky families in meeting their health and economic welfare needs and the effects of deferred deposit borrowing.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, adopted 97-0; received in Senate
Mar 2-to State and Local Government (S)
HCR 138 (BR 834) - S. Lee
Direct the Task Force on Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs to study the feasibility and advisability of adopting a nonpartisan judicial selection process.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
HCR 139 (BR 1509) - R. Webb, R. Adkins
Establish the Task Force on Privatization to study, analyze, and assess the utilization of privatization in Kentucky state government; require a report of its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2005, to the Governor and to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to and review by the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; establish membership of legislators, executive branch officials, and business persons; provide for appointment of legislative co-chairs; establish duties; authorize the Legislative Research Commission to alternatively assign the issue to an interim joint committee or its subcommittee and designate a study completion date.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to State Government (H)
Feb 18-posted in committee
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2005
HCR 140 (BR 1672) - A. Wuchner, W. Hall
Petition the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education to give priority to adult stem cell research in deciding how to expend "Bucks for Brains" funds.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 18-to Education (H)
HR 141 (BR 990) - R. Meeks
A resolution adjourning the House of Representatives in honor of A. Howard Young.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to House Floor
Feb 23-adopted by voice vote
HCR 142 (BR 422) - R. Meeks, D. Owens
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to examine economic development issues in West Louisville; provide for membership; require report by November 15, 2005; direct task force to study economic activity, community and financial needs, strategies for attracting housing and students, causes of unemployment, and other issues relating to the economic vitality of the area.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Local Government (H)
Feb 22-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; posting waived retroactively
Feb 23-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 24-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2005
Mar 1-3rd reading, adopted 94-0; received in Senate
Mar 2-to State and Local Government (S)
HCR 143 (BR 1754) - R. Meeks
Urge the U.S. Congress to pressure Sudan to end Darfur attrocities; urge SEC to issue guidance to investors, including state pension plans, to enable the investors to identify companies which may be supporting terror.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 23-posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HR 144 (BR 1773) - R. Meeks, D. Owens
Honor and recognize Kentuckians who served our country as members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to House Floor
Feb 16-adopted by voice vote
HR 145 (BR 1767) - W. Dedman Jr, D. Graham
Honor the 2005 Career and Technical Education Week.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-adopted by voice vote
HJR 146 (BR 1097) - H. Moberly Jr
Provide that any mandates, directives, or initiatives in the 2004-2006 State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum have the force and effect of law.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HCR 147 (BR 1571) - T. Burch
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study the advantages and disadvantages of a prescription drug assistance program or a drug importation or reimportation program, and direct a study completion date by December 15, 2005.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Health and Welfare (H)
Feb 16-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 17-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 18-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 22-recommitted to Health and Welfare (H)
HCR 148 (BR 1707) - J. Gray
Urge the Congressional Delegation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to reject proposals to privatize Social Security and to adopt legislation to pay back borrowed funds and to enact changes which do not slash benefits.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Feb 22-posted in committee
HJR 149 (BR 1705) - J. Gray
Require annual reports to Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism concerning accountability measures for state economic incentives; require publication of economic incentive data including revenue losses, tax credits, exemptions and reductions; require reporting on entities which receive economic development incentives and relocate outside the state.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to Economic Development (H)
HR 150 (BR 1741) - A. Wuchner, J. Reinhardt, J. Fischer, P. Marcotte
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of William R. "Bill" Hiler.
Feb 14-introduced in House
Feb 15-to House Floor
Mar 3-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 15, 2005
HR 151 (BR 1774) - R. Crimm
Honor the Christian Academy of Louisville Lady Centurions, 2005 All "A" Basketball Classic Champions.
Feb 15-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 152 (BR 1769) - K. Stein, R. Palumbo, J. Barrows, R. Damron
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of John R. Gaines.
Feb 15-introduced in House
Feb 16-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 153 (BR 1747) - M. Marzian, C. Siler, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, B. Farmer, D. Ford, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, J. Stacy, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, J. Vincent, M. Weaver, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Dr. Ronald Roland Masden.
Feb 15-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 16, 2005
HR 154 (BR 1775) - B. Montell
Recognize and honor postsecondary education in the Commonwealth and its faculty and staff.
Feb 16-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 17, 2005
HR 155 (BR 1779) - M. Denham
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Jean W. Calvert.
Feb 17-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 156 (BR 1782) - R. Meeks, D. Graham, J. Crenshaw, D. Owens, A. Simpson
Honor the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials and the Kentucky Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials.
Feb 17-introduced in House
Feb 18-to House Floor
Feb 24-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 18, 2005
HR 157 (BR 1789) - K. Upchurch
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Jack Roberts Perdue.
Feb 18-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 158 (BR 1788) - T. Couch
Urge the United States Senate to enact the Clear Skies Act of 2005.
Feb 18-introduced in House
Feb 22-to Tourism Development and Energy (H)
Feb 25-posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 28-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 1-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2005
HR 159 (BR 1790) - M. Denham
Memorialize Willena Toncray Kinsler Boggs.
Feb 18-introduced in House
Feb 22-to House Floor
Mar 2-adopted by voice vote
HR 160 (BR 1115) - S. Baugh
Urge the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government to study subdivision-of-land issues and planning official training.
Feb 18-introduced in House
Feb 22-to Local Government (H)
Feb 23-posting waived
Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
HR 161 (BR 1794) - D. Owens, R. Meeks, J. Crenshaw, D. Graham, A. Simpson
Recognize the month of February 2005 as Black History Month.
Feb 18-introduced in House
Feb 22-to House Floor
Feb 25-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 22, 2005
HR 162 (BR 1169) - T. Burch, R. Adams, R. Adkins, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, Dw. Butler, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Margaret Belle Graves.
Feb 22-introduced in House
Feb 23-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 163 (BR 1791) - M. Denham
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Robert K. Allison Jr.
Feb 22-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 164 (BR 1793) - C. Hoffman
Honor and commend the retired teachers of the Commonwealth.
Feb 22-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 165 (BR 1750) - R. Adkins
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Warren Kenneth Clevenger.
Feb 22-introduced in House
Feb 23-to House Floor
Feb 28-adopted by voice vote
HR 166 (BR 1798) - M. Marzian
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Hunter S. Thompson.
Feb 22-introduced in House
Feb 23-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 23, 2005
HR 167 (BR 1809) - J. DeCesare
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Mills Davis upon reaching the earth's highest peak, Mount Everest.
Feb 23-introduced in House
Feb 24-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 168 (BR 1786) - J. Jenkins, S. Brinkman, K. Bratcher, T. Burch, De. Butler, L. Clark, P. Clark, R. Crimm, B. DeWeese, T. Feeley, D. Horlander, M. Marzian, R. Meeks, C. Miller, D. Owens, S. Riggs, T. Riner
Honor the 2004 U of L Football Cardinals, C-USA and Liberty Bowl Champions.
Feb 23-introduced in House
Feb 24-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 24, 2005
HR 169 (BR 1811) - K. Stein, R. Palumbo
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky who have been inadvertently overlooked by this honorable body.
Feb 24-introduced in House
Feb 25-to House Floor
Mar 1-adopted by voice vote
HR 170 (BR 1813) - J. Richards
Adjourn the Senate in honor of Mills Davis upon reaching the earth's highest peak, Mount Everest.
Feb 24-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HCR 171 (BR 1807) - D. Ford
Declare Traveller's Rest a property worthy of preservation; direct the Kentucky Heritage Council, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and the Kentucky Department of Parks to work to preserve the property for future generations.
Feb 24-introduced in House
Feb 28-to State Government (H)
Mar 2-posting waived; reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Mar 3-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 4, 2005
HR 172 (BR 1810) - D. Pasley
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of E. Lee Ashcraft.
Feb 24-introduced in House
Feb 25-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Feb. 28, 2005
HR 173 (BR 1821) - M. Denham
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Madaline "Midge" C. Baber.
Feb 28-introduced in House
Mar 1-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 174 (BR 1819) - T. Burch, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Wilkey, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Anita L. Burch
Seidenfaden.
Feb 28-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 175 (BR 1817) - M. Denham
Urge all Kentuckians to support and participate in language education programs in honor and recognition of 2005 as the Year of Languages.
Feb 28-introduced in House
Mar 1-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 176 (BR 1827) - M. Marzian
Memorialize David Jeffrey Block.
Feb 28-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 1, 2005
HR 177 (BR 1835) - H. Collins
Declare Saturday, October 15, 2005 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
Mar 1-introduced in House
Mar 2-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 178 (BR 1815) - S. Riggs
Commend Cinergy/PSI for announcing installation of pollution controls.
Mar 1-introduced in House
Mar 2-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 179 (BR 1832) - R. Adkins
Express the support of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the Kentucky Clean Coal Technology Project; recommend allocation of two million dollars ($2 million) in future years from the surplus coal severance tax fund to assist the project.
Mar 1-introduced in House
Mar 2-to House Floor
HR 180 (BR 1823) - D. Floyd, K. Bratcher
Honor the 100th anniversary of Steam Engine 152.
Mar 1-introduced in House
Mar 2-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 181 (BR 1830) - M. Denham, R. Rand, R. Adams, T. McKee
Honor United States Representative Ken Lucas.
Mar 1-introduced in House
Mar 2-to House Floor
Mar 3-adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 2, 2005
HR 182 (BR 1843) - T. Burch, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Honor the full-time pages of the House of Representatives.
Mar 2-introduced in House
Mar 3-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 3, 2005
HR 183 (BR 1850) - D. Graham, J. Richards, C. Belcher, J. Crenshaw, J. Jenkins, R. Meeks, D. Owens, A. Simpson
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of George W. Wilson.
Mar 3-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 184 (BR 1852) - M. Denham
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Lance Corporal Lance M. Thompson.
Mar 3-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 4, 2005
HR 185 (BR 1834) - R. Palumbo
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Jack Kain, upon being elected chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association on January 31, 2005.
Mar 4-introduced in House
Mar 8-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 186 (BR 1855) - R. Adkins
Express the support of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the Kentucky Clean Coal Energy Project.
Mar 4-introduced in House
Mar 8-to House Floor
Mar 21-adopted by voice vote
HR 187 (BR 1851) - T. Pullin
Urge members of Kentucky's Congressional delegation to retain funding for Amtrak rail services that operate in the Commonwealth.
Mar 4-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 188 (BR 1861) - R. Palumbo
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Mitzi Tate Strode.
Mar 4-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 8, 2005
HR 189 (BR 1863) - R. Adkins
Urge the United States Congress to reauthorize the abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation fee and appropriate money collected in the federal AML Trust Fund.
Mar 8-introduced in House
Mar 21-to House Floor; adopted by voice vote
HR 190 (BR 1862) - R. Adkins, J. Vincent
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Billy Joe Ross.
Mar 8-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 191 (BR 1865) - G. Lindsay
Urge the Federal Communications Commission to clearly state that the national Do Not Call Registry does not preempt Kentucky's zero call list.
Mar 8-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 192 (BR 1868) - J. Hoover, B. DeWeese, K. Upchurch, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Representative Tim Feeley.
Mar 8-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 193 (BR 1866) - T. Edmonds
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of the members of the Kentucky National Guard's 299th Chemical Company serving in Iraq.
Mar 8-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 194 (BR 1871) - C. Siler
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Representative Lonnie Napier, Orator of the Year.
Mar 8-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 195 (BR 1874) - J. Stacy, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, S. Nunn, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor upon the premature passing of Brent Scott Cantrell, Brian Keith Kennard, and Phillip Whitney Christian Allen
Mar 8-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Introduced Mar. 21, 2005
HR 196 (BR 1876) - D. Floyd
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Robert Smotherman upon the occasion of his imminent retirement on June 30, 2005 as Superintendent of the Bardstown School District.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 197 (BR 1891) - S. Brinkman
Recognize April 22, 2005, as Earth Day.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 198 (BR 1885) - D. Graham, J. Higdon
Memorialize Raymond Ayoubee and adjourn the House of Representatives in his memory.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 199 (BR 1884) - J. Higdon, W. Dedman Jr
Memorialize Leonard Clifton Helm and adjourn the House of Representatives in his memory.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 200 (BR 1882) - D. Graham
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Earl N. "Buddy" Howard.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 201 (BR 1904) - J. Higdon, M. Weaver, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, H. Cornett, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, J. Draud, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, J. Gooch Jr, D. Graham, J. Gray, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, P. Marcotte, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, R. Meeks, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Reinhardt, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Specialist Jonathan A. Hughes.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 202 (BR 1897) - R. Meeks, D. Owens, R. Adams, R. Adkins, A. Arnold, J. Arnold Jr, E. Ballard, J. Barrows, S. Baugh, C. Belcher, J. Bowen, K. Bratcher, S. Brinkman, J. Bruce, T. Burch, De. Butler, Dw. Butler, J. Carr, M. Cherry, L. Clark, P. Clark, H. Collins, J. Comer Jr, T. Couch, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, R. Damron, J. DeCesare, W. Dedman Jr, M. Denham, B. DeWeese, T. Edmonds, C. Embry Jr, B. Farmer, T. Feeley, J. Fischer, D. Floyd, D. Ford, D. Graham, W. Hall, M. Harmon, M. Harper, M. Henley, J. Higdon, C. Hoffman, J. Hoover, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, D. Keene, T. Kerr, S. Lee, Ji. Lee, G. Lindsay, G. Lynn, M. Marzian, T. McKee, C. Meade, C. Miller, H. Moberly Jr, R. Mobley, B. Montell, L. Napier, R. Nelson, F. Nesler, R. Palumbo, D. Pasley, T. Pullin, M. Rader, R. Rand, F. Rasche, J. Richards, S. Riggs, T. Riner, S. Rudy, T. Shelton, C. Siler, A. Simpson, A. Smith, B. Smith, J. Stacy, K. Stein, J. Stewart III, T. Thompson, T. Turner, K. Upchurch, J. Vincent, J. Wayne, M. Weaver, R. Webb, S. Westrom, R. Wilkey, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts
Honor and memory of Willie B. Bright.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 203 (BR 1901) - S. Riggs, D. Floyd
Encourage Kentucky's public colleges and universities to include wrestling programs in their athletic offerings.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 204 (BR 1906) - D. Pasley, J. Richards, R. Adkins, L. Clark, R. Damron
Adjourn the House of Representatives in honor of Representatives Joe Barrows and Harry Moberly, Jr.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 205 (BR 1899) - R. Palumbo, M. Marzian, T. Burch, De. Butler, J. Jenkins, Ji. Lee, D. Owens, D. Pasley, M. Weaver, R. Webb
Memorialize Dr. Howard Lee Bost and adjourn the House of Representatives in his honor and memory.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 206 (BR 1898) - R. Palumbo
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Albert B. "A.B." Craft.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 207 (BR 1900) - R. Palumbo, K. Stein
Memorialize Dr. Howard Ellsworth Dorton and adjourn the House of Representatives in his honor and memory.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 208 (BR 1890) - R. Palumbo, K. Stein
Memorialize Dr. Kent C. Moseley and adjourn the House of Representatives in his honor and memory.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 209 (BR 1910) - K. Stein, R. Palumbo, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian
Memorialize Douglas Mark Weinberg and adjourn the House of Representatives in his honor and memory.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 210 (BR 1889) - R. Palumbo, K. Stein
Adjourn the House of Representatives in loving memory and honor of Joseph S. Wile.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
HR 211 (BR 1888) - R. Palumbo, K. Stein, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian
Memorialize Charles Hayden "Chip" Lampe and adjourn the House of Representatives in his memory.
Mar 21-introduced in House; adopted by voice vote
Bills and Amendments by Sponsor
* - denotes primary sponsorship of Bills and Resolutions
Senate
Blevins Jr, Walter
SB 2, 3*, 5, 12, 16, 23, 25, 26, 50, 72, 80, 82, 91, 119, 120, 134, 139, 161, 172, 174, 183*, 188, 222*
SCR 81
SJR 85*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37*, 42, 59, 61, 69, 70, 71, 72, 89*, 90, 97*, 119, 123, 134, 135, 136, 139*, 161, 177*, 179*, 187*, 190, 191
HB 26: SFA(1), (2); HB 134: SFA(2), (3)
Borders, Charlie
SB 1, 2, 103, 125*, 217*, 218*
SJR 15*, 94*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 139, 161, 187
SB 125: SFA(1)
HB 116: SCA(1), (2); HB 267: SCA(1), (3), (5); HB 272: SCA(1)
Boswell, David E
SB 2, 3*, 8*, 9*, 11, 16, 18, 23, 24, 25, 31, 50, 63, 68, 72, 75*, 93, 98, 103*, 115, 118*, 134, 135*, 139, 140*, 141*, 161, 174, 184, 188*, 191*, 216
SCR 81
SJR 85, 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10*, 11, 16*, 17*, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 61*, 69, 70, 71, 72, 89, 90, 97, 119, 123, 134, 136, 139, 161, 186, 187, 188
HB 323: SFA(1)
Buford, Tom
SB 2, 6*, 11*, 14, 15*, 16, 20*, 23, 24, 25, 27*, 50*, 58*, 67*, 82, 114*, 116*, 128*, 148, 150*, 159*, 160*, 169*, 188, 194*, 201*
SCR 81, 96
SJR 82*
SR 2, 5, 6*, 7*, 8*, 9*, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21*, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33*, 42, 59, 61, 69, 70, 72, 80*, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 150*, 161, 181*, 182*, 184*
SB 73: SFA(1); SB 150: SFA(1)
HB 278: SCA(1), SFA(6); HB 280: SFA(2), (3), (4)
Carroll, Julian M
SB 14, 50, 72, 90*, 91, 93, 128, 139, 148, 161*, 174, 186*, 188*, 191
SCR 81
SJR 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10*, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 69, 70, 71, 72, 80, 90, 119, 123, 132*, 134, 136, 139, 161, 184, 187, 190*, 191*
SB 45: SFA(2)
HB 278: SFA(1), (2), (5)
Denton, Julie
SB 1, 2, 12, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*, 25*, 35, 61, 63, 76*, 78*, 91*, 97*, 103, 106, 112, 127, 187*, 189*, 195, 203*, 208*, 209*, 210*, 211*
SCR 96*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 36, 42, 59*, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161, 185
SB 23: SCA(1); SB 25: SCA(1)
HB 8: SFA(1), (3); HB 63: SFA(2), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10); HB 88: SFA(3), (4); HB 93: SFA(1), (2); HB 152: SFA(1), (2), (3); HB 183: SFA(1), (2); HB 184: SFA(1), (2); HB 235: SFA(1); HB 275: SFA(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7); HB 278: SFA(3), (4); HB 298: SFA(3), (4), (5); HB 301: SFA(1), (2); HB 316: SFA(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7); HB 439: SFA(1), (2), (3)
Gibson, Carroll
SB 96*, 103
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 83*, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161, 187
Guthrie, Brett
SB 50, 84*, 94*, 95*, 122*, 124*, 152*, 158*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25*, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 130*, 134, 136, 161
SB 12: SCA(1)
HB 8: SFA(4); HB 133: SFA(1); HB 134: SCA(1)
Harper Angel, Denise
SB 2, 3, 5, 12, 14, 23, 24, 25, 28, 50, 72, 80, 82, 91, 93, 128, 134, 139*, 161, 162, 173, 174, 177, 188
SCR 81, 96
SJR 85*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 42, 59, 61, 69, 70*, 71*, 72, 89, 90, 97, 119, 123, 134, 135*, 136, 139*, 160*, 161, 177, 179, 185, 186*, 187, 188*, 189*, 192*
SJR 85: SCA(1)
Harris, Ernie
SB 13*, 48*, 50, 69*, 105*, 129*, 137*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26*, 27*, 28*, 29*, 31, 42*, 59, 69, 70, 72, 78*, 90, 97, 119, 123, 134, 136, 139, 149*, 161, 180*
SB 13: SFA(1), (2)
HB 440: SFA(1), (2)
Jensen, Tom
SB 56*, 57*, 63, 130*, 161*, 206*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161
HB 63: SFA(1); HB 225: SCA(1)
Jones II, Ray S
SB 2, 16, 50, 63, 72, 85*, 153*, 154*, 155*, 162, 170*, 171*, 174, 185*, 190*, 216*
SCR 81
SJR 65*, 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 42, 59, 69*, 70, 72, 90, 97*, 119, 123*, 134, 136, 139, 152*, 156*, 161, 167*, 178*, 185, 190*, 191*, 194*, 197*
Kelly, Dan
SB 18*, 19*, 36*, 37*, 38*, 39*, 40*, 41*, 42*, 43*, 44*, 45*, 46*, 47*, 49*, 64*, 65*, 66*, 86*, 96, 136*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 35*, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 90*, 118*, 119, 123, 132*, 134, 136, 161, 193*
SB 19: SCA(1), (2), (3), SFA(1); SB 40: SFA(1); SB 41: SFA(1), (2), (3), (4); SB 45: SFA(1), (3); SB 67: SFA(1); SB 136: SFA(1); SB 172: SFA(1), (2), (3)
HB 267: SCA(6); HB 280: SFA(1); HB 350: SCA(2), (3); HB 497: SCA(1), (2)
Kerr, Alice Forgy
SB 2, 7*, 14*, 19, 23, 24, 25, 46, 63, 91, 103, 106*, 108*, 109*, 113*, 123, 128, 148*, 172*, 179*, 195, 202*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14*, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 80, 90, 119*, 123, 134, 136, 161, 184
SB 172: SCA(2)
HB 267: SCA(2)
Leeper, Robert J (Bob)
SB 50, 52*, 93, 103, 127*
SCR 81
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20*, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 61, 69, 70, 72, 89, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 146*, 151*, 161
McGaha, Vernie
SB 1, 29*, 61, 70*, 71*, 82, 88, 103, 119*, 223*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 36, 42, 59, 62, 69, 70, 72, 90, 101*, 102*, 119, 123, 126*, 134, 136, 161
HB 72: SFA(1); HB 240: SCA(1)
Mongiardo, Daniel
SB 2*, 3, 23, 24, 31, 50, 61, 72, 93*, 119, 139, 162, 174, 182*, 188, 224*
SCR 81
SJR 95*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 42, 47*, 59, 61, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161
SB 137: SFA(1), (2)
Neal, Gerald A
SB 50, 72, 93, 168*, 173, 177*, 178*
SCR 81, 96
SJR 82, 92*, 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37*, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 86*, 90, 93*, 114*, 115*, 116*, 119, 121*, 122*, 123, 124*, 125*, 127*, 128*, 133*, 134*, 136*, 147*, 160, 161*, 171*, 172*, 176*, 185*, 186*, 188*, 189*, 192*, 194
SB 64: SCA(1)
Palmer II, R J
SB 50, 72, 93, 119, 139, 162*, 174, 204*
SCR 81
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24*, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 42, 59, 69, 70, 71, 72, 89, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 139, 152, 161, 166*, 187, 194
HB 237: SFA(1); HB 495: SFA(1), (2); HB 497: SFA(1), (2)
Pendleton, Joey
SB 2, 3, 5, 12, 23, 24, 33*, 34*, 50, 61, 72*, 80, 82, 93*, 96, 103, 119, 120*, 123*, 138*, 139*, 161, 162, 174*, 191*, 192*, 195*, 212*
SCR 81*
SJR 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 43*, 59, 61, 69, 70, 71*, 72, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 148*, 158*, 159*, 161, 186, 187, 188
Rhoads, Jerry P
SB 2, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 28, 50, 62, 63, 72, 80, 82, 91, 93, 115*, 119, 139, 140*, 161, 174, 188, 216*, 224*
SCR 81
SJR 85, 95*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 61*, 69, 70, 71, 72, 89, 90, 97, 119, 123, 134, 136, 139, 161, 177*, 186, 187*, 188
Ridley, J Dorsey
SB 50*, 62*, 72, 96*, 110*, 115, 119, 139, 174
SCR 81*
SJR 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 42, 43*, 59, 69, 70, 71, 72, 90, 97, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161
Roeding, Richard "Dick"
SB 1, 2, 4, 5*, 12, 16, 19, 23, 24, 25, 31, 32*, 60*, 61*, 63, 82, 87*, 88, 92*, 98, 101*, 103, 106*, 119, 123*, 126*, 134, 149*, 151*, 167*, 189, 195, 197, 198*, 199*, 200*, 205*, 208*, 209, 211*, 219*
SR 2, 5*, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11*, 13*, 17, 18, 19*, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30*, 31, 36, 39*, 42, 59, 60*, 62, 63*, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 137*, 138*, 153*, 157*, 161, 187, 196*
SB 63: SFA(2)
HB 134: SFA(1); HB 210: SFA(1), (2)
Sanders Jr, Richie
SB 25, 99*, 127*, 132*, 133*, 158*, 163*, 181*, 207*
SJR 34*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25*, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 90, 91*, 119, 123, 130*, 134, 136, 161
Scorsone, Ernesto
SB 2, 3, 14*, 23, 24, 26*, 28*, 50, 72, 93, 102*, 128, 139, 148*, 172, 173*, 188
SCR 81, 96
SJR 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22*, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 44*, 45*, 46*, 47*, 59, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73*, 80, 84*, 90, 99*, 119, 123, 134, 136, 140*, 141*, 142*, 143*, 144*, 145*, 161, 163*, 164*, 165*, 168*, 169*, 170*, 184*, 186, 188
SB 112: SFA(1), (3); SB 175: SFA(1)
HB 8: SFA(2)
Seum Stephenson, Dana
SR 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31
Seum, Dan
SB 5, 50, 88*, 96, 103, 111*, 131*, 166*, 213*, 214*, 215*
SCR 96*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17*, 18*, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 62, 69, 70, 72, 83*, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161, 185, 186, 188
Shaughnessy, Tim
SB 2, 50, 72, 117*, 134*, 161, 173*, 188
SCR 81, 96
SJR 85
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 61, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 134, 135*, 136, 160*, 161, 177, 185*, 186, 187, 188
Stine, Katie
SB 1, 31, 126*, 221*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13*, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 36, 42, 59, 62*, 69, 70, 72*, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161
Stivers II, Robert
SB 63*, 134*, 143*, 144*, 145*, 146*, 147*, 157*, 161, 164*, 165*, 175*, 176*, 180*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 38*, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161, 174*, 179*
SB 45: SCA(1); SB 63: SCA(1), (2), SFA(1), (3), (4); SB 102: SCA(1)
HB 50: SCA(1); HB 121: SFA(1), (2); HB 248: SCA(1); HB 298: SFA(1), (2); HB 350: SCA(1)
Tapp, Gary
SB 10*, 16, 29*, 30*, 31*, 35*, 51*, 59*, 61, 73*, 74*, 77*, 88, 96, 103*, 119, 123, 142*, 152*, 156*, 184*, 193*
SCR 32*
SJR 12*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 36, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 90, 119, 123, 129*, 134, 136, 154*, 155*, 161
HB 267: SCA(4)
Thayer, Damon
SB 1, 4, 16, 19, 31, 35, 61, 82*, 83*, 103, 104*, 112*, 205*
SR 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36*, 40*, 41*, 42, 59, 62, 69, 70, 72, 80*, 90, 119*, 120*, 123, 132, 134, 136, 153*, 161, 183*
SB 112: SFA(2), (4); SB 157: SCA(1)
HB 26: SFA(3)
Tori, Elizabeth
SB 1, 2, 23, 24, 50, 53*, 54*, 55*, 79*, 80*, 81*, 82, 89*, 96, 103
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31*, 36, 42, 59, 62, 69, 70, 72, 90, 117*, 119, 123, 134, 136, 154, 161, 185
SB 55: SFA(1), (2)
HB 59: SCA(1); HB 88: SFA(1), (2); HB 299: SFA(1)
Turner, Johnny Ray
SB 2, 5, 12*, 23, 24, 50, 61, 72, 93, 121*, 127, 139, 162, 164*, 174
SCR 64*, 81
SJR 4*, 65*, 68*, 79*, 85, 95, 100*
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 42, 59, 61, 69*, 70, 71, 72, 89*, 90*, 97, 119, 123, 134, 136, 139, 161, 187
Westwood, Jack
SB 1, 4*, 5, 16*, 17*, 19*, 61, 82, 98*, 100*, 119, 126, 197*
SJR 103*
SR 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19*, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36*, 39*, 42, 59, 62*, 69, 70, 72*, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161
SB 100: SFA(1)
Williams, David L
SB 1*, 2*, 220*, 225*
SCR 23*, 175*, 195*
SR 1*, 2*, 3*, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16*, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 48*, 49*, 50*, 51*, 52*, 53*, 54*, 55*, 56*, 57*, 58*, 59*, 66*, 67*, 69, 70, 72, 74*, 75*, 76*, 77*, 87*, 88*, 90, 98*, 104*, 105*, 106*, 107*, 108*, 109*, 110*, 111*, 112*, 113*, 118*, 119, 123, 126*, 131*, 134, 136, 161
HB 67: SFA(1), (2); HB 113: SFA(1), (2)
Winters, Ken
SB 5, 68*, 107*, 196*
SJR 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 42, 59, 69, 70, 72, 83, 90, 119, 123, 134, 136, 161, 186, 187, 188
SB 172: SCA(1)
HB 72: SCA(1)
Worley, Ed
SB 2, 3, 50, 72*, 93, 128*, 139, 174*, 222*
SCR 81, 162*
SJR 82*, 85, 95
SR 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 42, 59, 61, 69, 70, 71, 72, 90, 119, 123*, 132, 134, 136, 139, 161, 173*, 185, 187, 194*
HB 204: SFA(1)
House
Adams, Royce W
HB 3, 7, 28, 114, 131*, 132, 142*, 175, 177, 218, 276, 277, 293, 339, 449*, 497, 500
HCR 47, 57, 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73*, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 101*, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 181, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Adkins, Rocky
HB 3, 25, 62, 132, 154, 167*, 177, 225, 333
HCR 4*, 5*, 7*, 8*, 9*, 10*, 31*, 33*, 34*, 39*, 40*, 41*, 42*, 43*, 44*, 45*, 58*, 59*, 60*, 61*, 62*, 86, 121*, 139*
HR 2*, 18*, 30, 32*, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 104*, 114, 116*, 125, 153, 162, 165*, 174, 179*, 182, 186*, 189*, 190*, 192, 195, 201, 202, 204
Arnold Jr, John A
HB 2, 3, 115*, 132, 177, 369, 395, 439, 497
HR 30, 35*, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82*, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Arnold, Adrian K
HB 3, 26*, 66*, 121*, 132, 141*, 177, 239, 260*, 266*, 276, 277, 278, 339, 362*
HJR 90*
HR 20*, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 2: HCA(1)
SB 172: HFA(2)
Ballard, Eddie
HB 2, 3, 6*, 29, 36*, 80*, 158*, 372*, 403*, 424*, 430*, 439, 446*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 225: HCA(1)
Barrows, Joe
HB 3, 29, 132, 154, 239*, 298, 333, 339, 342, 349*, 366*, 439*, 469*, 473*, 518*
HJR 88*
HR 22*, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 104, 114, 152, 153, 162, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
SB 41: HFA(1); SB 46: HFA(1); SB 119: HFA(6); SB 136: HFA(1), (2)
Baugh, Sheldon E
HB 19, 28, 29, 57*, 79*, 132, 149, 150, 177, 206*, 242, 287*, 325*, 368*
HR 22*, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 160*, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 66: HFA(1)
Belcher, Carolyn
HB 2, 3, 29, 62, 85, 116*, 126*, 127*, 132, 177, 194*, 195*, 196*, 239*, 240*, 298, 318, 321, 328, 342, 494*, 495*, 496*, 497*, 498*, 499*, 510*
HCR 86
HJR 90
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 174, 182, 183, 192, 195, 201, 202
Bowen, Joe
HB 12, 135, 177, 192*, 251, 278
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Bratcher, Kevin D
HB 19, 104*, 177, 235, 268, 296
HCR 77, 91
HR 26*, 30, 46, 51, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 168, 174, 180*, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
SB 102: HFA(1)
Brinkman, Scott W
HB 19, 28, 121*, 177, 210, 227, 235, 246*, 247*, 261*, 294, 296*, 308*, 314*, 348*, 355, 515
HCR 56*, 77, 89*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68*, 71, 73, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 168*, 174, 182, 192, 195, 197*, 201, 202
HB 296: HFA(1)
Bruce, James E
HB 3, 29, 132, 177, 280*, 295, 320, 339, 445*
HCR 13
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 67, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 280: HFA(3)
Burch, Tom
HB 3, 7, 22*, 35, 56*, 89*, 90*, 91*, 92*, 110*, 123, 132, 155, 173*, 174*, 176*, 177*, 178*, 181*, 188*, 193*, 235, 276, 277, 298, 321, 327*, 346*, 439, 464*, 465*
HCR 77, 147*
HR 30*, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103*, 114, 125, 153, 162*, 168, 174*, 182*, 195, 201, 202, 205
HB 22: HFA(1); HB 56: HFA(1); HB 92: HFA(1)
SB 23: HCA(1); SB 25: HFA(1), (2); SB 172: HCA(1); SB 189: HCA(1), (2); SB 218: HFA(1)
Butler, Denver
HB 3, 7, 73*, 155, 177, 299, 408*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 125, 153, 168, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 205
HB 272: HFA(7)
SB 73: HFA(8), (15)
Butler, Dwight D
HB 19, 23, 24, 29, 44*, 132, 156*, 177, 192, 238, 242, 249, 282*, 503*, 515
HCR 57
HR 30, 35, 36*, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 44: HFA(1), (2)
Carr, James
HB 2, 3, 7, 14*, 28, 29, 36, 40, 55, 60, 62, 88, 132, 134, 153, 175, 177, 189*, 191, 215, 217, 220*, 222, 230, 268, 278, 279, 280, 291*, 293, 295*, 306*, 309, 320*, 343, 383, 386, 441, 488, 497, 515
HCR 13
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 119*, 125, 153, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 152: HFA(2), (3)
SB 17: HFA(1), (2); SB 106: HFA(1); SB 172: HFA(6)
Cherry, Mike
HB 2, 3, 28, 29, 132, 177, 219*, 221*, 222*, 223*, 224*, 278, 317*, 322*, 356*, 405*, 406*, 436*, 462*
HCR 86
HJR 99*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84*, 85, 103, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 222: HFA(1)
SB 41: HFA(2), (5), (6); SB 44: HFA(2); SB 49: HCA(1); SB 109: HCA(1), (2); SB 119: HFA(4)
Clark, Larry
HB 3, 7, 29*, 35*, 93, 105*, 106, 132, 153, 154, 155, 177, 235, 236, 237, 238, 290, 298, 299, 321, 333, 355*, 369, 432*, 439
HCR 77*, 86, 123*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 104, 114, 118*, 125, 153, 162, 168, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 204
HB 35: HCA(1); HB 278: HFA(3)
SB 73: HCA(1)
Clark, Perry B
HB 7, 27*, 28*, 29, 43, 153, 177, 205, 220, 235, 236, 237, 238, 241*, 242, 243*, 244*, 245*, 249, 271, 293, 299, 311*, 321, 362, 365, 369, 405, 410*, 474*, 475*, 515*
HCR 56, 57*, 77
HR 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 67, 68, 71, 79*, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 168, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Collins, Hubert
HB 2, 3, 109*, 132, 133*, 134*, 177, 189, 190*, 279, 293, 354, 415*, 426*
HCR 13, 86
HJR 28*, 37*, 50*, 135*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 128*, 153, 174, 177*, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 190: HFA(1)
HJR 135: HCA(1)
SB 77: HCA(1)
Comer Jr, James R
HB 19, 109*, 128, 177, 240*, 441
HCR 86
HJR 115*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102*, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
SB 172: HFA(3)
Cornett, Howard D
HB 8*, 19, 106*, 177, 187*, 289, 302, 310*, 357*, 489*, 492*, 493*
HJR 106*
HR 30, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 125, 153, 162, 174, 192, 195, 201
Couch, Tim
HB 19, 29, 106, 132, 170, 175, 191, 225, 278, 289, 300*, 310*, 321, 340*
HJR 27
HR 23, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 108*, 114, 125, 153, 158*, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 340: HFA(1)
Crenshaw, Jesse
HB 3, 5, 7, 43, 51, 56, 96, 105, 128, 132, 177, 239, 269, 276, 277, 298, 318*, 334, 338, 342, 395*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 127, 130*, 153, 156, 161, 162, 174, 182, 183, 192, 195, 201, 202
Crimm, Ron
HB 7, 9*, 10*, 19, 21*, 28, 31*, 43, 61, 63*, 73, 107, 128, 140*, 149, 164, 166, 175, 177, 179, 235*, 278, 294, 296, 308*, 335*, 355, 439, 448*, 463*, 515
HCR 6*, 77
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 151*, 153, 162, 168, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Damron, Robert R
HB 2, 3, 45*, 46*, 47*, 48*, 49*, 60, 128, 132, 154, 165*, 166*, 177, 189*, 191, 208, 220, 228*, 235, 239, 262*, 263*, 268, 279, 290, 294*, 321, 333*, 339, 342, 379*, 386, 394*, 439, 442*, 497
HCR 11*, 56, 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 104, 114, 125, 136*, 152, 153, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 204
HB 48: HFA(1); HB 68: HCA(2); HB 178: HFA(1); HB 189: HFA(1); HB 278: HFA(1), (2)
SB 112: HFA(1), (2)
DeCesare, Jim
HB 7, 56, 132, 135*, 146, 162*, 163*, 170, 177, 192, 233, 251*, 278, 279, 476*
HCR 86, 91
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 167*, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 271: HFA(1)
Dedman Jr, W Milward
HB 132, 135*, 177, 443*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 69*, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 145*, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 199, 201, 202
Denham, Mike
HB 2, 3, 23, 45, 56, 60, 62, 96, 97*, 98*, 108, 126, 132, 175, 177, 185*, 189, 191, 218, 225, 230, 256*, 257*, 258*, 278, 291, 298, 316*, 337, 341, 345*, 347*, 358*, 397*, 428*, 435*, 470*, 471*, 484*, 497, 511*
HCR 47*
HJR 90*, 112*, 131*, 135
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67*, 68, 69*, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114*, 153, 155*, 159*, 162, 163*, 173*, 174, 175*, 181*, 182, 184*, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 235: HFA(1), (2); HB 345: HFA(1); HB 358: HFA(1)
HCR 56: HFA(1), (2)
DeWeese, Bob M
HB 113*, 128*, 153, 177, 235, 308, 333
HCR 56, 91, 134*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 49*, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68*, 71, 73, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 168, 174, 182, 192*, 195, 201, 202
Draud, Jon
HB 13*, 19, 29, 32, 47, 59, 93, 114, 116, 138*, 146, 177, 183, 252, 264*, 268, 278, 301*, 307*, 320*, 353*, 382*, 400*, 405
HCR 56, 91*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201
Edmonds, Ted "Teddy"
HB 3, 66, 72, 112*, 132, 177, 235, 249, 278, 280, 281*, 293, 336*, 500
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 96*, 103, 117, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 193*, 195, 201, 202
Embry Jr, C B
HB 19, 26, 28, 37*, 54*, 78*, 95, 99*, 106, 123, 149, 150, 177, 230, 249, 278, 279, 310, 329*, 336*, 386, 405
HCR 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 57
HR 23, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 78: HCA(1)
Farmer, Bill
HB 19, 41*, 102*, 103*, 116, 162, 177, 202*, 239, 248*, 390, 441
HCR 11, 24*, 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83*, 84, 85, 103, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 267: HFA(16)
Feeley, Tim
HB 29, 56*, 122*, 161*, 177, 184*, 235, 252*, 267*, 268, 271*, 278, 296, 298*, 390, 420*
HCR 56, 91, 133*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 168, 174, 182, 195, 201, 202
HB 252: HFA(1)
HCR 58: HFA(1), (2)
SB 80: HFA(1), (2); SB 119: HFA(2); SB 122: HFA(1); SB 172: HFA(1)
Fischer, Joseph M
HB 19, 81*, 82*, 114, 149*, 150*, 151*, 177, 278, 319*, 344*, 425*, 515
HCR 56
HR 30, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 150, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 267: HFA(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Floyd, David
HB 17, 19, 28, 29, 114, 135, 136*, 177, 212*, 255*, 278, 296, 376, 386, 405, 412*, 501
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 162, 174, 180*, 182, 192, 195, 196*, 201, 202, 203*
HB 70: HFA(1); HB 272: HFA(5), (8)
Ford, Danny R
HB 19, 29, 132, 164*, 177, 230*, 278, 279, 280, 390, 402*, 414*, 415*, 441
HCR 171*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Gooch Jr, Jim
HB 3, 177, 179*, 189, 439
HR 23, 30, 35, 36, 46, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201
HB 264: HFA(1); HB 396: HFA(1)
Graham, Derrick
HB 3, 7, 29, 76*, 77*, 132, 235, 239, 242, 259*, 328, 342, 366*, 395, 398*, 500*
HCR 77
HJR 88*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52*, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 127, 145*, 153, 156*, 161, 162, 174, 182, 183*, 192, 195, 198*, 200*, 201, 202
HB 500: HFA(1)
Gray, J R
HB 3, 36, 52*, 53*, 74*, 132, 147*, 148*, 177, 220, 234*, 292*, 312*, 431*, 441, 450*, 451*
HCR 12*, 13*, 14*, 15*, 54*, 55*, 86, 148*
HJR 76*, 149*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46*, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75*, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 192, 195, 201
Hall, W Keith
HB 3, 8, 154*, 169, 170, 190*, 191, 215, 225, 230, 234, 235, 268, 276, 277, 279*, 298, 302*, 343, 386*, 497, 500
HCR 140*
HR 23, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 68, 71*, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 125, 153, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Harmon, Mike
HB 19, 28, 68, 70*, 101, 108, 117*, 132, 137*, 144*, 149, 150, 177, 268, 274*, 278, 290, 376, 380*, 386, 462*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 405: HFA(2)
SB 73: HFA(6), (7), (9), (10), (13), (14); SB 99: HFA(1); SB 189: HFA(2)
Harper, Mary
HB 19, 47, 62, 130, 132, 177, 235, 268, 279, 386, 405
HCR 56
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Henley, Melvin B
HB 2, 28, 114, 135, 177, 293, 306, 309, 405, 406
HCR 56
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Higdon, Jimmy
HB 19, 28, 68*, 95, 132, 177, 220, 274, 278, 280, 281, 376, 405, 419*, 439*, 517*
HCR 55
HR 30, 46, 51, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 198, 199*, 201*, 202
HB 68: HCA(1), HFA(1); HB 130: HFA(1)
Hoffman, Charlie
HB 3, 29, 35, 36, 132, 175, 177, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 242, 260*, 269, 290*, 296, 304, 328, 342, 365, 367*, 497, 500, 513*
HR 25*, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 164*, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Hoover, Jeff
HB 7, 177, 267*, 272*, 333, 370*, 390*
HJR 92*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 162, 182, 192*, 195, 201, 202
HB 5: HFA(2)
SB 112: HFA(3)
Horlander, Dennis
HB 3, 7, 28, 91, 153, 155*, 177, 235, 236, 237, 238, 242, 249, 288, 299, 309, 345, 355, 369, 375*
HCR 56, 77
HR 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 153, 168, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 155: HFA(1)
Jenkins, Joni L
HB 3, 7*, 32, 35, 43*, 62, 130*, 153, 154, 155*, 177, 180*, 186*, 187*, 208, 220, 235, 271*, 276, 277, 288*, 290, 298, 299, 305*, 308, 321, 328, 355, 369, 390, 399*, 453*, 454*, 455*
HCR 77
HJR 111*, 137
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 107*, 114, 125, 153, 162, 168*, 182, 183, 192, 195, 201, 202, 205, 209, 211
Keene, Dennis
HB 7, 29, 68, 114, 143, 177, 220*, 264, 268*, 279, 280, 295*, 309*, 319*, 497, 500*, 506*
HCR 56, 129
HJR 137
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 67, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Kerr, Thomas
HB 4, 7, 19, 114, 119*, 120*, 177, 313*, 369, 404*, 417*, 427*, 515
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 67, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 280: HFA(8)
Lee, Jimmie
HB 3, 29, 35, 93, 124*, 159*, 177, 235, 298*, 354*, 439, 461*
HJR 120*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 205
HB 298: HFA(1), (2)
SB 23: HFA(1)
Lee, Stan
HB 19, 28, 69*, 71*, 81*, 83*, 84*, 149, 150, 170, 175, 177, 191, 203*, 215, 261, 268, 278, 279, 342, 376, 377*, 396*
HCR 17*, 19*, 56, 138*
HR 30, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 162, 174, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 152: HFA(4), (5); HB 205: HFA(1); HB 267: HFA(17)
SB 172: HFA(7), (8)
Lindsay, Gross C
HB 177, 284*, 285*, 286*, 303*, 381*, 472*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51*, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 191*, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 115: HFA(1); HB 220: HCA(1); HB 303: HCA(1); HB 472: HFA(1), (2), (3)
HCR 113: HCA(1)
SB 63: HCA(1), HFA(1)
Lynn, Gerry
HB 28, 29, 47, 114, 128, 135, 136*, 149, 150, 177, 243, 244, 249*, 268, 278, 279, 290, 307, 353, 515
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 249: HFA(1)
Marcotte, Paul H
HB 29, 67*, 114, 177, 220, 278, 279, 309, 405
HCR 56, 91
HR 35, 36, 46, 51, 67, 68, 70*, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 150, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201
Marzian, Mary Lou
HB 3, 7, 22, 32*, 56, 62, 86*, 87*, 177, 207*, 208*, 235, 242, 276*, 277, 288, 297*, 298, 321*, 328*, 334, 355, 365*, 390, 405, 413*, 439, 452*
HCR 77
HJR 21
HR 51, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 127, 153*, 162, 166*, 168, 174, 176*, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 205*, 209, 211
HB 152: HFA(6), (7)
HCR 12: HFA(1), (2)
SB 7: HFA(1); SB 122: HCA(1)
McKee, Thomas M
HB 3, 7, 28, 29, 51, 132, 139*, 175, 177, 218*, 220, 235, 239, 298, 342, 367, 468*, 497, 500
HCR 47*, 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73*, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 181, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 358: HCA(1); HB 468: HFA(1)
HCR 44: HCA(1); HCR 47: HCA(1)
SB 68: HCA(1)
Meade, Charles E
HB 3, 8, 106, 154*, 177, 190, 225, 279, 280, 293, 343, 386, 497, 500
HCR 86
HJR 38*, 66*, 94*, 98*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 68, 71*, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Meeks, Reginald K
HB 3, 7, 32, 42*, 64*, 65*, 91, 153, 155, 177, 207, 235, 242, 276, 277, 298, 330*, 331*, 332*, 333, 355, 395*, 409*, 452, 477*, 478*, 479*, 485*, 486*, 509
HCR 56, 77*, 86, 142*, 143*
HJR 137*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46*, 48*, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 78*, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 97*, 103, 114, 124*, 125*, 127*, 130*, 141*, 144*, 153, 156*, 161*, 162, 168, 174, 183, 192, 195, 201, 202*
HB 175: HFA(2)
SB 175: HFA(6)
Miller, Charles
HB 2, 3, 7, 28, 55*, 59, 60, 91, 132, 153, 155, 177, 213*, 220, 235, 236*, 237*, 238*, 293, 299*, 308, 355, 369*, 373
HCR 77
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 168, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Moberly Jr, Harry
HB 3, 85*, 93*, 132, 177, 204*, 235, 298, 341*, 354*, 416*, 439, 507*, 508*, 509*
HJR 146*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 93: HCA(1), HFA(1); HB 267: HFA(18); HB 272: HCA(1), (2), (3), HFA(6); HB 500: HCA(1)
SB 119: HFA(1), (3)
Mobley, Russ
HB 19, 28, 33, 60, 79, 81, 82, 84, 132, 177, 278, 398*, 402, 414, 441
HCR 55
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Montell, Brad
HB 2, 11*, 19*, 33*, 101*, 177, 235, 268, 278, 342, 391*, 457*
HCR 86, 91
HJR 16*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 154*, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Napier, Lonnie
HB 28, 29, 132, 145*, 177, 242*, 515
HR 35, 36*, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
SB 78: HFA(1), (2)
Nelson, Rick G
HB 3, 60, 62, 72*, 99*, 100*, 105, 106, 132, 169*, 170*, 171*, 172*, 177, 189, 191*, 225, 230, 235, 276, 277, 279, 293, 298, 343, 373*, 386, 429*
HCR 89*
HJR 27*, 65*, 95*, 99
HR 23*, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 63*, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 267: HFA(10), (11); HB 272: HFA(2), (3), (4)
HJR 135: HFA(1)
SB 175: HFA(3), (4), (5), (7); SB 180: HFA(1), (2), (3), (4)
Nesler, Fred
HB 3, 38*, 39*, 132, 154, 177, 225, 339, 378*, 440*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 39: HFA(1); HB 249: HFA(2), (3)
Nunn, Stephen R
HB 7, 23*, 24*, 29, 30*, 45, 56, 123*, 132, 153*, 177, 278, 298, 364*, 407*, 500
HCR 86
HJR 21*, 115*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 75, 103, 114, 125, 127, 153, 162, 182, 192, 195
Owens, Darryl T
HB 7, 153, 155, 177, 186*, 207, 235, 242, 276, 277, 304*, 332*, 355*, 376, 395, 479, 502*
HCR 56, 77, 142
HJR 137*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48*, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 97*, 103, 114, 124*, 125*, 127*, 144*, 153, 156, 161*, 162, 168, 174, 182, 183, 192, 195, 201, 202*, 205
HB 30: HFA(1); HB 280: HFA(4); HB 355: HFA(1)
Palumbo, Ruth Ann
HB 2, 3, 7, 32, 36, 45, 51, 56, 61, 62, 73, 123, 132, 177, 208, 215, 239, 269*, 270*, 278, 290, 296, 298, 306*, 307, 328, 337*, 342*, 346, 389, 394*, 405, 416, 439, 447*, 452*, 459*, 497
HCR 56, 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80*, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 132*, 152*, 153, 162, 169, 174, 182, 185*, 188*, 192, 195, 201, 202, 205*, 206*, 207*, 208*, 209*, 210*, 211*
HB 280: HFA(7), (9); HB 337: HFA(1)
SB 38: HCA(1); SB 73: HFA(1), (2), (3)
Pasley, Don R
HB 2, 3, 7, 85*, 93, 132, 175, 177, 235, 239, 240, 293, 341*, 342, 417*, 421, 497, 500, 509*
HCR 129
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102*, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 172*, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 204*, 205
Pullin, Tanya G
HB 3, 29, 62, 132, 160*, 161*, 168*, 177, 184*, 191*, 219, 225*, 278, 386, 460*, 497
HCR 86, 100*, 105*
HJR 53*, 109*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 63*, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 74*, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87*, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 187*, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 219: HFA(1); HB 225: HFA(1), (2), (3), (4); HB 272: HFA(1); HB 424: HFA(2)
SB 172: HFA(9)
Rader, Marie L
HB 19, 28, 62, 132, 177, 278, 390, 405, 441*
HCR 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Rand, Rick W
HB 3, 7, 73, 131, 132*, 142*, 177, 191, 222, 309, 323*, 339, 342, 456*, 497
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64*, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 181*, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
SB 73: HFA(11), (12)
Rasche, Frank
HB 3, 93*, 177, 182*, 183*, 197*, 311*, 326*, 350*, 512*
HCR 56
HR 30, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 23: HCA(1); HB 182: HFA(1), (2); HB 350: HCA(1); HB 405: HCA(1); HB 512: HCA(1)
SB 59: HFA(2); SB 63: HFA(2), (3); SB 119: HFA(5)
Reinhardt, Jon David
HB 19, 29, 114, 141*, 150, 177, 220, 268, 278, 279, 514*, 515
HCR 11, 56, 91
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 150*, 153, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201
Richards, Jody
HB 2, 3, 26, 45, 132, 175*, 177, 220, 233*, 235, 293, 298, 304, 333*, 339, 342, 466*, 467*, 500, 516*
HR 1*, 3*, 20*, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 104*, 110*, 114, 125, 153, 162, 170*, 174, 182, 183*, 192, 195, 201, 202, 204*
HB 175: HFA(1)
Riggs, Steve
HB 3, 7, 91, 123, 143*, 152*, 153, 155, 177, 205*, 210*, 232, 235, 271, 275*, 389*, 433*
HCR 56*, 77
HR 30, 35, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 125, 153, 162, 168, 174, 178*, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 203*
HB 2: HFA(1); HB 152: HFA(1)
SB 13: HCA(1); SB 111: HCA(1); SB 209: HFA(1)
Riner, Tom
HB 3, 19, 28, 29, 56, 93, 153, 155, 177, 235, 279, 298, 383*, 384*, 385*, 386, 393*, 411*, 422*, 437*, 488*
HCR 123*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 162, 168, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 59: HFA(3), (4); HB 66: HFA(3), (4); HB 405: HFA(1)
SB 44: HFA(4); SB 157: HFA(1); SB 175: HFA(1), (2)
Rudy, Steven
HB 132, 135, 177, 295, 374*
HCR 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84*, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Shelton, Terry
HB 135, 177, 249, 371*, 500
HCR 129*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 127, 153, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Siler, Charles L
HB 7, 19, 28, 132, 177, 213*, 236*, 237*, 238*, 299*, 369*, 373*, 405
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153*, 162, 174, 182, 192, 194*, 195, 201, 202
SB 172: HFA(4), (5)
Simpson, Arnold
HB 3, 4*, 28, 114*, 119, 177, 220, 264*, 265*, 268, 306, 309, 324*, 392*, 418*, 434*, 479*, 483*, 505*
HCR 56, 129*
HR 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 127, 156, 161, 162, 174, 182, 183, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 400: HFA(1), (2)
Smith, Ancel
HB 3, 106, 129*, 132, 154, 242, 302
HCR 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 8: HFA(1)
HCR 105: HFA(1), (2)
Smith, Brandon D
HB 8, 19, 106, 177, 254*, 278*, 289*, 310, 362
HJR 27*
HR 30, 35, 36, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 103, 125, 162, 174, 192, 195, 201, 202
SB 73: HFA(4), (5)
Stacy, John Will
HB 3*, 8, 29, 154, 177, 180, 189, 279, 315*, 339, 401*
HCR 86
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 75, 114, 125, 153, 162, 182, 192, 195*, 201, 202
Stein, Kathy W
HB 7, 32, 51*, 62, 105*, 107*, 207*, 208*, 239, 242, 269*, 270*, 276, 277, 298, 321, 328, 334*, 342, 352*, 359*, 360*, 361*, 390*, 405, 438*, 452, 509, 515
HR 30, 46, 48, 51, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 132*, 152*, 169*, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 207*, 208*, 209*, 210*, 211*
HB 105: HFA(1), (2); HB 270: HFA(1); HB 280: HFA(5), (6); HB 334: HFA(1)
SB 189: HFA(1)
Stewart III, Jim
HB 28, 40, 81, 123, 132, 149, 150, 177, 191, 250*, 268, 515
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 40: HFA(1), (3)
Thompson, Tommy
HB 2, 3, 26, 28, 29, 47, 48, 61, 73, 96, 106, 123, 132, 175, 177, 189, 191, 192*, 209*, 278*, 293, 298, 321, 351*, 386, 501*
HCR 11, 56
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 63, 64, 67, 68, 71, 72*, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 278: HFA(4)
SB 2: HFA(1); SB 41: HFA(3), (4); SB 42: HFA(1); SB 97: HCA(1)
Turner, Tommy
HB 19, 132, 177, 240, 374, 441, 515
HCR 86*
HR 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Upchurch, Ken
HB 177, 230*, 231*, 309*, 333, 342, 515
HR 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 73, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 93*, 103, 157*, 162, 174, 192*, 195, 201, 202
HB 205: HFA(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7); HB 365: HFA(1)
SB 70: HFA(1); SB 119: HFA(7), (8)
Vincent, John
HB 3, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19, 108*, 157*, 177, 180*, 191, 225, 242, 283*, 424, 456*
HR 29*, 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 174, 182, 190*, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 5: HFA(1); HB 17: HFA(1); HB 119: HFA(1); HB 157: HFA(1); HB 180: HFA(1); HB 303: HFA(1)
SB 59: HFA(1), (3)
Wayne, Jim
HB 3, 7, 29, 32, 91, 94*, 95*, 106, 143*, 153*, 155, 177, 181*, 205*, 211*, 232*, 235*, 242, 248, 249, 276*, 277*, 309, 355, 376*, 405, 423*, 439, 444*, 452, 509
HCR 77
HR 30, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 59: HFA(2); HB 205: HFA(8); HB 267: HFA(1), (2); HB 280: HFA(1)
SB 10: HFA(1), (2)
Weaver, Mike
HB 2*, 3, 7, 29, 36, 40*, 49, 55, 56, 58*, 59*, 60*, 61*, 62*, 63, 99, 132, 134, 175*, 177, 189, 214*, 215*, 216*, 217*, 220, 222, 230, 291*, 293*, 298, 328*, 343*, 439, 441*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85*, 114, 119*, 125, 126*, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201*, 202, 205
HB 40: HFA(2); HB 59: HFA(1); HB 62: HFA(1); HB 343: HCA(1)
HR 119: HCA(1)
SB 44: HFA(3)
Webb, Robin L
HB 3, 5, 25*, 62, 106*, 132, 177, 235, 242*, 248*, 328, 352*, 360*, 361*, 416*, 421*, 457*, 458*, 480*, 481*, 482*, 504*
HCR 86*, 113*, 139*
HJR 137
HR 35, 36, 46, 48, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 162, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202, 205
HB 267: HFA(9); HB 280: HFA(2); HB 424: HFA(1); HB 457: HFA(1)
Westrom, Susan
HB 2, 3, 5, 13*, 23, 29, 45, 46, 62, 88*, 96*, 131*, 132, 146*, 166, 177, 207, 225, 226*, 227*, 228*, 229*, 239, 278, 280, 294*, 328, 338*, 339*, 349*, 515
HCR 56
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 48, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 78*, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83*, 84, 85, 114, 125, 153, 162, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
Wilkey, Rob
HB 3, 5*, 14*, 28, 106, 111*, 132*, 175, 177, 191, 273*, 334*, 370*, 387, 388*, 390, 432*, 487*, 490*, 491*
HR 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 67, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81*, 82, 83, 84, 85, 102, 103, 114, 125, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 66: HFA(2), (5); HB 334: HFA(2), (3)
SB 59: HFA(4); SB 73: HFA(16)
Wuchner, Addia
HB 29, 62, 114*, 135, 149*, 150*, 177, 220, 249, 268*, 278, 279*, 280, 306, 363*, 386*, 441, 514*, 515*
HCR 11, 56, 86, 91*, 140*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 70*, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 114, 125, 150*, 153, 162, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 68: HFA(2); HB 91: HFA(1); HB 267: HFA(12), (13), (14), (15)
Yonts, Brent
HB 3, 7, 12*, 15, 20*, 29, 34*, 50*, 56, 62, 75*, 106, 118*, 123, 132, 175, 198*, 199*, 200*, 201*, 253*, 276, 277, 278, 293, 405, 441, 449, 497
HJR 122*
HR 30, 35, 36, 46, 51, 52, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 103, 114, 125, 153, 162, 174, 182, 192, 195, 201, 202
HB 12: HFA(1), (2), (3); HB 78: HFA(1), (2); HB 118: HFA(1), (2); HB 294: HCA(1)
SB 44: HFA(1)
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Corrections Impact
Counties
Counties of 75,000 or More
Counties with Cities of the First Class
Counties with Cities of the Second Class
Counties with Cities of the Third Through Sixth Class
Counties, Urban
County Clerks
County Judge/Executives
Court of Appeals
Court Reporters
Court, Supreme
Courts
Courts, Circuit
Courts, District
Courts, Fiscal
Crime Victims
Crimes and Punishments
Criminal Procedure
Dairying and Milk Marketing
Data Processing
Deaths
Deeds and Conveyances
Disabilities and the Disabled
Disasters
Diseases
Distilled Spirits
Dogs
Domestic Relations
Drugs and Medicines
Economic Development
Education, Elementary and Secondary
Education, Finance
Education, Higher
Education, Vocational
Effective Dates, Delayed
Effective Dates, Emergency
Elections and Voting
Electricians
Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Emergency Medical Services
Eminent Domain and Condemnation
Energy
Engineers and Surveyors
Environment and Conservation
Escheats
Ethics
Explosives
Fairs
Federal Laws and Regulations
Fees
Fiduciaries
Financial Responsibility
Fire Prevention
Firearms and Weapons
Firefighters and Fire Departments
Fireworks
Fiscal Note
Fish and Wildlife
Flood Control and Flooding
Foods
Forests and Forestry
Fuel
Gambling
Garnishment
General Assembly
Governor
Grain
Guardians
Hazardous Materials
Health and Medical Services
Health Benefit Mandate
Highways, Streets, and Bridges
Historical Affairs
Holidays
Home Rule
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Hotels and Motels
Housing, Building, and Construction
Information Technology
Inspections
Insurance
Insurance, Health
Insurance, Motor Vehicle
Interest and Usury
Interlocal Cooperation
International Trade and Relations
Interstate Cooperation
Jails and Jailers
Judges and Court Commissioners
Judicial Circuits
Judicial Districts
Junkyards
Juries and Jurors
Justices of the Peace and Magistrates
Labor and Industry
Land Use
Landlord and Tenant
Legislative Research Commission
Libraries
Licensing
Liens
Lieutenant Governor
Loans and Credit
Local Government
Local Mandate
Lottery
Malt Beverages
Medicaid
Memorials
Men
Mental Disability
Mental Health
Military Affairs and Civil Defense
Minerals and Mining
Motor Carriers
Motor Vehicles
Negotiable Instruments
News Media
Noise Control
Notaries
Notices
Nuclear Energy
Nuisances
Nurses
Obscenity and Pornography
Occupational Safety and Health
Occupations and Professions
Oil and Natural Gas
Optometrists
Parental Rights
Parks and Shrines
Partnerships
Peace Officers and Law Enforcement
Personnel and Employment
Pharmacists
Physicians and Practitioners
Piggybacked Bills
Planning and Zoning
Plumbers and Plumbing
Police, City and County
Police, State
Pollution
Popular Names and Short Titles
Poverty
Probation and Parole
Property
Property Valuation Administrators
Prosecutors
Public Advocate
Public Assistance
Public Authorities
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Health
Public Medical Assistance
Public Officers and Employees
Public Records and Reports
Public Salaries
Public Utilities
Public Works
Publications
Purchasing
Race Relations
Racing
Railroads
Real Estate
Redistricting
Religion
Reorganization
Reproductive Issues
Research and Methods
Retirement and Pensions
Retroactive Legislation
Safety
Sales
Science and Technology
Secretary of State
Securities
Sewer Systems
Sheriffs
Small Business
Space and Offices
Special Districts
State Agencies
State Employees
State Symbols and Emblems
Statutes
Studies Directed
Substance Abuse
Sunday Closing
Surface Mining
Taxation
Taxation, Income--Corporate
Taxation, Income--Individual
Taxation, Inheritance and Estate
Taxation, Property
Taxation, Sales and Use
Taxation, Severance
Teachers
Technical Corrections
Television and Radio
Textbooks
Time
Title Amendments
Tobacco
Tourism
Trade Practices and Retailing
Traffic Safety
Transportation
Treasurer
Unemployment Compensation
Uniform Laws
United States
Universities and Colleges
Urban Renewal
Veterans' Affairs
Veterinarians
Vetoed Legislation
Wages and Hours
Waste Management
Water Supply
Waterways and Dams
Weights and Measures
Wills, Trusts, and Estates
Withdrawn Legislation
Witnesses
Women
Workers' Compensation
Bill and Amendment Index
Accountants
Limited liability company, series, special purpose, and nonprofit, authorization for - HB 246
Actuarial Analysis
CERS, urban-county government, solid waste collectors - HB 318
Health departments, retirement incentive - SB 110
Judicial Retirement Plan, Senior Status Program for Special Judges, eligibility - HB 322
Kentucky Retirement Systems, purchased service - HB 299
Public school employees, salary increase - SB 4
Purchased service, Head Start employment - HB 329
Reemployment of retirees, restrictions on hiring - HB 12
Retired teachers, health insurance - HB 169
Retirement
benefits, creditable compensation, vesting, service purchases - HB 66
benefits, service purchases - HB 66: HCS
State/Executive
Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS
Budget, appropriation of - HB 267: HCS
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings
Adjustments to funding formula for local schools, Kentucky Board of Education - SB 126
Administrative regulation procedures and requirements, omnibus revisions to - SB 123
Board
of Medical Licensure, emergency contraceptives, standards for - HB 346
of Nursing, emergency contraceptives, standards for - HB 346
Bonding for local roads to access extended weight system, allow administrative appeal - HB 8: SCS(2)
Cabinet
for Families and Children, adult abuse investigations - HB 298; HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
for Health Services, advisory council review for - SB 125
for Health Services, newborn screening program - SB 24: SCS
for Health Services, statewide organ donor registry - SB 25: SCS, HCS (1)
Collective bargaining for school employees - HB 399
Dietitians
and nutritionists, licensure, administrative regulations, promulgated for - HB 229: SCS
and nutritionists, licensure, retired or inactive status - HB 229
Extended weight road system, require Transportation Cabinet to promulgate safety standards - HB 8: SFA(4)
Faith-based and nonprofit organizations, government funding, administrative regulation review - HB 383
Health
and Family Services, advisory council, permissive use of - HB 110: HCS
Services, Public Health Services Advisory Council, permissive use of - SB 125: SFA(1)
HVAC permitting process, authority to promulgate administrative regulations - HB 421
Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Junk and scrap recyclers, cabinet authority to promulgate regulations regarding - HB 283
Kentucky
Board of Education - HB 93: SCS
Board of Education to promulgate requirements for Reading Diagnostic and Intervention funds - SB 19
Board of Education, promulgate grant requirements relating to mathematics - SB 64
Data Research Corporation, promulgation by - HB 512: HCS
Gaming commission, licensure and regulation of gaming at tracks and casinos - SB 9
Heritage Council, expanded regulatory power of - HB 331
Metrology
lab and tobacco moisture testing devices, fees for - HB 358: HFA(1)
lab, fees for - HB 358: HCA(1)
Railroads, safe walkways, provisions for - HB 187
Revenue
Cabinet, cigarette excise tax adjustment - HB 176
cabinet, grants to teachers from eligible nonprofit education organizations - SB 179
Small Employer Health Reinsurance Board, promulgate new - HB 176
Special license plates, require regs spell out criteria and standards for denial - HB 134: SFA(1)
Advertising
Barber shops, barber pole as advertisement for - HB 430
Fire protection districts, election of trustees for - HB 444
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Telephone
directories, misrepresentation of geographic location of business prohibited - HB 402
directories, misrepresentation of geographic location of floral businesses prohibited - HB 414
directories, misrepresentation of geographic location of floral businesses, prohibited - SB 132
Aeronautics and Aviation
Filing requirements, for deeds to airport authorities - SB 111
Frankfort Airport, rename - HB 49
Aged Persons and Aging
Adult protection - HB 298: SFA(1)
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration, withholding circumstances - HB 501
Cabinet for Families and Children, adult abuse investigations and reports - HB 298; HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
Civil rights, preemption of field by state - HB 81
Commission for Services/Supports for individuals with MR/DD, elderly caregivers, study of - SJR 85: SCS
Community-based and self-directed services, approach by Cabinet for Health Services - SJR 94
Drug importation program, design and implementation of - SB 139
Elder
care income tax credit - HB 194
Justice Act, urge reintroduction - SR 84
Exemption from jury duty - HB 228
Hospital-acquired infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, data on hospital-acquired infection rates reported by - SB 185; HB 76
KinCare Support Program, creation of - HB 35
Long-term
care facilities inspections, prohibit notification of - HB 270
care facilities, sprinkler system, information about - HB 338
care, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of - HB 208
Meals, home-delivered services to include - HB 112
Medicaid, personal needs allowance, increase of - HB 38
Nursing
facilities, compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act - SB 169
facility provider taxes, prohibit billing residents for - HB 313
facility services, provider tax on - SB 211; HB 439
home inspections, prohibit notification of - HB 270: HFA(1)
Parental
interference, civil remedy for - HB 27: HCS
interference, civil remedy for grandparents - HB 27
Prescription
drug importation, urge the Governor to establish program to - SR 71
drug program, local government creation of - HB 485
Social security, privatization - HCR 148
Agriculture
Agricultural
Development Councils, duties of - HB 262
development fund, state funds, distribution of - HB 257
development fund, tobacco dependent counties, earmarked funds for - HB 258
Agritourism highway signs, mandate Transportation Cabinet to promote usage of - HJR 112
Bennett, Tom, Commissioner, honor - SR 183
Canadian beef importation, restriction of - HR 102
Dairy, designate milk as official state drink - SB 93
Development
Board confirmation, Dennis Bruce Griffin - HCR 43
Board confirmation, Donna M. Amburgey - HCR 7
Board confirmation, H. H. Barlow - HCR 5
Board confirmation, James Randolph Mahan - HCR 42
Board confirmation, John Cleaver - HCR 44
Board confirmation, Rodney Dick - HCR 4
Economic development funds, eligibility, tobacco warehouses included - HB 435
Egg
marketing restrictions, Department of Agriculture, authority to impose - SB 57: SCS
marketing, licensing and fees - SB 57
Excess tobacco, urge Congress, USDA to allow sale - HR 69
Farm wineries, malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(6)
Farmlands, clarify definition for purposes of taking wildlife on - HB 457
Food Checkout Day, designate February 7, 2005 - HR 73
Grain licenses and assessments, requirements for - SB 68
Grain, inspection of - SB 68: HCA(1)
Horse farming, breeders incentive fund created - HB 339
Malt beverage contracts, terms defined - SB 73: HFA(8)
Metrology
lab and tobacco moisture testing devices, fees for - HB 358: HFA(1)
lab, fees for - HB 358: HCA(1)
Pesticide disposal, hazardous positions - HB 130: HFA(1)
Phase II obligation, urge payment - HR 35
Poultry testing, Office of State Veterinarian authority for - HB 468: HFA(1)
Poultry,
adherence to national or equivalent plan - HB 468
national and equivalent plan requirements - HB 468: HCS
Reorganization, Dept of Agriculture, Executive Orders 04-02 and 04-03 - HB 218
Rural Enhancement and Development Committee, creation of - HB 97
Sales
and use tax exemption for equine industry - HB 349
and use tax exemption for straw, wood shavings, and sawdust - HB 98
Small and farm wineries, malt beverage licenses issued, qualifications for - SB 73: HFA(9),(10),(13),(14)
State Rural Development Council, creation of - HJR 131
Tobacco
buyout, Phase II allotment, payment of - HR 36
companies, urge Phase II payment - HCR 47: HCS
moisture-testing devices, regulation of - HB 358
Settlement Committee, mandate meeting when funds allocated - HB 240
Settlement Fund Oversight Committee, meeting schedule, requirement for - HB 240: SCA(1)
U.S. Congress, urge review and amendment of buyout bill - HCR 47
Wineries, malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(7)
Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic beverage taxes, earmark receipts - HB 272: HFA(7)
Dry counties, lawful limits for alcoholic beverages - HB 493
DUI, hardship license availability - HB 199
Farm wineries, malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(6)
Firearms, carrying where alcoholic beverages are served - SB 149
Malt
beverage brands, change of ownership, transferability upon - SB 73: HCS
beverage contracts, terms defined - SB 73: HFA(8)
beverage franchise, brewer changes, procedures governing - SB 73: HFA(15)
beverage sales, customers, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(4)
beverages, incompatible licenses for - HB 432
Plastic beverage containers, codes, make changes to - HB 483
Small
and farm wineries, local option election, establishment of - SB 73: SFA(1)
and farm wineries, sale of malt beverages, limitations on - SB 73; SB 73: HFA (1),(3)
and farm wineries, wine production, cap on - SB 73: HFA(11),(12)
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Wholesale tax, impose at 11% rate - HB 272: HCS
Wine, state festival - HB 165
Wineries with malt beverage licenses, restrictions, issuance of - SB 73: HFA(10)
Wineries,
malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(7)
with malt beverage licenses, restrictions, issuance of - SB 73: HFA(9),(13),(14)
Alcoholism
Blood alcohol test, increase time to four hours - SB 204
DUI, hardship license availability - HB 199
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Amusements and Recreation
Electronic
gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, appropriation of revenues - HB 188
gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, omnibus bill - HB 193
Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority, oversee activities for - SB 66
Theatre pipe organ, official state designation of - SB 148
Animals, Livestock, and Poultry
Animal carcasses, removal from railroad right-of-way - HB 250
Canadian beef importation, restriction of - HR 102
Cruelty, ownership, prohibition and forfeiture of - HB 10
Debtor-creditor relations, exemption increase - HB 248
Egg marketing restrictions, Department of Agriculture, authority to impose - SB 57: SCS
Equine, sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by horse farmers - SB 174
Food Checkout Day, designate February 7, 2005 - HR 73
Horse breeders incentive fund, establishment of - HB 342
Horses less than 2 years of age, exempt from sales and use tax - HB 131
Horses,
breeders incentive created - HB 339
exempt from sales and use tax - SB 58
Kentucky Walking Horse Association, create special license plate for - HB 126
Poultry testing, Office of State Veterinarian authority for - HB 468: HFA(1)
Poultry,
adherence to national or equivalent plan - HB 468
national and equivalent plan requirements - HB 468: HCS
Saddlebred horse, designation of Shelby County as Saddlebred Horse Capital of the World - SJR 12; HJR 16
Annexation
Land under jurisdiction of sanitation district - SB 48; HB 122
Uninhabited territory, striking of by city - HB 233
Appropriations
Affordable Housing Trust Fund, makes appropriation for - HB 267: HFA(2)
Appropriates Road Fund dollars to a specific highway construction project - HB 267: HFA(15)
Authorize and appropriate funds for expansion at Bluegrass Station - SB 79; HB 215
Breathitt Veterinary Center, funds earmarked for - HB 267: SCA(1)
Breeders' incentive fund, appropriation for - HB 339
Cabinet for Health Services, community mental health centers, funding formula - SB 199
Casino gaming, regulation of, allocation of funds derived from - SB 9
Cigarette
surtax and other tobacco wholesale tax, Small Employer Health Reinsurance Program - HB 176
surtax and other wholesale tax, tobacco cessation and prevention - HB 176
tax, increase of - HB 486
Claims bill - HB 374
Compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund, funding mechanism, creation of - SB 186; HB 37
Debt service for bonds - HB 350: SCS(1),(2)
Electronic gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery - HB 188
Expenditure of funds for executions, prohibition against - HB 181
Health reimbursement arrangement for state and school board employees - SB 4
HVAC permitting process, establish trust fund for - HB 421
Judgments appropriations, reduction of - HB 267: SCA(6)
Kentucky
Clean Coal Energy Project, recommend allocating $2 million from coal severance tax fund - SR 154; HR 179
National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - SB 161; HB 191, 222
National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - HB 222: HFA(1)
Phase II Tobacco Settlement funding, providing for - HB 132; HB 132: HCS
Salary increase for state and school board employees - SB 4
State/Executive
Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Budget, appropriation of - HB 267: HCS, HFA (18)
Statutes in the budget bill, effect of - HB 507
Architects
Construction services contract, indemnification clause - HB 449; HB 449: HCS
Archives and Records
Certified copies, creation of - HB 59: SCS
Open Records Law, exemption to - HB 59: SCS
Records, certified copies - HB 260: SCS
Area Development Districts
Homeland security funding, reporting requirements - SB 44; SB 44: SCS
Meals, home-delivered services to seniors to include - HB 112
Associations
Charitable gaming, prize limit, increase in - SB 153
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Limited liability company, series, special purpose, and nonprofit, authorization for - HB 246
Athletics
Athletic trainers, licensure of - HB 290
Kentucky
Boxing and Wrestling Authority, oversee activities and events for - SB 66
Sports Authority, creation of - SB 65
Attorney General
Credit
cards, prosecution of unlawful acts - HB 282
cards, restriction on rate increase - SB 117
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Debt
adjusters, regulation of - HB 294
adjusters, state registration fee for - HB 294: HCA(1)
Department of Law, reorganization of - HB 167; HB 167: HCS
Drug grants and funding, application for - SB 45: HCS(1)
Health care provider billing - HB 278; HB 278: SFA (3)
Open
meetings and open records information, distribution of - HB 77; HB 77: HCS
Records Law, enforcement of - HB 59: HFA(2)
Records Law, exceptions to - HB 59: HFA(1)
Private property, governmental actions affecting - HB 515
Prosecutorial funding, tobacco tax and fund to support - HB 487
Reorganization,
confirmation of AG Executive Order 04-01 - SB 44: HCS(2)
Office of the Attorney General - SB 44: CCR
Sexual relations, prohibit between school personnel and students - HB 52
State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum - HJR 92, 146; HJR 92: SCS
Attorney, Commonwealth's
Carrying firearm in detention facility prohibited - HB 220
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Drug grants and funding, application for - SB 45: HCS(1)
Expungement
of records, Class D felonies and misdemeanors - HB 74
of records, Class D felony and misdemeanor - HB 5; HB 5: HFA (1),(2)
Manslaughter in the first degree, technical corrections - HB 285
Prosecutorial funding, tobacco tax and fund to support - HB 487
Attorney, County
Carrying firearm in detention facility prohibited - HB 220
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Delinquent taxes, inclusion or non-inclusion of fees - SB 55
Drug grants and funding, application for - SB 45: HCS(1)
Fees on delinquent property taxes - HB 4: HCS
Manslaughter in the first degree, technical corrections - HB 285
Prosecutorial funding, tobacco tax and fund to support - HB 487
Tax
lien collection fees - SB 55: SFA(1)
liens, interest computation on - SB 55: SFA(2)
Attorneys
Civil action, child sexual abuse, extend time limitations - HB 488
Competency hearings, permit trial by court without a jury during - SB 190; HB 50; HB 50: HCS
County
law library fees - HB 200; HB 200: HCS
law library, funding - SB 85
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
District court small claims division, increase jurisdictional amounts - HB 107
Drug repository, program providers, immunity for - SB 23: HCS(1)
Forgery, technical correction - SB 146
Frivolous lawsuits - HB 251
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Gunshot wounds, hospital reporting, immunity for - HB 152: HCS
Limited liability company act, amendments to - HB 246
Liquefied petroleum gas licensee, civil liability of - HB 440: HCS
Manslaughter in the first degree, technical corrections - HB 285
Medical
malpractice task force - HB 480: HCS
malpractice, omnibus reform - SB 224
malpractice, screening panels - HB 490
Open
Meetings Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(3)
Records Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(4)
Records Law, exceptions to - HB 59: HFA(1)
Tax
lien collection fees - SB 55: SFA(1)
liens, interest computation on - SB 55: SFA(2)
Auditor of Public Accounts
Audit, mandatory, homeland security - SB 44: HFA(1)
State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum - HJR 92, 146; HJR 92: SCS
Audits and Auditors
Audit reports, requirements for city and county and alternatives for reporting - HB 375: HCS
Government audits, requirements for - SB 200
Local governmental audits, requirements for - HB 375
Bankruptcy
Kentucky Health and Economic Welfare Task Force, create - HJR 137
Banks and Financial Institutions
Adult abuse and exploitation, Cabinet for Families and Children, access to records - HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
Candidate campaign funds, insured account, requirement for - HB 158
Certificates of deposit, rate of interest - SB 116
Consumer
loan companies, acquisition and handling charges - HB 280: HFA(4)
loans - HB 280: SCS
Credit
cards, fraudulent finance charges, violation of Consumer Protection Act - HB 282
cards, restriction on rate increase - SB 117
report, security freeze - HB 396: HFA(1)
Deferred
deposit transaction - HB 280: HFA(5),(6)
deposit transactions - HB 280: HFA(1),(2),(3)
Financial records, Cabinet for Families and Children, assess to in adult abuse investigations - HB 298
Internet business - HB 280: SFA(2)
Liens on real property, notice of failure to release - HB 280: HFA(8)
Mortgages, assignment of - HB 280: SFA(1)
Nonprofit organization, delete exception - HB 280: SFA(3),(4)
Notice,
service to executive officer - HB 280: HFA(7)
to executive officer - HB 280: HFA(9)
Omnibus financial services act - HB 280
Recording mortgage releases and assignments - SB 67
Repossession of collateral, secured parties - SB 27
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
State banks, usury statutes - HB 280: SCS
Student credit card regulation - HB 96
Trademark use, advertising - HB 280: SFA(2)
Barbers and Cosmetologists
Barbers and barber shops, independent contractors working for - HB 430
Cosmetologists and estheticians' fees, housekeeping changes - HB 415
Cosmetology and esthetics, charitable services permit, creation of - HB 415
Estheticians' demonstration license, creation of - HB 415
Boats and Boating
Central assessment of barge lines - HB 350: HCA(1)
Common carrier water companies, central assessment of - HB 350
Bonds of Surety
Bonding of guardians and conservators, exemptions - HB 381
Land
use decision, appeal bond exceptions to - SB 157: HFA(1)
use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157; SB 157: SCA (1); HB 50: SCS
State
contracts, raising minimum contract amount requiring bonds - SB 109
procurement, contract conditions for - SB 109: HCA(1)
Supersedeas bonds - HB 387
Tax increment financing, definitions and technical changes - HB 337: HFA(1)
Bonds, Public
Bonding authority, restrictions relating to electric facilities - SB 150: SFA(1)
Electric facilities, bonding authority for - SB 150
Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, increase limit of - HB 161
Phase II Tobacco Settlement funding, providing for - HB 132; HB 132: HCS
Postsecondary institutions, debt issuance by - HB 45
Budget and Financial Administration
2005 HB 267/EN, amend provisions - HB 497: FCCR
Breathitt Veterinary Center, funds earmarked for - HB 267: SCA(1)
Budget bill, effect of - HB 508
Capital
Construction and Contingency Account, use of for agency moving expenses - HB 241
renewal account for state facilities, creation of - HB 245
Cigarette
tax increase, impose tax on smokeless, loose, and other tobacco - HB 32
tax increase, smokeless loose, and other tobacco, impose tax - HB 138
tax, increase of - HB 486
Claims bill - HB 374
Expenditure of funds for executions, prohibition against - HB 181
Fund transfers, reverse budget language - HB 350: SCA(2)
Game and fish fund, not transferable to general fund - HB 457
General
Assembly, odd-numbered year sessions, budget enacted in - SB 215
Assembly, special session if no budget enacted - HB 19
Health reimbursement arrangement, contribution to be included in budget - SB 4
Kentucky Clean Coal Energy Project, recommend allocating $2 million from coal severance tax fund - SR 154; HR 179
Local projects, bond authorization for - HB 382
Motorcycle safety education program fund, establish and appropriate funds - SB 77: HCS
Phase II Tobacco Settlement funding, providing for - HB 132; HB 132: HCS
Privatization, task force on, creation of - HCR 139
Procurement,
contract conditions for surety and performance bonds - SB 49: HCS
use of reverse auction - SB 49: HCS
Reorganization,
Department of Revenue, substance, technical, and conforming changes - SB 49: SCS
Finance & Administration Cabinet substance, technical, & conforming changes - SB 49: SCS
Finance and Administration Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-723 - SB 49
Revenue Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-723 - SB 49
School boards, state appropriation for health insurance - HB 41
Special election require following failure to make executive branch appropriations - HB 315
State
procurement policy, use of reverse auctions - HB 263
procurement, contract conditions for - SB 109: HCA(1)
State/Executive
Branch Budget Memorandum - HJR 92, 146; HJR 92: SCS
Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Budget, appropriation of - HB 267: HCS, HFA (18)
Statutes in the budget bill, effect of - HB 507
Campaign Finance
Candidate campaign account, limitations upon - HB 158
Caucus campaign committee contribution limit established - SB 112: HFA(1)
Electioneering near polling places, required distance from - HB 26: HCS
Governor and Lieutenant Governor slates, public debates, requirement for - SB 112: SFA(1),(3)
Judicial division elections, allow use of established campaign account - HB 121
Public funding of gubernatorial elections, elimination of - SB 112; SB 112: SCS, HCS, HFA (3); HB 26: SFA (3)
Registry of Election Finance, confirmation of Walter Patrick - SR 113
Slates of candidates, reporting requirements of - SB 112: SFA(4)
Transporters of voters to polls, requirements of - SB 83
Capital Construction
Authorize and appropriate funds for expansion at Bluegrass Station - SB 79; HB 215
Capital
Construction and Contingency Account, use of for agency moving expenses - HB 241
renewal account for state facilities, creation of - HB 245
Postsecondary institutions, debt issuance by - HB 45
State
contracts, raising minimum contract amount requiring bonds - SB 109
procurement policy, use of reverse auctions - HB 263
procurement, contract conditions for - SB 109: HCA(1)
State/Executive
Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Budget, appropriation of - HB 267: HCS
Cemeteries and Burials
Historic or prehistoric human remains on property, procedure for disposition of - HB 331
Human remains and burial objects, archaeological sites, require access permit for - HB 330
On-site record keeping, cemetery owners required to - HB 332
Charitable Organizations and Institutions
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, protection of - HCR 17
Charitable
gaming fee, increase in - HB 388; SB 74: SCS
gaming fee, increases in - SB 74
gaming gross receipts, partial funding for compulsive gamblers, requirement for - HB 37
gaming gross receipts, partial funding for compulsive gamblers, requirements for - SB 186
gaming, prize limit, increase in - SB 153
Coal Miners, create special license plate for - HB 171
Corporations, conversion to nonstock, nonprofit - HB 391; HB 391: HCS
Faith-based and nonprofit organizations, Governor's Office, create in - HB 383
Fraternal Order of Police associate members, create special license plate for - HB 265
Kentucky Colonels, special license plate for - SB 5
Sales and use taxes, refund for - HB 128
Shriners, create special license plate for - SB 12
Social services, provision of, government funding for - HB 383
Children and Minors
Abortion, federal constitutional prohibition of - HCR 15
Adoption,
application fees - SB 16: HCS
health history information required - HB 469
home study, filing, requirements for - HB 30; SB 16: HCS
international, petition not required - HB 304; HB 304: SCS, HCS
international, recognition of - SB 16: HCS; HB 30: HFA (1)
temporary custody prior to - HB 30; SB 16: HCS
Advisory council, Health and Family Services, permissive use by - HB 110: HCS
All-terrain vehicles, no person under age 16 shall operate - HB 86
Boarding school students, exempt from compulsory public school attendance - SB 71
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, protection of - HCR 17
Child
booster seat requirement, exempt children 8 years of age and older - HB 334: HFA(1)
booster seats, require and make violations a primary offense - HB 334
support, adjust for shared parenting time - HB 360
support, emancipation - HB 204: SFA(1), HCS
support, emancipation in case of mental disability - HB 204
support, modification for non-parent - HB 119: HFA(1)
support, modification of award for non-parent - HB 119; HB 119: HCS
Support, paternity - HB 155
support, update guidelines table - HB 359
Civil action, child sexual abuse, extend time limitations - HB 488
Cloning - HB 438
Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 222; HB 56
Community-based and self-directed services, approach by Cabinet for Health Services - SJR 94
Controlled substance child endangerment - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (2)
Covenant marriage, create the option of entering into - HB 431
Custodial sexual misconduct - HB 180, 305; HB 180: HFA (1)
Custody, state, extension of commitment - HB 186
Daily physical activity for public school students, require - HB 71
Drivers' licenses, educational requirements - HB 317
Election essay and slogan contest, topics and monetary awards for - HB 141
Electricians, verifiable experience gained at age sixteen or seventeen applied toward licensure of - HB 419, 499
Elementary school, recess, physical activity in - SB 172: HFA(4),(6)
Embryos, prohibited acts related to - HB 386
Exemption from jury duty - HB 228
Expelled students, educational services for - HB 151
Foreign adoption, recognition of - SB 16
Foster
and adopted children, tuition waiver, participation during military service - HB 23
children, health care provided by the state to age 23 - HB 446
Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day, third Saturday in May recognized as - SR 60; HR 70
Governor's Scholars Program, reorganization of - SB 134
Graduated driver's license, requirements for intermediate and full license - HB 22: HCS
Health
and Family Services Cabinet, creation of - SB 47; HB 110
services, cigarette tax, increased funding due to - HB 486
High schools, physical activity in - SB 172: HFA(7),(8)
In vitro fertilization, prohibit the fertilization of more than one egg during the process of - HB 145
Inmate labor, leasing of - HB 75
Intermediate drivers's license, provisions of - HB 22
Interstate Compact for Juveniles - HB 46
James William Lazzaro and Madison Leigh Heflin Newborn Screening Act, cite as - SB 24: HCS
Juvenile sexual offenders, adjudication and treatment - HB 53
Kentucky
Commission on Autism Spectrum disorders, creation of - HB 296: HFA(1)
Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders, creation of - HB 296
KinCare Support Program, creation of - HB 35
Lead,
blood testing as condition of school or day care enrollment - SB 216
elevated blood levels, testing and reporting of - HB 479
Local school district wellness policies, implementation of - HB 90
Marriage, judicial bypass procedure for pregnant minors - HB 16
Medical and education consent affidavits, combination of - HB 35: HCS
Medication
administration at school - HB 88: FCCR
administration at school, requirement related to - SB 189; SB 189: HCS, HFA (1); HB 88: SFA (3); HB 93: SFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 183: SFA (2); HB 184: SFA (2); HB 298: SFA (4); HB 301: SFA (2); HB 439: SFA (3)
Myositis Awareness Day, September 21 of each year recognized as - HB 366
Newborn
screening tests, expansion of - SB 24; HB 51; SB 24: SCS
screening, provisions for - SB 25, 28
Offender registration, change in - HB 455
Parental interference, civil remedy for - HB 27; HB 27: HCS
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, October 15, 2005, declared as - HR 177
Reimbursement for school services provided for state agency children, increase funding for - HB 453
Required school physical activity for - SB 172: SFA(1),(2)
Schools,
food and beverage requirements in - SB 172: CCR, FCCR
food and beverages, requirements relating to - SB 172: HCS
health and nutrition - SB 172: SCS, SFA (3)
medications, immunity for reaction to - SB 189: HCA(1)
physical activity in - SB 172: HFA(1),(3)
Seat belt usage, primary offense - HB 334: HFA(2)
Sex
crimes against child family member, loss of parental authority - HB 368
offender registration, include distributors of child pornography - HB 268
offenders, bar from school grounds - HB 224
Sexual
Assault Awareness Month, declare March as - HR 107
Assault Awareness, declare March as - SR 47
offenses, enticement by telecommunications device, creation of crime and penalty - HB 209
offenses, use of electronic communications system to procure a minor - SB 106; SB 106: HFA (1)
relations, prohibit between school personnel and students - HB 52
Shared parenting time, adjust child support for - SB 202
Specific learning disability, redefine to include dyslexia and other conditions - HB 320
State Citizens Foster Care Review Board, election of chair and vice chair - HB 327
Status offenders, detention in secure facilities, require courts to review only written reports - HB 226
Student
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, definition of - HB 405; SB 189: HCS, HFA (2); HB 405: HFA (1)
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, definition of, protection from - SB 188
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, protection from - HB 405; SB 189: HCS, HFA (2); HB 405: HFA (1)
Students and teachers, awards for - HB 437
Support,
garnishment, lump sum payment, definition of - HB 155: HFA(1)
garnishment, lump sum payment, reporting of - HB 155: HCS
Truancy, determination of - HB 72
Truant students, agreement by board of education for police to take into custody - HB 408, 409
United States Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, schools to comply with - SB 172: HFA(5)
Circuit Clerks
Adoption, filing and records - HB 30; SB 16: HCS
Adult abuse, procedures and training required - HB 298; HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
Certified volunteer firefighter, identification card - HB 48: HFA(1)
Driver licenses, allow free replacement if address change with no movement of residence - HB 44: HCS
Expungement of records, Class D felonies and misdemeanors - HB 74
Identification cards for volunteer firefighters - HB 48
Kentucky Association of Circuit Court Clerks, recognize - SR 38; HR 51
Motor vehicle transfer tax, foster parent exemption - HB 24
Operator's licenses, eliminate new license requirement if only street name is changed - HB 44
Personal identification cards, issuance of - HB 196
Statewide
organ donor registry, establish - SB 25: SCS, HCS (1)
organ donor registry, work group to study - SJR 34; HJR 21
organ donor registry, workgroup to study - HJR 21: HCS
Tobacco products, prohibit use until age 21 - HB 89
Cities
Adoption, application fees - HB 30
Ambulance services, Medicaid reimbursement, Medicare national fees used for - HB 123
Annexing sanitation district land - SB 48; HB 122
Audit reports, delinquent taxes, alternatives for reporting - HB 375: HCS
Bonding authority, restrictions relating to electric facilities - SB 150: SFA(1)
Charter
county government - HB 434
county governments, procedure for referendum for adoption or consolidation of services - SB 191
Civil rights, preemption of field by state - HB 81
Delinquent taxes, computation of interest - SB 55
Disaster relief funding, program for - HB 367
Discriminatory and bias-related offenses ordinance, require public referendum for - SB 88
Electric facilities, bonding authority for - SB 150
Grants, homeland security, notification of - SB 44: HFA(1)
Homeland security funding, reporting requirements - SB 44; SB 44: SCS
HVAC permitting process, allow local participation in - HB 421
Impact development fees - HB 423
Insurance premium tax, determination of risk locations for - HB 31
Internal Revenue Code, update reference in tax provisions - HB 116
Joint municipal power authority, creation of - HB 406
Legal
documents, methods of publication for cities and counties - HB 375
documents, methods of publications for cities and counties - SB 200
Local
referendums, allow public questions not prohibited by statute - HB 104
taxation - clarification of levy changes - HB 496
Make technical corrections relating to petitions and elections - SB 13: SFA(2)
Ministers,
exemption from occupational and license tax - HB 28
taxation and regulation of - HB 28: SCS
Nuisances - HB 345
Nuisances, motor vehicles associated with motor carriers exempted - HB 345: HFA(1)
Occupational
license fees, crediting - HB 400, 425, 505
license fees, refunds and crediting - HB 400: HFA(1),(2)
Open meetings, holding of - HB 418
Petitions list names by precinct - SB 13: SFA(1)
Planning
and zoning, alteration of use of green space in subdivisions prohibited - SB 214
and zoning, codes of ethics - HB 232
and zoning, comprehensive plans - HB 232
and zoning, grandfather certain independent planning units - HB 319
and zoning, independent planning units, exempt certain from interrogations or dissolution - HB 210: SFA(1)
and zoning, urge committee to study subdivision regulations and planning official training - HR 160
Prescription drug program, creation of - HB 485
Property tax, biotechnology products, exemptions from - SB 131
Public agency meetings held outside jurisdiction - HB 418: HCS
Reclassification, Corbin, 3rd - 4th - HB 67: SFA(1); HB 113: SFA (1)
Tax
increment financing, community redevelopment - HB 337
increment financing, definitions and technical changes - HB 337: HFA(1)
levy recall provisions - SB 13
Uninhabited
territory, striking by city of - SB 94
territory, striking of by city - HB 233
Urban-county government, benefits for police and firefighters - SB 128
West Louisville, economic development of - HCR 142
Cities, Classification
City of Prospect, reclassification of - SB 69
Corbin, 3rd - 4th - HB 67: SFA(1); HB 113: SFA (1)
Prospect, in Jefferson County, from fourth to third - HB 113
Reclassify City of Union , 5th to 4th - HB 67
Warsaw, City of, from fifth to fourth class - SB 32
Cities, First Class
Delinquent taxes, computation of interest - SB 55
Ministers, taxation and regulation of - HB 28: SCS
Cities, Third Class
Budget bill, effect of - HB 508
Civil Actions
Bankruptcy, utilization of federal exemptions - HB 248: HCS
Board of Claims, eliminate jurisdiction over claims against local boards of education - HB 420
Breach of promise to marry, tort of - HB 286
Child
sexual abuse, damages, extend time limitations - HB 488
support, emancipation - HB 204: SFA(1), HCS
support, emancipation in case of mental disability - HB 204
support, modification for non-parent - HB 119: HFA(1)
support, modification of award for non-parent - HB 119; HB 119: HCS
Support, paternity - HB 155
Commercial transactions, financing - SB 114
Construction services contract, indemnification clause - HB 449; HB 449: HCS
Debtor-creditor relations, exemption increase - HB 248
Definition of marriage - HCR 12
Divorce and separation requirements, covenant marriage, create the option of entering into - HB 431
Drug repository, program providers, immunity for - SB 23: HCS(1)
Employment contracts, broadcast industry - HB 271; HB 271: HFA (1)
Food establishments, no liability for weight gain, obesity, or related condition - SB 103
Frivolous lawsuits - HB 251
Gunshot wounds, hospital reporting, immunity for - HB 152: HCS
Health
facility, prohibit involuntary overtime, collection of civil penalties for - HB 365
facility, prohibit overtime, civil penalties for - HB 365: HFA(1)
Hepatitis C, damages for failure to protect confidentiality of persons with - HB 177
Human embryo, prohibited acts, civil penalty - HB 149
Immunity, hospitals, wound reporting by - HB 152: HFA(1)
Land use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157; SB 157: SCA (1); HB 50: SCS
Legend drug repository, immunity related to - SB 23: SCS
Limitation
of actions, installment contract - SB 114
of damages for failure to maintain motor vehicle insurance - HB 21
Liquefied petroleum gas licensee, civil liability of - HB 440: HCS
Manufactured
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home - HB 205: HFA(8)
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home communities - HB 205
Marital property and debt - HB 115; HB 115: HCS, HFA (1)
Marriage,
definition of - HCR 12: HFA(1),(2)
judicial bypass procedure for pregnant minors - HB 16
Medical
malpractice awards, General Assembly may limit - HB 146
malpractice lawsuits, damage limits - SB 1
Methamphetamine
and precursors - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (1),(3),(4), HFA (1),(2),(3)
precursors, controls on sale - HB 253
Parental
interference, civil remedy for - HB 27: HCS
interference, remedy for - HB 27
Protection from, for reporting a student infraction - HB 405: HCA(1)
Real property lien, party with an interest in the property - HB 369
Riot liability, technical correction - SB 145
Salvage motor vehicle, right to recover total losses - HB 464
Schools, medications, immunity for reaction to - SB 189: HCA(1)
Sex offender management, study of - HCR 6
Supersedeas bonds - HB 387
Teacher liability, protection against - HB 84
Civil Procedure
Adoption,
cabinet secretary approval, exemption from requirement for - SB 16
filing and records - HB 30; SB 16: HCS
international, petition not required - HB 304; HB 304: HCS
Board of Claims, eliminate jurisdiction over claims against local boards of education - HB 420
Child
support, adjust for shared parenting time - HB 360
support, modification for non-parent - HB 119: HFA(1)
support, modification of award for non-parent - HB 119; HB 119: HCS
Class action reform, urge support of - SR 138
Employment contracts, broadcast industry - HB 271; HB 271: HFA (1)
Food establishments, no liability for weight gain, obesity, or related condition - SB 103
Foreign child adoption, recognition of - SB 16
Frivolous lawsuits - HB 251
Garnishment - HB 280
Improper vehicle registration to avoid use tax, civil penalty for - HB 157: HFA(1)
Judicial sales, interest rate of purchaser's bond - HB 397
Manufactured
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home - HB 205: HFA(8)
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home communities - HB 205
Marital property and debt - HB 115; HB 115: HCS, HFA (1)
Marriage, judicial bypass procedure for pregnant minors - HB 16
Medical malpractice reform, urge support of - SR 30, 138
Parental
interference, civil remedy for - HB 27: HCS
interference, remedy for - HB 27
Real property lien, party with an interest in the property - HB 369
Sex offender management, study of - HCR 6
Shared parenting time, adjust child support for - SB 202
Supersedeas bonds - HB 387
Civil Rights
Abortion, federal constitutional prohibition of - HCR 15
Behavior and discipline policies, development of - HB 405: HFA(2)
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Detention of status offenders in secure facilities, require courts to review only written reports - HB 226
Discriminatory and bias-related offenses ordinance, require public referendum for - SB 88
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Employment contracts, broadcast industry - HB 271; HB 271: HFA (1)
Genetic testing, prohibition against employer's use of - HB 223
Offender registration, change in - HB 455
Office of Minority Empowerment, creation of - SB 42
Pay equity, provisions for - HB 288; HB 288: HCS
Preemption of field by state - HB 81
Public
indecency - SB 106: HFA(1)
indecency, create offense of - HB 306
Restoration of civil rights, constitutional amendment to provide - SB 177
Sex
offender management, study of - HCR 6
offenders, bar from school grounds - HB 224
Sexual
offenses, enticement by telecommunications device, creation of crime and penalty - HB 209
offenses, use of electronic communications system to procure a minor - SB 106; SB 106: HFA (1)
orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
orientation and gender identity, discrimination based on, prohibit - HB 207
Student harassment, intimidation, or bullying, protection from - SB 188; HB 405; SB 189: HCS, HFA (2); HB 405: HFA (1)
Tort law, firearms, urge reform of - SR 137
Voting rights for felons, constitutional amendment to provide - HB 384
Claims
Board of Claims, eliminate jurisdiction over claims against local boards of education - HB 420
Construction services contract, indemnification clause - HB 449; HB 449: HCS
Food establishments, no liability for weight gain, obesity, or related condition - SB 103
Wrongful incarceration, compensation for - SB 178
Clergy
Criminal background checks, mental health professionals, requirement for - SB 10
Faith-based and nonprofit organizations, Governor's Office, create in - HB 383
Social services, provision of, government funding for - HB 383
Coal
Abandoned mine land reclamation fee, urge reauthorization of - SR 174; HR 189
Clear Skies Act of 2005, urge United States Senate to enact - HR 158
Coal
industry, study of its impact on various stakeholders - HCR 105: HFA(1)
miner stamp by the U.S. Postal Service, urge issuance of - HR 23
Department for Natural Resources, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41: SFA(4)
Designation as official state rock - SB 99
Extended
weight coal road system, expand to include other minerals - HB 8
weight coal roads, weight limits by truck size - HB 129
weight road system, define system by transportation of coal - HB 8: SCS(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within a consolidated local government - HB 8: SFA(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within an urban county government - HB 8: SFA(2)
weight road system, exempt specific roads - HB 8: SFA(3)
weight road system, require Transportation Cabinet to promulgate safety standards - HB 8: SFA(4)
Kentucky
Clean Coal Energy Project, express support of Kentucky House of Representatives - HR 186
Clean Coal Energy Project, Kentucky House to support - HR 179
Clean Coal Energy Project, Kentucky Senate to support - SR 154
Remining incentives, extension of authority for - SB 180
Single county coal fund, transfer of administration of - SB 136
Special license plate for coal miners, creation of - HB 171, 310
Surface mines, original contour restoration and overburden disposal requirements, make changes to - HB 509
Workers' Compensation, black lung revisions - HB 106
Collective Bargaining
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - SB 205; HB 82, 377
Teachers and classified employees in public schools - HB 399
Commendations and Recognitions
2004 U of L Football Cardinals, 2004 C-USA and Liberty Bowl Champions - SR 136; HR 168
Akers, Dr. Lilialyce, honor and adjourn Senate in her honor - SR 160
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, honoring - SR 86; HR 125
Barrows, Representative Joe, honoring - HR 204
Beechwood High School Tigers, 2004 KHSAA Class A Football Champs - SR 39
Big Sandy Community and Technical College and President Edwards, honor - SR 191
Black History Month, commemorate - SR 134; HR 161
Block, Steven Louis, honor for gift to the Speed Art Museum - HR 78
Borders, Doug, commemorating - HR 72
Boy
Scouts of America 95th Anniversary, commending - SR 83; HR 118
Scouts, Girl Scouts, protection of - HCR 17
Brown, Freddie, honor the contributions of - SR 164
Bruce A. Swetnam, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 143
Christian Academy of Louisville, 2005 All "A" Classic Girls Basketball Champs - HR 151
Clark, David, honor - SR 186
Cleveland, Mae S., honor the contributions of - SR 170
Coal miner stamp by the U.S. Postal Service, urge issuance of - HR 23
Coatley, Eric D. Sr., commending - HR 97
Collett, Officer Landry, honoring - HR 108
Conn, Rick, commending - HR 71
ConnectKentucky, recognition of - HR 124
Cosby, Reverend Dr. Kevin W., congratulate and honor the life-long contributions of - SR 176
Davidson, Jr., Sergeant First Class Benny, honoring - SR 197
Davis,
Mills, commending - SR 130; HR 167
Mills, honoring - HR 170
Doughty, Staff Sergeant Robert S., honoring - SR 151
Dr.
Dorothy Height, honoring - SR 115
Thomas A. McConnell, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 142
Earth Day, recognize April 22 as - HR 197
EKU Basketball Colonels, honor - SR 194
Ellen Furlough, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 145
Eugene R. Gaetke, a recipient of the UK Alumni Assoc.'s 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 141
Eula Hall Highway, designate KY 979 in Floyd County - SJR 68
Feb. as American Heart Month & Feb. 15, 2005 as Go Red for Women Day in Kentucky - HR 116
February
13-19, 2005 as Career and Technical Education Week, recognizing - SR 101
15, 2005 as Go Red for Women Day in Kentucky, declaring - SR 98
15, 2005 as Student Organization Leadership Day, recognizing - SR 101
as American Heart Month, declaring - SR 98
Feeley, Representative Tim, honoring - HR 192
FIVECO Area Drug Enflorcement Task Force, federal funding - HR 74
Frank DeRossett Bridge, designate in Floyd County - HJR 94
Full-time House Pages, honor - HR 182
Highway Watch Program, commendation of - HR 126
Holden, Melvin "Kip", honoring - SR 125
Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky, recognizing - SR 13
Honor
Billie Travis, the 2005 Kentucky Teacher of the Year - HR 25
the 2005 Career and Technical Education Week - HR 145
Jefferson, Robert, honor the contributions of - SR 163
Kain, Jack, honoring - HR 185
Kentucky
Association of Circuit Court Clerks, recognize - SR 38; HR 51
Community and Technical College System, honor - HR 128
National Guard, 299th Chemical Company, honoring - HR 193
Kiwanis International, recognizing its 90th anniversary - SR 129
KY 3024E, designate as Kassidy Mountain Road - SJR 100
Letcher County Coal Miners Highway, designate - SJR 4
Long, James E. and June C., congratulating - SR 150
Louise Summers, resolution honoring - SR 24; HR 20
Luallen, F. Lynn, commending - HR 18
Lucas, Ken, U.S. Representative, honor - HR 181
Mack, Louie, wishing a speedy recovery - HR 103
Madison, Cecil R., Sr. - HR 130
Marshall County High School Band, commending - HR 75
McMillan, Dr. Joseph H., honoring - SR 133
Moberly, Representative Harry, Jr., honoring - HR 204
Morris, Waymond O., honoring - SR 16
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F & AM of Kentucky, Inc. - SR 172
Napier, Representative Lonnie, honoring - HR 194
Naslund, Dr. Sena Jeter, congratulate - SR 188
National Wear Red Day for Women, urging awareness - SR 70
Our Grand East Masonic Temple - SR 172
Overlooked citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, honoring - SR 146; HR 169
Peoples, Reverend Dr. T. H., honor the life-long contributions of - SR 168
Recognize April 2005 as Hopkinsville Community College month - SR 159
Retired teachers of the Commonwealth, honor and commend - SR 132; HR 164
Richard Labunski, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 144
Roach, S. T., honor the life-long contributions of - SR 165
Roads
and bridges, naming of - HJR 135: SCS
and bridges, naming of to honor individuals and groups - HJR 135
Roeding, Richard L. and Nancy, honoring - SR 72
Ronald Reagan Memorial Parkway, designate in Lewis County - SJR 15
Salisbury, Holly Buckner, commending - SR 73
Sergeant Joseph H. Milam, KSP, honor - HR 46
Shanklin, Dr. Barbara, commending - SR 189
Simpson County Chapter of AARP - SR 91
Smotherman, Robert, honoring - HR 196
Steam Engine 152, honor - HR 180
Stephens, Kathryn S., honoring - SR 169
Suketu P. Bhavsar, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Assoc.'s 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 140
The
Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials National and Kentucky, in honor of - SR 127; HR 156
Festival of the Bluegrass, support and commend - SR 80
Thomas D. Emberton Bridge, designate in Metcalfe County - HJR 115
Thomas, Sam B., honoring - HR 30
Trio Programs, honor - SR 177
Tuskeegee Airmen, Kentuckians who served as - HR 127
Tuskegee
Airmen, Kentuckians serving as - SR 93
Airmen, Kentuckians who served as - HR 144
U of L Cardinals Basketball, honor - SR 185
UK Wildcats Basketball, honor - SR 184
United States Armed Forces and President George W. Bush, resolution supporting - SR 40
Villa Madonna Academy, honor - SR 196
Williamstown High School Band of Spirit, commending - HR 101
Year of Languages - HR 175
Young, A. Howard, honoring - HR 141
Commerce
Business geographic location, misrepresentation in telephone directories prohibited - HB 402
Economic development incentives, accountability and equity measures - HJR 149
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Floral businesses, misrepresentation of geographic location in telephone directories prohibited - SB 132; HB 414
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Junk and scrap recyclers, activities allowed by and duties of - HB 283
Kentucky
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission, establishes and funds - HB 302: HCS
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission. establish and funds - HB 302
Limited liability company act, amendments to - HB 246
Motion picture piracy, prohibit - HB 348
World Trade Organization rulings, provide input - HCR 105
Committees
Committee
for Mathematics Achievement, develop state-wide strategy - HB 93
for Mathematics Achievement, sunset December 1, 2006 - HB 93
Communications
Commercial mobile radio service emergency communications, confirmation of administrator - SR 112
No call list, urge Federal Communications Commission not to preempt - HR 191
Prepaid wireless phone service, require payment of 911 surcharge for - SB 159
Right of way for telephone companies, payment for - SB 135
Telecommunications, alternative regulation, market-based competition plan, company election of - SB 207
Television
and radio broadcast, urge tighter regulations - HCR 13
and radio broadcast, urge tighter restrictions - HCR 14
Wholesale telecommunications sales, exempt from sales and use tax - SB 206
Wireless
phones, prohibit state regulation of - HB 424
providers to build towers in Greenup - HB 424: HFA(2)
Conference Committee Reports
HB
497/GA - HB 497: CCR
88 - HB 88: CCR
SB
142/HCS - SB 142: CCR
172 - SB 172: CCR, FCCR
23 - SB 23: CCR
45 - SB 45: CCR
46 - SB 46: CCR
63 - SB 63: CCR
Confirmation of Appointments
Administrative
law judge appointment, A. Thomas Davis - SR 58
law judge appointment, Andrew F. Manno - SR 54
law judge, reappointment, Richard M. Joiner - SR 50
Canafax, Kevin Wayne, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 61
Chowning, John, appointment to Personnel Board - SR 109
Coker, William Gregory, Public Service Commission - SR 55
Commissioner of Dept. of Workers' Claims, appointment, William Emrick - SR 75
Confirm
Marcus Stephen Carey, Board of Tax Appeals - SR 52
Nancy R. Mitchell, Board of Tax Appeals - SR 49
Randall G. Phillips, Board of Tax Appeals - SR 48
David A. Wombwell, Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors - SR 108
Development
Board confirmation, Donna M. Amburgey - HCR 7
Board, appointment of Dennis Bruce Griffin - HCR 43
Board, appointment of H. H. Barlow - HCR 5
Board, appointment of James Randolph Mahan - HCR 42
Board, appointment of John Cleaver - HCR 44
Board, appointment of Rodney Dick - HCR 4
Don Ball, Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors - SR 105
Education Professional Standards Board - HCR 33, 41
Executive Director of Office of Insurance, Martin J. Koetters - SR 111
Flanagan, Danny E., confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 62
Gibson, Mark Douglas - SR 56
Hurst, Timm Marden, appointment to Personnel Board - SR 87
Ifland, Rick W., appointment to Personnel Board - SR 88
Jimmie D. Morgan, Board of Directors of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation - SR 67
Jon W. Ackerson, KEMI Board of Directors - SR 77
Judge James William Howerton, Board of Directors of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation - SR 106
Juett, Joseph Kent, to the Education Professional Standards Board - HCR 10
Kuster, Theadore R. - SR 57
Lois Ann Disponett, KEMI Board of Directors - SR 76
Lonnie R. Anderson to the Education Professional Standards Board - HCR 8
Maclin, Phyllis Alany, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 59
Martin J. Koetters, Executive Director of Office of Insurance - SR 111
Massey, Jeanetta Lee - SR 53
McCann, Kimberly S., Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee - HCR 40
Melvin, Gail, Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors - SR 107
Mitchell, Kenneth O., commercial mobile radio service emergency communications - SR 112
Moore, Alois McIntyre, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 60
Patrick, Walter, Registry of Election Finance - SR 113
Peeples, Porter G., Kentucky Housing Corporation Board of Directors - SR 104
Personnel
Board, appointment of John Chowning to - SR 109
Board, appointment of Rick W. Ifland - SR 88
Board, appointment of Timm Marden to - SR 87
Board, Joy A. Moore, confirmation of appointment to - SR 110
Public Service Commission, confirmation of appointments - HB 160
Raymone F. DeSloover, Board of Directors of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation - SR 66
Schwendeman, Frank Joseph, Postsecondary Education Nominating Committee - HCR 45
Stephen H.T. Lin to the Education Professional Standards Board - HCR 9
Thacker, John W., administrative law judge - SR 51
Wheeler, Melinda, appointment - SR 120
William Paul Reed, KEMI Board of Directors - SR 74
Conflict of Interest
Executive branch ethics, various "housekeeping" provisions, lobbyist registration fee - HB 211
Congressional Districts
Members of Congress, renewal of congressional license plate, increase renewal fee - HB 40
Consolidated Local Governments
Air pollution control districts, abolition of in consolidated local governments - SB 213
Delinquent taxes, computation of interest - SB 55
Disaster relief funding, program for - HB 367
Discriminatory and bias-related offenses ordinance, require public referendum for - SB 88
Extended
weight road system, exempt roads within a consolidated local government - HB 8: SFA(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within an urban county government - HB 8: SFA(2)
weight road system, exempt specific roads - HB 8: SFA(3)
Insurance premium tax, determination of risk locations for - HB 31
Local referendums, allow public questions not prohibited by statute - HB 104
Management districts - HB 210
Metro Council districts, urge relabeling of - HR 26
Nuisances - HB 345
State parks, notification requirement for sale of real property - HB 235: SFA(1)
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Constitution, Ky.
Casino gaming and electronic gaming devices at racetracks, require approval of local government for - SB 8
Civil rights, constitutional amendment to provide restoration of - SB 177
Compensation for certain officials during extension of even-year sessions, denial of - HB 2: HCA(1), HFA (1)
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Extraordinary session, Governor to convene if no budget is passed during a regular session - HB 19
General
Assembly, compensation, determined by compensation commission - HB 503
Assembly, extension of even-year session - HB 2, 3, 135
Assembly, odd-numbered year sessions, budget enacted in - SB 215
Assembly, repeal annual sessions of - HB 390
Malpractice, constitutional amendment on legislative authority - HB 491
Medical
malpractice awards, General Assembly may limit - HB 146
malpractice lawsuits, damage limits - SB 1
Property owned by other states, amendment to exempt - SB 120; HB 287
Public printing, repeal provisions pertaining to - SB 30
Special election require following failure to make executive branch appropriations - HB 315
Voting rights for felons, constitutional amendment to provide - HB 384
Constitution, U.S.
Abortion, federal constitutional prohibition of - HCR 15
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Definition of marriage - HCR 12
Federal Courts, urge amendment to forbid raising taxes by judicial decision - HR 49
Firearms ownership, constitutional protection for - HCR 54
Marriage, definition of - HCR 12: HFA(1),(2)
Consumer Affairs
Business geographic location, misrepresentation in telephone directories prohibited - HB 402
Commercial transactions, financing - SB 114
Consumer reporting agencies, access to wage and employment history information - SB 203
Credit
cards, fraudulent finance charges, violation of Consumer Protection Act - HB 282
report alert and freezes - HB 396: HCS
report alerts and freezes - HB 396
report, security freeze - HB 396: HFA(1)
Debt
adjusters, regulation of - HB 294
adjusters, state registration fee for - HB 294: HCA(1)
Fire sprinkler contractors' insurance, changes in - SB 95
Floral businesses, misrepresentation of geographic location in telephone directories prohibited - SB 132; HB 414
Food establishments, no liability for weight gain, obesity, or related condition - SB 103
Motor vehicles, unrebuildable titles on, require special brand if rebuilt in Kentucky - HB 109
Real estate appraisers, licensing, qualifications for - HB 417
Rebuilt brands and salvage title on junk vehicles, require cabinet to create unique ID for - HB 109: HCS
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Student credit card regulation - HB 96
Television
and radio broadcast, urge tighter regulations - HCR 13
and radio broadcast, urge tighter restrictions - HCR 14
Contracts
Broadcast employers, prohibit imposition of certain post-employment requirements by - SB 137
Construction services contract, indemnification clause - HB 449; HB 449: HCS
Government
Contract Review Committee procedures, omnibus revision - HB 118: HCS
contract review committee, omnibus revision - HB 118
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - HB 377
Malt
beverage franchise agreement, damages assessed, attorney fees permitted - SB 73: HCS
beverage franchise, brewer changes, procedures governing - SB 73: HFA(15)
Noncompete clause, prohibition against - SB 137: SFA(1)
Physician noncompete clause, prohibition against - SB 182
Postsecondary institutions, exception for agreements with private entities - HB 118: HFA(1),(2)
Preference for nonprofit agencies serving the severely disabled - HB 153
Public
printing, repeal constitutional provisions pertaining to - SB 30
printing, repeal provisions pertaining to - SB 51
Rental agreements, written, mandatory for manufactured housing communities - HB 205: HFA(1)
Residential contractor certification program, projects $2,500 or over, contract required for - HB 61
Small Employer Health Reinsurance Program, health insurance - HB 176
State contracts, raising minimum contract amount requiring bonds - SB 109
Tenant-land lord relations, manufactured housing communities - SB 193
Water districts, letting of work by bid in - HB 264
Cooperatives
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Coroners
Blue
lights for coroner's vehicles, do not require counties to pay for - HB 355: HFA(1)
lights on vehicles, allow for use by coroners and deputy coroners - HB 355
Death certificate - SB 18
Deaths due to drugs or poisons, duty to report - HB 78; HB 78: HCA (1)
Corporations
Business associations and structures, study of - HCR 113: HCS
Corporate tax reform - HB 276
Corporation filings, status change - SB 142: FCCR
Corporations, conversion to nonstock, nonprofit - HB 391; HB 391: HCS
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Governor's tax reform package - HB 272
Income
and license tax, limit to taxable years beginning before 2006 - HB 163
tax, rate reduction - HB 272: HCS
Limited liability companies, share exchange with - HB 246
Model Business Corporation Act, study of - HCR 89, 113
Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State
Convicts, home incarceration for - HB 370
County jails housing state prisoners, require reimbursement for - SB 170
Custodial sexual misconduct - HB 180, 305; HB 180: HFA (1)
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Expenditure of funds for executions, prohibition against - HB 181
Frivolous lawsuits - HB 251
Hepatitis
C, education about - HB 177: HCS
C, education and testing programs for - HB 177
Inmate
accounts, transaction fees - HB 467; HB 467: HCS
labor, leasing of - HB 75
Jail funding task force - HCR 129
Justice Cabinet, reorganization of - SB 45: SFA(1),(3), HCS (2)
Long-term care facilities, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270; HB 270: HFA (1)
Parole Board, practice and procedure - SB 102
Reformatory, emergency medical service grant program, application to - SB 76
Reorganization, Justice Cabinet, Executive Orders 2004-730 and 2004-994 - SB 45
Sex
offender management, study of - HCR 6
offender treatment, communication disclosure - HB 361
Wrongful incarceration, compensation for - SB 178
Corrections Impact
Academic degree, forgery of - HB 13; HB 13: HCS
Assault
EMS personnel, firefighters - HB 380
in the third degree, victims, inclusion of personnel of various emergency related services - SB 91
Cloning, prohibitions - HB 150
Controlled
substance, possession of - SB 225
substances, trafficking, third offense, increase penalty for - SB 155
Convicts, home incarceration for - HB 370
Corrections,
fees - HB 467
leasing of inmate labor - HB 75
County jails housing state prisoners, require reimbursement for - SB 170
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Custodial sexual misconduct - HB 180, 305
Death
penalty, abolition of - HB 465
penalty, sentencing options - HB 168
Driver's license, issue without a photograph due to religious convictions - HB 517
Drug offense, possession of firearm during - SB 63
Emergency medical service grant program, Department of Corrections, application to - SB 76
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, restrictions on sale - SB 56
Expenditure of funds for executions, prohibition against - HB 181
Expungement of records, Class D felony and misdemeanor - HB 5
Expungement, criminal record, fee distribution - HB 5: HCS
Grand jury proceedings, breach of secrecy - HB 11
Hepatitis C, damages for failure to protect confidentiality of persons with - HB 177
Historic or prehistoric human remains on property, procedure for disposition of - HB 331
Human embryo, prohibited acts, civil penalty - HB 149
In vitro fertilization, Class D felony for fertilizing of more than one egg during the process of - HB 145
Inmate accounts, transaction fees - HB 467: HCS
Internet pharmacies, regulation of - SB 162, 167; HB 343; SB 63: HCS
Jail finance reform plan - HB 500
Justice
Cabinet - SB 45: HCS(1)
Cabinet, reorganization of - SB 45: HCS(2)
Juvenile sexual offenders, adjudication and treatment - HB 53
Kentucky Gaming commission, licensure and regulation of gaming at tracks and casinos - SB 9
Long-term care facilities, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270
Methamphetamine manufacture, possession of, thirty percent chemicals - HB 254
Motion picture piracy, prohibit - HB 348
Offender registration, change in - HB 455
Public Health, hepatitis C, education about - HB 177: HCS
Sex offender registration, include distributors of child pornography - HB 268
Sexual
offenses, enticement by telecommunications device, creation of crime and penalty - HB 209
offenses, use of electronic communications system to procure a minor - SB 106
relations, prohibit between school personnel and students - HB 52
Special license plates, omnibus revisions - HB 134
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Video lottery gaming investigators, police powers granted - HB 174
Vital records, access to - HB 58
Wholesale drug distributors, require licensure for - SB 212; HB 445
Counties
Agricultural
development fund, state funds, distribution of - HB 257
development fund, tobacco dependent counties, earmarked funds for - HB 258
Alexandria Municipal Building - HB 267: HFA(8)
Ambulance services, Medicaid reimbursement, Medicare national fees used for - HB 123
Attorney's fees on delinquent property taxes - HB 4: HCS
Audit reports, delinquent taxes, alternatives for reporting - HB 375: HCS
Biological Products, remove from local property tax assessment - HB 308
Blue
lights for coroner's vehicles, do not require counties to pay for - HB 355: HFA(1)
lights on vehicles, allow for use by coroners and deputy coroners - HB 355
Campbell County Courthouse - HB 267: HFA(5),(7)
Charter
county government - HB 434
county governments, procedure for referendum for adoption or consolidation of services - SB 191
Civil rights, preemption of field by state - HB 81
Clerks' fees, increase - HB 364
Construction of Rowan County Courthouse Project, authorization - HB 267: SCA(5)
County
jails housing state prisoners, require reimbursement for - SB 170
occupational taxes, effective date - HB 116: SCA(2)
Creation and funding for county clerk motor vehicle registration supplement fun - HB 300
Delinquent taxes, computation of interest - SB 55
Disaster relief funding, program for - HB 367
Discriminatory and bias-related offenses ordinance, require public referendum for - SB 88
Division of county into three districts, deadline for - HB 260
Dry counties, lawful limits for - HB 493
Electioneering, prohibit within 100 feet of polls - HB 26
Funding for Alexandria Municipal Building - HB 267: HFA(6)
Grants, homeland security, notification of - SB 44: HFA(1)
Health
boards, composition of - HB 114
boards, independent districts, change membership criteria for - HB 229: SCS
Homeland security funding, reporting requirements - SB 44; SB 44: SCS
HVAC permitting process, allow local participation in - HB 421
Impact development fees - HB 423
Insurance premium tax, determination of risk locations for - HB 31
Interlocal agreements, incentives for - HB 64
Internal Revenue Code, update reference in tax provisions - HB 116
Jail
consolidation task force, amend appointment method for - HB 500: HFA(1)
finance reform plan - HB 500
funding task force - HCR 129
Joint municipal power authority, creation of - HB 406
Kentucky
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission, establishes and funds - HB 302: HCS
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission. establish and funds - HB 302
Legal
documents, methods of publication for cities and counties - HB 375
documents, methods of publications for cities and counties - SB 200
Local
referendums, allow public questions not prohibited by statute - HB 104
taxation - clarification of levy changes - HB 496
Make technical corrections relating to petitions and elections - SB 13: SFA(2)
Management districts - organization and appointments - HB 210
Meals, home-delivered services to seniors to include - HB 112
Ministers,
exemption from occupational and license tax - HB 28
taxation and regulation of - HB 28: SCS
Nuisances - HB 345
Nuisances, motor vehicles associated with motor carriers exempted - HB 345: HFA(1)
Occupational
license fees, counties - SB 221
license fees, crediting - HB 400, 425, 505
license fees, crediting and refunds - HB 400: HCS
license fees, license exemption for ministers - HB 28: HCS
license fees, moratorium on changes - HB 506
license fees, refunds and crediting - HB 400: HFA(1),(2)
Open meetings, holding of - HB 418
Ordinances, publication requirements - SB 101
Petitions list names by precinct - SB 13: SFA(1)
Planning
and zoning, alteration of use of green space in subdivisions prohibited - SB 214
and zoning, codes of ethics - HB 232
and zoning, comprehensive plans - HB 232
and zoning, grandfather certain independent planning units - HB 319
and zoning, independent planning units, exempt certain from interrogations or dissolution - HB 210: SFA(1)
and zoning, urge committee to study subdivision regulations and planning official training - HR 160
Prescription drug program, creation of - HB 485
Property tax, biotechnology products, exemptions from - SB 131
Public agency meetings held outside jurisdiction - HB 418: HCS
Recurrent expenses, payment by electronic funds transfer - HB 256
Sanitation districts, annexation of land under jurisdiction by cities - SB 48; HB 122
Shelby County, designation as American Saddlebred Horse Capital of the World - SJR 12; HJR 16
Sheriff transporting prisoners, compensation - SB 140
Sheriffs & other law enforcement officers serving Circuit and District Courts, increase compensation - SB 118
Sheriff's fees for arrest and serving process - SB 105
Sheriffs, donations for public purposes, conditions for acceptance - SB 129
Single county LGEDF projects, expanded grant eligibility, deletion of - SB 136: HFA(1),(2)
State Board of Elections, payment for election expenses in certain precincts, permitted - HB 141
Subdivision road districts - HB 312
Task force on statewide jail consolidation, establish - HB 500: HCS
Tax
increment financing, community redevelopment - HB 337
increment financing, definitions and technical changes - HB 337: HFA(1)
levy recall provisions - SB 13
liens, interest computation on - SB 55: SFA(2)
Uninhabited
territory, striking by city of - SB 94
territory, striking of by city - HB 233
Usage tax affidavit, require clerks to give verbal notice of consequences of making false statements - SB 21
Counties, Urban
County
law library fees - HB 200; HB 200: HCS
law library, funding - SB 85
Discriminatory and bias-related offenses ordinance, require public referendum for - SB 88
Insurance premium tax, determination of risk locations for - HB 31
Joint municipal power authority, creation of - HB 406
Nuisances - HB 345
Pensions, solid waste collectors - HB 318
Retirement benefits for police and firefighters - SB 128
Retirement, purchased service, urban-county police employment - HB 299
County Clerks
Absentee
ballot applications, distribution by facsimile - HB 326: HCS
ballots, distribution by facsimile - HB 326
Accessible parking license plate or placard for disabled persons, identification card issued with - HB 101
Breast cancer awareness, special license plates for - HB 43
Certified copies of records, creation of - HB 59: SCS
Charter county governments, procedure for referendum for adoption or consolidation of services - SB 191
Commercial transactions, financing - SB 114
Covenant marriage, create the option of entering into, require designation of - HB 431
Creation and funding for county clerk motor vehicle registration supplement fun - HB 300
Delinquent taxes, inclusion or non-inclusion of fees - SB 55
Fees, increase - HB 364
Filing documents - HB 280: SFA(1)
Junked cars, duty of junk and scrap recyclers to report sales to - HB 283
License plates, replate schedule at Cabinet's discretion - HB 426
Liens for labor, materials, or supplies, extend filing period - SB 100
Love Makes a Family special license plate, creation of - HB 452
Metro Council districts, urge relabeling of - HR 26
Mortgage releases and assignments, recording - SB 67
Motor vehicle renewals, allow voluntary contribution to Veterans' Trust Fund - HB 40: HFA(1)
National Guard plate, require $5 Veterans Trust Fund fee upon annual renewal - HB 40: HFA(2)
Presidential electoral votes, apportionment of - HB 147
Property tax, commission for collecting - HB 138
Records, certified copies - HB 260: SCS
Replacement plate fee, charge except for deterioration - HB 134: SCS
Special
license plate supporting traditional marriage, - HB 234
license plate, Big Brothers Big Sisters - HB 518
license plates, omnibus revisions - HB 134
Unrestricted early voting, provide for - SB 183
Usage tax affidavit, require clerks to give verbal notice of consequences of making false statements - SB 21
Volunteer firefighter identification cards, clerks fees for - HB 48: HCS
County Judge/Executives
County jails housing state prisoners, require reimbursement for - SB 170
Division of county into three districts, deadline for - HB 260
Jail funding task force - HCR 129
Court of Appeals
Challenge on candidate bona fides, requirements for hearing - SB 127: SCS
Land use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157; SB 157: SCA (1); HB 50: SCS
Court, Supreme
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Land use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157; SB 157: SCA (1); HB 50: SCS
Presidential electoral votes, apportionment of - HB 147
Courts
Adoption, international, recognition of - SB 16: HCS; HB 30: HFA (1)
Adult abuse and exploitation, procedures and training required - HB 298; HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
Child support, adjust for shared parenting time - HB 360
Civic literacy and engagement, actions to improve - HR 87
Civil action, child sexual abuse, extend time limitations - HB 488
Competency hearings, permit trial by court without a jury during - SB 190; HB 50; HB 50: HCS
Construction of Rowan County Courthouse Project, authorization - HB 267: SCA(5)
Controlled substances, trafficking, third offense, increase penalty for - SB 155
Court security officers, minimum qualifications, certification of - HB 47
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Death
penalty, abolition of - HB 465
penalty, sentencing options - HB 168
District court small claims division, increase jurisdictional amounts - HB 107
Felons' voting rights, constitutional amendment to provide - HB 384
Food establishments, no liability for weight gain, obesity, or related condition - SB 103
Forgery, technical correction - SB 146
Frivolous lawsuits - HB 251
Gas delivery systems, installation by nonlicensee, liability for - HB 440: SCS
Judicial selection, study of - HCR 138
Long-term care facilities, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270
Marijuana possession, first offense, require jail time and fine or completion of treatment program - SB 154
Master commissioner, duties - SB 67: SFA(1)
Nursing homes, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270: HFA(1)
Parental interference, civil remedy for - HB 27; HB 27: HCS
Proceeds of real estate sale, technical correction - SB 144
Restoration of civil rights, constitutional amendment to provide - SB 177
Retired judges, remove gender-specific language - HB 303
Riot liability, technical correction - SB 145
Shared parenting time, adjust child support for - SB 202
State/Executive Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Status offenders, detention in secure facilities, require courts to review only written reports - HB 226
Supersedeas bonds - HB 387
Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, family court, divisions, numbering of - HB 121
Tort law, firearms, urge reform of - SR 137
United States Construction, urge amendment to forbid raising taxes by judicial decision - HR 49
Courts, Circuit
Additional circuit judgeships, one less district judgeship - HB 303: HCA(1)
Adoption,
cabinet secretary approval, exemption from requirement for - SB 16
health history information required - HB 469
international, petition not required - HB 304; HB 304: HCS
Challenge on candidate bona fides, requirements for hearing - SB 127: SCS
Child
support, emancipation - HB 204: SFA(1), HCS
support, emancipation in case of mental disability - HB 204
support, update guidelines table - HB 359
Controlled substances, trafficking, third offense, increase penalty for - SB 155
Death
penalty, abolition of - HB 465
penalty, sentencing options - HB 168
Foreign child adoption, recognition of - SB 16
Hardship driver license, fee for - SB 121
HVAC permitting process, jurisdictions in civil, criminal, injunctive, and appeal actions - HB 421
Judgeships,
increase in number - HB 303: HCS
increased in number - HB 248: SCS
Land use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157; SB 157: SCA (1); HB 50: SCS
Real property lien, party with an interest in the property - HB 369
Sheriffs & other law enforcement officers in court rooms, increase compensation of - SB 118
Status offenders, detention in secure facilities, require courts to review only written reports - HB 226
Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, family court, divisions, numbering of - HB 121
Thirty-second judicial circuit, additional judgeship - HB 303: HFA(1)
Courts, District
Additional circuit judgeships, one less district judgeship - HB 303: HCA(1)
Child
support, emancipation - HB 204: SFA(1), HCS
support, emancipation in case of mental disability - HB 204
support, update guidelines table - HB 359
Custody, child committed to the state, extension - HB 186
District court small claims division, increase jurisdictional amounts - HB 107
Hardship license, authority to grant for traffic offenses other than DUI - SB 121
Judgeships,
increase in number - HB 303: HCS
increased in number - HB 248: SCS
Marijuana possession, first offense, require jail time and fine or completion of treatment program - SB 154
Marriage, judicial bypass procedure for pregnant minors - HB 16
Real property lien, party with an interest in the property - HB 369
Sheriffs & other law enforcement officers serving Circuit and District Courts, increase compensation - SB 118
Status offenders, detention in secure facilities, require courts to review only written reports - HB 226
Truant students, jurisdiction over - HB 408, 409
Courts, Fiscal
County jails housing state prisoners, require reimbursement for - SB 170
Court security officers, security services provided by - HB 47
Recurrent expenses, payment by electronic funds transfer - HB 256
Sheriff transporting prisoners, compensation - SB 140
Crime Victims
Adult
and elderly victims, training - HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
and elderly victims, training for personnel - HB 298
Assault in the third degree, victims, inclusion of personnel of various emergency related services - SB 91
Criminal injuries, hospital reporting of - HB 152; HB 152: HFA (6),(7)
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Expungement of records, Class D felony and misdemeanor - HB 5; HB 5: HFA (1),(2)
Inmate labor, leasing of - HB 75
Offender registration, change in - HB 455
Parole
Board, practice and procedure - SB 102
board, victim advocates - SB 102: HFA(1)
Restoration of civil rights, constitutional amendment to provide - SB 177
Rights - HB 69
Sexual
Assault Awareness Month, declare March as - HR 107
Assault Awareness, declare March as - SR 47
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Crimes and Punishments
Abortion, anesthesia requirement for 20 week or older fetus - SB 98
Abuse of a corpse, increase penalty for - HB 330
Academic degree, forgery of - HB 13; HB 13: HCS
Adult protection - HB 298: SFA(1)
All-terrain vehicles, no person under age 16 shall operate and helmets required for operation of - HB 86
Assault
EMS personnel, firefighters - HB 380
in the third degree, victims, inclusion of personnel of various emergency related services - SB 91
third degree, include assaulting state employees - SB 147
Bad checks, notice procedure for - SB 96; SB 96: HCS
Blood alcohol test, increase time to four hours - SB 204
Cloning - HB 438
Cloning, prohibitions - HB 150
Concealed
carry license, renewal - HB 220: HCS
deadly weapon license, residency requirement - SB 151
Controlled
substance child endangerment - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (2)
substance, possession of - SB 225
substances and Internet pharmacies - SB 63: HCA(1)
substances, trafficking, third offense, increase penalty for - SB 155
Convicts, home incarceration for - HB 370
Costs of death penalty implementation, study of - HB 267: HFA(1)
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Criminal
background checks, condition for employment - HB 88
homicide interrogation, recording of - HB 242; HB 242: HCS
injuries, reporting of - HB 152: HFA(6)
Custodial sexual misconduct - HB 180, 305; HB 180: HFA (1)
Death
penalty, abolition of - HB 465
penalty, sentencing options - HB 168
Driving on expired license, exemption for returning out-of-state military - HB 291
Drug
offense, possession of firearm during - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (2)
products containing ephedrine exceptions as to quantity - SB 63: CCR
products containing ephedrine, exceptions as to quantity - SB 63: FCCR
DUI,
hardship license availability - HB 199
mandatory testing of drivers in motor vehicle accidents resulting in death or serious injury - HB 78: HFA(1)
Embryos, prohibited acts related to - HB 386
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, restrictions on sale - SB 56; HB 170
Expenditure of funds for executions, prohibition against - HB 181
Expungement
of records, Class D felonies and misdemeanors - HB 74
of records, Class D felony and misdemeanor - HB 5; HB 5: HFA (1),(2)
Expungement, criminal record, fee distribution - HB 5: HCS
Failure to register motor vehicle, penalty - HB 157
Firearms, carrying where alcoholic beverages are served - SB 149
Forgery, technical correction - SB 146
Grand jury proceedings, breach of secrecy - HB 11
Gunshot wounds, hospital reporting, immunity for - HB 152: HCS
Highway work zones, identification of for double fine purposes - HB 237: HCS
Human embryo, prohibited acts - HB 149
Improper vehicle registration to avoid use tax, civil penalty for - HB 157: HFA(1)
In vitro fertilization, Class D felony for fertilizing of more than one egg during the process of - HB 145
Injuries, hospital reporting of - HB 152; HB 152: HFA (7)
Internet pharmacies, regulation of - SB 162, 167; HB 343; SB 63: HCS
Interstate Compact for Juveniles - HB 46
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, investigations - SB 45: SFA(2)
Juvenile sexual offenders, adjudication and treatment - HB 53
Legend drug repository, immunity related to - SB 23: SCS
Manslaughter in the first degree, technical corrections - HB 285
Marijuana possession, first offense, require jail time and fine or completion of treatment program - SB 154
Methamphetamine
and precursors - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (1),(2),(3),(4), HFA (1),(2),(3)
manufacture - SB 63: SCA(1)
manufacture, intent to manufacture - SB 63: SCA(2)
manufacture, possession of thirty percent of chemicals or equipment - HB 254
precursors, controls on sale - HB 253
MIRET devices, penalty for use by nonemergency vehicle - HB 17
Motion picture piracy, prohibit - HB 348
National
Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, adoption of - SB 26; SB 26: HCS
criminal history background check, results sent to superintendent - HB 88: SCS
Offender registration, change in - HB 455
Officers, parole, concealed weapons, may carry - HB 292
Out of state pharmacies, regulation of - HB 343: HCS
Pornography - HB 88: SFA(1)
Public
indecency - SB 17: HFA(1); SB 106: HFA (1)
indecency, create offense of - HB 306
Railroad trespassing and vandalism, penalties for - HB 133: SCS
Sex
crimes against child family member, loss of parental authority - HB 368
offender management, study of - HCR 6
offender registration, include distributors of child pornography - HB 268
offender treatment, communication disclosure - HB 361
offenders, bar from school grounds - HB 224
Sexual
offenses, enticement by telecommunications device, creation of crime and penalty - HB 209
offenses, urge study of assigned criminal penalties - SR 166
offenses, use of electronic communications system to procure a minor - SB 106; SB 106: HFA (1)
relations, prohibit between school personnel and students - HB 52
Speed limits, increase on interstates, parkways, and 4 lane state roads - HB 450
Stab wounds, hospitals, reporting of - HB 152: HFA(1)
Status offenders, detention in secure facilities, require courts to review only written reports - HB 226
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Violations of provisions contained in KRS Chapter 150, increase penalties - HB 457
Work zone, speeding in, required notice for double fines - HB 237
Wrongful incarceration, compensation for - SB 178
Criminal Procedure
Academic degree, forgery of - HB 13; HB 13: HCS
Adult protection - HB 298: SFA(1)
Assault
EMS personnel, firefighters - HB 380
third degree, include assaulting state employees - SB 147
Bad checks, notice procedure for - SB 96; SB 96: HCS
Blood alcohol test, increase time to four hours - SB 204
Cloning - HB 438
Cloning, prohibitions - HB 150
Concealed
carry license, renewal - HB 220: HCS
deadly weapon license, residency requirement - SB 151
Controlled
substance child endangerment - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (2)
substance, possession of - SB 225
substances and Internet pharmacies - SB 63: HCA(1)
substances, trafficking, third offense, increase penalty for - SB 155
Convicts, home incarceration for - HB 370
Criminal homicide interrogation, recording of - HB 242; HB 242: HCS
Custodial sexual misconduct - HB 180, 305; HB 180: HFA (1)
Death
penalty, abolition of - HB 465
penalty, sentencing options - HB 168
Detention of status offenders in secure facilities, require courts to review only written reports - HB 226
Driving on expired license, exemption for returning out-of-state military - HB 291
Drug
offense, possession of firearm during - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (2)
products containing ephedrine exceptions as to quantity - SB 63: CCR
products containing ephedrine, exceptions as to quantity - SB 63: FCCR
DUI,
hardship license availability - HB 199
mandatory testing of drivers in motor vehicle accidents resulting in death or serious injury - HB 78: HFA(1)
Embryos, prohibited acts related to - HB 386
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, restrictions on sale - SB 56; HB 170
Expungement of records, Class D felony and misdemeanor - HB 5; HB 5: HFA (1),(2)
Expungement, criminal record, fee distribution - HB 5: HCS
Failure to register motor vehicle, penalty - HB 157
Field sobriety tests, require of all drivers in an accident in which school bus is involved - SB 90
Firearms, carrying where alcoholic beverages are served - SB 149
Grand jury proceedings, breach of secrecy - HB 11
Human embryo, prohibited acts - HB 149
Internet pharmacies, regulation of - SB 162, 167; HB 343; SB 63: HCS
Interstate Compact for Juveniles - HB 46
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, investigations - SB 45: SFA(2)
Juvenile sexual offenders, adjudication and treatment - HB 53
Marijuana possession, first offense, require jail time and fine or completion of treatment program - SB 154
Methamphetamine
and precursors - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (1),(2),(3),(4), HFA (1),(2),(3)
manufacture - SB 63: SCA(1)
manufacture, intent to manufacture - SB 63: SCA(2)
manufacture, possession of thirty percent of chemicals or equipment - HB 254
precursors, controls on sale - HB 253
Motion picture piracy, prohibit - HB 348
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, adoption of - SB 26; SB 26: HCS
Officers, parole, concealed weapons, may carry - HB 292
Out of state pharmacies, regulation of - HB 343: HCS
Parole
Board, practice and procedure - SB 102
board, victim advocates - SB 102: HFA(1)
Pornography - HB 88: SFA(1)
Probation and parole, fees - HB 467; HB 467: HCS
Public indecency - SB 17: HFA(1)
Sex
crimes against child family member, loss of parental authority - HB 368
offender management, study of - HCR 6
offender registration, include distributors of child pornography - HB 268
offender treatment, communication disclosure - HB 361
offenders, bar from school grounds - HB 224
Sexual
offenses, enticement by telecommunications device, creation of crime and penalty - HB 209
offenses, urge study of assigned criminal penalties - SR 166
offenses, use of electronic communications system to procure a minor - SB 106; SB 106: HFA (1)
relations, prohibit between school personnel and students - HB 52
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Work zone, speeding in, required notice for double fines - HB 237
Wrongful incarceration, compensation for - SB 178
Data Processing
Health data, electronic transfer of - SB 2; HB 416
Kentucky data research initiative - HB 512: HCS
Deaths
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration, withholding circumstances - HB 501
Benefits for death in line of duty, beneficiary succession - HB 395
Caused by drugs or poisons, coroners' duty to report - HB 78; HB 78: HCA (1)
Death
certificate - SB 18
certificates, access to - HB 58
penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Expenditure of funds for executions, prohibition against - HB 181
Kentucky National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - SB 161; HB 191, 222
Motor vehicle accidents resulting in, mandatory testing for DUI of drivers involved - HB 78: HFA(1)
National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - HB 222: HFA(1)
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, October 15, 2005, declared as - HR 177
Statewide
organ donor registry, establish - SB 25: SCS, HCS (1)
organ donor registry, work group to study - SJR 34; HJR 21
organ donor registry, workgroup to study - HJR 21: HCS
Deeds and Conveyances
Department of highways, deadlines to transfer surplus right-of-way by - HB 289
Environmental covenant, creation of - HB 472
Filing requirements, for deeds to airport authorities - SB 111
Finance and administration cabinet, deadline to prepare surplus right-of-way deed - HB 289
Judicial sales, interest rate of purchaser's bond - HB 397
Private property with cemetery, location required on deed - HB 332
Property transfers, plans for historic or prehistoric human remains attach to - HB 331
Real property lien, party with an interest in the property - HB 369
Records, certified copies - HB 260: SCS
Surplus right-of-way property, transfer of - HB 289
Disabilities and the Disabled
Accessible parking license plate or placard, identification card issued with - HB 101
Adult abuse and exploitation, investigations and services - HB 298; HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
Aging caregivers, study of needs and services - SJR 85
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration, withholding circumstances - HB 501
Civil rights, preemption of field by state - HB 81
Community mental health-mental retardation centers, funding formula - SB 199
Community-based and self-directed services, approach by Cabinet for Health Services - SJR 94
Competency hearings, permit trial by court without a jury during - SB 190; HB 50; HB 50: HCS
Deaf
or hard of hearing, decal on operator's license - SB 11: SCS
or heard of hearing, notation on operator's license - SB 11
Disabilities Awareness Day - SR 90; HR 110
Doughty, Staff Sergeant Robert S., honoring - SR 151
Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day, third Saturday in May recognized as - SR 60; HR 70
Lymphedema D-Day, March 6 of each year declared as - HJR 111
Medicaid, personal needs allowance, increase of - HB 38
Nursing facilities, compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act - SB 169
State contracts - HB 153
Disasters
Adjutant
general, notification of homeland security disasters and emergencies - SB 44: HCS(1)
general, primary contact for managing and responding to homeland security emergencies - SB 44: HCS(1)
Commercial mobile radio service emergency communications, confirmation of administrator - SR 112
Emergency Response Commission, change membership - SB 166
Interlocal agreements, incentives for disaster and emergency services - HB 64
Relief funding, program for - HB 367
Tsunami Relief, recognition of relief concert - SR 155
Diseases
Breast cancer, special license plate proceeds to research and education trust fund - HB 43
BSE, Canadian beef importation, restriction of - HR 102
Cancer centers, designation of - SCR 96
Food establishments, no liability for weight gain, obesity, or related condition - SB 103
Formulary limitations, cabinet to identify special disease states that are exempt from - HB 92: HFA(1)
Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day, third Saturday in May recognized as - SR 60; HR 70
Hepatitis
C, information about - HB 177: HCS
C, programs for - HB 177
HIV/AIDS, prescription drugs, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Hospital-acquired infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, data on hospital-acquired infection rates reported by - SB 185; HB 76
James William Lazzaro and Madison Leigh Heflin Newborn Screening Act, cite as - SB 24: HCS
Lead, blood testing as condition of school or day care enrollment - SB 216
Lymphedema D-Day, March 6 of each year declared as - HJR 111
Myositis Awareness Day, September 21 of each year recognized as - HB 366
Newborn screening tests, expansion of - SB 24; HB 51; SB 24: SCS
Poultry testing, Office of State Veterinarian authority for - HB 468: HFA(1)
Poultry,
adherence to national or equivalent plan - HB 468
national and equivalent plan requirements - HB 468: HCS
Tobacco products, prohibit use until age 21 - HB 89
Distilled Spirits
Dry counties, lawful limits for distilled spirits - HB 493
Farm
wineries, malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(6)
winery, sampling at, amount permitted - SB 73: HFA(11),(12)
Malt beverage contracts, terms defined - SB 73: HFA(8)
Restores current 9% wholesale rate - HB 272: HFA(8)
Small
and farm wineries, local option election, establishment of - SB 73: SFA(1)
and farm wineries, sale of malt beverages, limitations on - SB 73; SB 73: HFA (1),(3)
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Wineries,
malt beverage license issued, qualifications for - SB 73: HFA(9),(10),(13),(14)
malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(7)
Domestic Relations
Adoption,
cabinet secretary approval, exemption from requirement for - SB 16
filing and approval, requirements for - HB 30; SB 16: HCS
international, petition not required - HB 304: SCS
Adult
abuse and exploitation, separate from domestic violence - HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
abuse and exploitation, separate from domestic violence statutes - HB 298
Child
support, adjust for shared parenting time - HB 360
support, emancipation - HB 204: SFA(1), HCS
support, emancipation in case of mental disability - HB 204
support, garnishment, lump sum payment, definition of - HB 155: HFA(1)
support, garnishment, lump sum payment, reporting of - HB 155: HCS
support, modification for non-parent - HB 119: HFA(1)
support, modification of award for non-parent - HB 119; HB 119: HCS
Support, paternity - HB 155
support, update guidelines table - HB 359
Covenant marriage, create the option of entering into - HB 431
Definition of marriage - HCR 12
Divorce, use of juries, technical correction - SB 143
KinCare Support Program, creation of - HB 35
Marital property and debt - HB 115; HB 115: HCS, HFA (1)
Marriage,
definition of - HCR 12: HFA(1),(2)
judicial bypass procedure for pregnant minors - HB 16
Parental interference, civil remedy for - HB 27
Sex crimes against child family member, loss of parental authority - HB 368
Shared parenting time, adjust child support for - SB 202
Vital records, access to - HB 58
Drugs and Medicines
Advanced
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances prescribing by - SB 122: HCS
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - HB 321
Advances registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - SB 152
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration, withholding circumstances - HB 501
Assistance program, legislative study of - HCR 147
Cancer drug repository, creation of - SB 23; SB 23: CCR
Controlled
substance child endangerment - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (2)
substance, possession of - SB 225
substances and Internet pharmacies - SB 63: HCA(1)
substances, trafficking, third offense, increase penalty for - SB 155
Diastat, use generic name for - SB 189: SCS
Drug
grants and funding, application for - SB 45: HCS(1)
offense, possession of firearm during - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (2)
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, restrictions on sale - SB 56; HB 170
Formulary limitations, cabinet to identify special disease states that are exempt from - HB 92: HFA(1)
Glucagon
and Diastat, emergency administration at schools - HB 88: FCCR
and Diastat, schools, emergency administration of - SB 189; SB 189: HCS, HFA (1); HB 184: SFA (2)
and diazepam, schools, emergency administration of - HB 88: SFA(3); HB 93: SFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 183: SFA (2); HB 298: SFA (4); HB 301: SFA (2); HB 439: SFA (3)
HIV/AIDS, prescriptions, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Importation program, design and implementation of - SB 139
Importation, urge the Governor to establish program to - SR 71
Internet
pharmacies - HB 343: HCA(1)
pharmacies, regulation of - SB 162, 167; HB 343; SB 63: HCS
Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, investigations - SB 45: SFA(2)
KADAP, prior authorization, exemption relating to - HB 92: HCS
Legend drug repository, creation of - SB 23: SCS
Marijuana possession, first offense, require jail time and fine or completion of treatment program - SB 154
Medicaid,
pharmacy benefit manager, limitations on - SB 164
repeal Drug Management Review Advisory Board related to - SB 208
Methamphetamine
and precursors - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (1),(2),(3),(4), HFA (1),(2),(3)
manufacture - SB 63: SCA(1)
manufacture, intent to manufacture - SB 63: SCA(2)
manufacture, possession of thirty percent of chemicals or equipment - HB 254
precursors, controls on sale - HB 253
Out of state pharmacies, regulation of - HB 343: HCS
Pharmaceutical
assistance program, administration of - SB 23: HCS(2), HFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 298: SFA (4)
assistance program, remove redundant language related to CMS approval of - SB 23: FCCR
Prescription
drug monitoring data, uses of - SB 176
drugs, refundable tax credit for - HB 85
Record of sale, electronic alternative - SB 63: CCR, FCCR
Repository, program providers, immunity for - SB 23: HCS(1)
State employee health insurance, pharmacy benefit manager, limitations on - SB 164
Teachers' use or abuse, testing required - SB 220
Teachers, drug testing required - SB 220: SCS
Wholesale drug distributors, require licensure for - SB 212; HB 445
Economic Development
Boxing and wrestling, Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority, promotion of - SB 66
Capital expenditures, sales and use tax credits - HB 394
Commission on Small Business Advocacy - HB 459
Concessionaires in state parks - HB 213
Economic development funds, eligibility, tobacco warehouses included - HB 435
Enterprise
zone program - HB 447
zones, designated as economic growth districts - HB 9
zones, extension of sunset date - SB 75; HB 192
Incentives, accountability and equity measures - HJR 149
Job
development assessment fee - HB 116: SCA(1)
development assessment fee, credit for occupational license fee or payroll tax - HB 476
Jobs, strategies for creating - HCR 100
Kentucky
Clean Coal Energy Project, express support of Kentucky House of Representatives - HR 186
Clean Coal Energy Project, Kentucky House to support - HR 179
Clean Coal Energy Project, Kentucky Senate to support - SR 154
Commission on Military Affairs, membership of, change - HB 217
Economic Development Partnership, resolution 04-01 - SB 40: SFA(1)
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission, establishes and funds - HB 302: HCS
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission. establish and funds - HB 302
Sports Authority, creation of - SB 65
Local projects, bond authorization for - HB 382
Metropolitan Issues Task Force, creation of - HCR 56
Pay equity, provisions for - HB 288: HCS
Prevailing wage, repeal of - HB 162
Reorganization,
Kentucky Economic Development Partnership, resolution 04-01 - SB 38: SCS
Kentucky Economic Development Partnership, Resolution 04-01 - SB 38
Rural Enhancement and Development Committee, creation of - HB 97
Sales tax exemption, repair and replacement parts for certain interstate vehicles - HB 159
Small
and farm wineries, sale of malt beverages, conditions imposed on - SB 73; SB 73: HFA (1),(3)
businesses, loans for - SB 156
State Rural Development Council, creation of - HJR 131
Tax
increment financing - SB 38: HCS; HB 116: SCA (1)
increment financing, community redevelopment - HB 337
increment financing, credit for occupational license fee or payroll tax - HB 476
increment financing, definitions and technical changes - HB 337: HFA(1)
increment financing, sports facilities - HB 516
Tourism development tax credits for parks, expand - HB 497: FCCR
Video lottery games, authorization of - HB 174
West Louisville, economic development of - HCR 142
World Trade Organization rulings, provide input - HCR 105
Education, Elementary and Secondary
Academic degree, forgery of - HB 13; HB 13: HCS
Affidavit for school-based decisions, creation of - HB 35
Alternative
assessment pilot program under CATS - SB 197
certification of teachers, internship requirements - HB 183
Assault-related injury, leave time for - HB 373
Behavior and discipline policies, development of - HB 405: HFA(2)
Boarding school students, exempt from compulsory public school attendance - SB 71
Bottled water, sale of - HB 273
CATS scores, use of to determine supplemental KEES award - HB 492
Center
for Mathematics, duties of the - HB 93: SCS
for Mathematics, establish - SB 64
Certified
employees, hiring of - HB 100
school personnel on active military duty, permit continuing salary for - HB 470
Character Education Month, designation of September as - HCR 11
Cigarette
tax increase, use of funds - HB 138
tax increase, use of moneys collected - HB 32
Civic
literacy - SJR 103
literacy and engagement month, designate October as - HJR 109
literacy and engagement, actions to improve - HR 87
Civil action, protection from for reporting a student infraction - HB 405: HCA(1)
Classified employees, definition of - SB 119
Cohort-based CATS accountability system, study directed - HJR 53
Collective bargaining, teachers and classified employees - HB 399
Commercial driver's license standards, create special school bus endorsement, set qualifications - SB 84; HB 133
Committee for Mathematics Achievement - HB 93: SCS
Criminal
background checks, condition for employment - HB 88
record checks - HB 88: SFA(1)
Daily physical activity for public school students, require - HB 71
Data research initiative between elem/secondary schools and postsecondary research institutions - HB 512
Diplomas,
high school, awarding of to veterans - HB 60
high school, awarding of to Vietnam veterans - SB 82; HB 230
Drivers' licenses, educational requirements - HB 317
Education
and medical consent affidavits, combination of - HB 35: HCS
Professional Standards Board, appointment of Joseph Kent Juett to - HCR 10
Professional Standards Board, appointment of Lonnie R. Anderson to - HCR 8
Educational Professional Standards Board, appointment of Stephen H.T. Lin to - HCR 9
Elementary, recess, physical activity during - SB 172: HFA(4),(6)
Employee
benefits, health reimbursement arrangement - SB 4
sick leave donation program and bank - HB 478
Employees, education in force, reasons for - HB 236
Employment of teachers - HB 398
Equalized Growth Nickel in FY 2005, funding, increase eligible school districts in FY 2006 - HB 267: SCA(4)
Exercise, requirements for - SB 172, 222; HB 56; SB 172: HCS, HFA (2),(9), CCR, FCCR
Expelled students, educational services for - HB 151
Financial
literacy, establishing trust fund for - HB 227; HB 227: HCS
literacy, implementing a program for - HB 227; HB 227: HCS
statements - HB 83
Food
and beverage requirements in - SB 172: CCR, FCCR
and beverages, requirements relating to - SB 172, 222; HB 56; SB 172: HCS, HFA (2),(9)
service and nutrition specialist, credentialing of - SB 172, 222; HB 56; SB 172: HCS, HFA (2),(9)
Foods and beverages, requirements relating to - HB 56: HFA(1)
Foods, nutrition requirements for - HB 56: HCS
Funding for locally operated secondary area technology centers and vocational departments - HB 389
Glucagon
and Diastat, emergency administration of - SB 189; HB 88: FCCR; HB 184: SFA (2)
and Diastat, schools, emergency administration of - SB 189: HCS, HFA (1)
and diazepam rectal gel administration at school, exemptions from - SB 189: SCS
and diazepam, emergency administration of - HB 88: SFA(3); HB 93: SFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 183: SFA (2); HB 298: SFA (4); HB 301: SFA (2); HB 439: SFA (3)
Governor's Scholars Program, reorganization of - SB 134
Habitual
truancy, definition of - HB 72
truancy, persons accountable for fines imposed - HB 72
Health
insurance obtained outside of state group - HB 41
insurance, health savings accounts, contribution to - HB 117
services, cigarette tax, increased funding due to - HB 486
Honor
Beechwood High School Tigers, 2004 KHSAA Class A Football Champs - SR 39
Billie Travis, the 2005 Kentucky Teacher of the Year - HR 25
Instructional
leadership hours, annual reporting - HB 301
leadership hours, failure to complete, consequences imposed - HB 301
leadership, annual training requirements - HB 301
Intervention services - HB 93
KEES scholarships for dual credit courses - HB 33
Kentucky data research initiative, participation in - HB 512: HCS
Kindergarten full-time equivalent pupil in average daily attendance, definition - HB 413
Lead, blood testing as condition of enrollment - SB 216
Leave of absence, acceptable reason - HB 238
Literacy services - SB 19: SCA(2)
Local
boards of education, maximum tax rates - HB 353
school district wellness policies, implementation of - HB 90
Mathematics
achievement committee, add adult education instructors to the - HB 93: HCA(1)
diagnostic & intervention improvement fund, establish program for grants to schools from - SB 64
Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee - SB 64
improvement plan - SB 64: SCA(1)
initiative, private college personnel part of - HB 93: HFA(1)
Mathematics,
diagnostic assessment and intervention services - HB 93: SCS
statewide institutes for coaches and mentors - HB 93: SCS
Medications, immunity for reaction to - SB 189: HCA(1)
Military active duty, academic credit for - HB 347
National criminal history background check, results sent to superintendent - HB 88: SCS
Needs assessment of reading and literacy instruction - SJR 92
Nonresident
student contracts - HB 197: HCS
students, contracts for - HB 197
Open meetings and open records information, distribution of - HB 77
Per
pupil SEEK funding, establish hold harmless provision - HB 269
pupil SEEK funding, establish hold harmless value - SB 14
Personnel decisions, notification by school districts, deadlines for - HB 182
Physical
activity in schools, permit schools to use 30 minutes of instructional day for - SB 172: SCA(1)
activity, encouragement of - SB 172: HFA(1)
activity, requirements for - SB 172: HFA(7),(8)
activity, urge use of - SB 172: HFA(3)
Professional
development for certified staff - HB 336
development for educational leaders - HB 301: SCS
Proficiency in mathematics and reading - HB 93
Public schools, sales of services and products, prohibition on - SB 73: HFA(4)
Pupil transportation formula, study of - HCR 123
Quality principal awards, monetary incentives to accept positions in academically low schools - SB 179
Reading
Diagnostic and Intervention fund grants - SB 19
Diagnostic and Intervention fund, establish, requirements for reading intervention programs - SB 19
Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee membership of - SB 19
Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Steering Committee, composition of - SB 19: HCS
diagnostic and intervention steering committee - SB 19: SFA(1)
Reading, statewide institutes for coaches and mentors - HB 93: SCS
Reimbursement for school services provided for state agency children, increase funding for - HB 453
Relatives, criteria for hiring - SB 70: HFA(1); SB 119: HFA (7)
Required daily student physical activity - SB 172: SFA(1),(2)
Restrictions on employing retirees, exemption for schools - HB 12
Retired
teachers of the Commonwealth, honor and commend - SR 132; HR 164
teachers, health insurance - HB 169
Retiree COLA - SB 4
Retirees,
exceptions for reemployment restricts - HB 12: HFA(3)
reemployment restrictions, exception for different agency - HB 12: HFA(1)
Salaries, increase for 2005 - SB 4
School
attendance - HB 72: SCA(1)
board elections, activities of district employees - HB 362
closure for primary election - SB 7
closure for primary election, permissive - SB 7: HFA(1)
council and superintendent, responsibilities in selection of principal - SB 119: HFA(3)
councils, members of - SB 119: HFA(6)
councils, wellness policy, implementation of - SB 172: FCCR
employees, hiring of - HB 231
zones, installation of traffic control devices - HB 154
School-based
decision making council, classified employee member - SB 119: HFA(4)
decision making council, membership, addition of parent member - SB 119: HFA(1),(2)
decision making council, membership, classified employee - SB 119
decision making councils, membership of - SB 119: HFA(5)
Schools, health and nutrition - SB 172: SCS, SFA (3)
Selecting a school principal and other school personnel, procedures for - SB 70
Sex offenders, bar from school grounds - HB 224
Sexual relations, prohibit between school personnel and students - HB 52
Sick leave for teachers, permit use of for personal leave - HB 274
Specific learning disability, redefine to include dyslexia and other conditions - HB 320
State appropriation for health insurance - HB 41
State/Executive Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Student
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, reporting of incidents - HB 405: HFA(1)
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, protection from - HB 405; SB 189: HCS, HFA (2); HB 405: HFA (1)
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, protection from, reporting of incidents of - SB 188
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, reporting of incidents - HB 405; SB 189: HCS, HFA (2)
Students and teachers, awards for - HB 437
Study
of costs associated with educating children of undocumented immigrants - HCR 19
of the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program, growth districts - HCR 91
Support Education Excellence in Kentucky funding, calculation of Tier 1 - SB 126
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Tax
credit, public school teachers' purchase of consumable supplies - SB 35
credits, contributions to eligible nonprofit education organizations - SB 179
Teacher liability, protection against - HB 84
Teachers,
drug and alcohol testing required - SB 220
drug testing required - SB 220: SCS
Termination of contract by teacher - HB 182: HCS
Tourism and school closing dates, study of - HCR 55
Truancy, determination of - HB 72
Truant students, agreement by board of education for police to take into custody - HB 408, 409
United States Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, schools to comply with - SB 172: HFA(5)
Urgent need school trust fund, establish - SB 198
Villa Madonna Academy, honor - SR 196
Vision examinations for struggling readers - SB 19: SCA(3)
Writing
portfolios - HB 429; HB 272: HFA (4)
portfolios, delete from accountability system - HB 272: HFA(2)
portfolios, one tool in assessment - HB 267: HFA(10),(11)
portfolios, to be used for instructional and diagnostic purposes - SB 61
Year of Languages - HR 175
Education, Finance
Academic degree, forgery of - HB 13; HB 13: HCS
Adjustments in funding formula for school transportation, limited English proficient students - SB 126
Adopted and foster children, tuition waivers for - HB 23: HCS
Assault-related injury, leave time for - HB 373
Bottled water, sale of - HB 273
CATS scores, use of to determine supplemental KEES award - HB 492
Center for Mathematics, funding for - HB 93: SCS
Certified school personnel on active military duty, permit continuing salary for - HB 470
Cigarette
tax increase, use of funds - HB 138
tax increase, use of moneys collected - HB 32
Compensatory time for teachers - HB 398
Employees, education in force, reasons for - HB 236
Equalized Growth Nickel in FY 2005, funding, increase eligible school districts in FY 2006 - HB 267: SCA(4)
Financial statements - HB 83
Funding for locally operated secondary area technology centers and vocational departments - HB 389
Health
reimbursement arrangement, employer contribution - SB 4
services, cigarette tax, increased funding due to - HB 486
Hold Harmless per pupil increase - HB 267: HFA(17)
KEES
awards, permit use at out-of-state institutions - HB 20
scholarships for dual credit courses - HB 33
Kentucky
education excellence scholarship program, moves administration of the - HB 460
Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, increase bonding authority of - HB 161
Local
boards of education, maximum tax rates - HB 353
tax rate, allow 4% of compensating rate - HB 272: HCS
Mathematics
Achievement Fund - HB 93: SCS
Diagnostic and Intervention fund, establish program for grants to schools from - SB 64
Nonresident
student contracts - HB 197: HCS
students, contracts for - HB 197
Per
pupil SEEK funding, establish hold harmless provision - HB 269
pupil SEEK funding, establish hold harmless value - SB 14
Postsecondary enrollment and financial aid, eligibility for - HB 203
Prepaid tuition trust fund, governance and administration of - HB 184
Pupil transportation formula, study of - HCR 123
Quality principal awards, monetary incentives to accept positions in academically low schools - SB 179
Reading Diagnostic and Intervention fund grants - SB 19
Recall petition requirements for consolidated local governments - SB 13: HCA(1)
Reimbursement for school services provided for state agency children, increase funding for - HB 453
Retiree COLA - SB 4
Salary increase for 2005 - SB 4
School subject to recall - HB 267: HFA(14)
Support
Education Excellence in Kentucky funding, calculation of Tier 1 - SB 126
Education Excellence in Kentucky,definition of kindergarten full-time equivalent pupil - HB 413
for the professional growth of teachers, assessment and intervention services - HB 93
Toll road fees, exemption for school vehicles - SB 115; HB 351
Urgent need school trust fund, establish - SB 198
Education, Higher
Academic degree, forgery of - HB 13; HB 13: HCS
Academy for Health Care Improvement and Cost Reduction, collaborate with - HB 416
Adopted and foster children, tuition waivers for - HB 23: HCS
Adult education grants, fund at 1995-1996 level - HB 502
Athletic offerings, inclusion of wrestling programs - HR 203
Big Sandy Community and Technical College and President Edwards, honor - SR 191
Bruce A. Swetnam, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 143
Canafax, Kevin Wayne, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 61
CATS scores, use of to determine supplemental KEES award - HB 492
Center
for Mathematics in public institution, establishment of - HB 93: SCS
for Mathematics, establish - SB 64
Civic literacy and engagement, actions to improve - HR 87
Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, role of - SB 19
Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 222; HB 56
Council on Postsecondary Education, attach Kentucky Data Research Corporation to - HB 512: HCS
Data research initiative between elem/secondary schools and postsecondary research institutions - HB 512
Dr. Thomas A. McConnell, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 142
Ellen Furlough, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 145
Equine
industry program, increased funding - SB 194; HB 173
program, symposium mandated - SB 194; HB 173
Eugene R. Gaetke, a recipient of the UK Alumni Assoc.'s 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 141
Faculty and staff, recognition of - HR 154
Flanagan, Danny E., confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 62
Foster children, enrolled, health care provided by the state to age 23 - HB 446
Higher
Education, Capital - HB 267: HFA(16)
Education, Capital Projects - HB 267: HFA(3),(4)
Education, health - HB 267: HFA(9)
Education, operating funds - HB 267: HFA(12)
Education, provides additional base funding for Gateway CC - HB 267: HFA(13)
Honor the 2005 Career and Technical Education Week - HR 145
Income tax check-off for Simmons Bible College - HB 422
KCTCS institutions, open meetings and open records information, distribution of - HB 77: HCS
KCTCS, allotment for each firefighter employed - HB 219
KEES
awards, permit use at out-of-state institutions - HB 20
scholarships for dual credit courses - HB 33
Kentucky
Community and Technical College System, honor - HR 128
education excellence scholarship program, moves administration of the - HB 460
Health Care Improvement Authority, collaborate with - SB 2
Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, increase bonding authority of - HB 161
Lexington Community College, transfer to Kentucky Community and Technical College System - HB 239
Maclin, Phyllis Alany, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 59
Mathematics initiative, private college personnel part of - HB 93: HFA(1)
Military active duty, academic credit for - HB 347
Moore, Alois McIntyre, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 60
Open
meetings and open records information, distribution of - HB 77
Records Law, exemption to - HB 59: SCS
Postsecondary
Education Nominating Committee, confirmation, Frank Joseph Schwendeman - HCR 45
Education Nominating Committee, confirmation, Kimberly S. McCann - HCR 40
enrollment and financial aid, eligibility for - HB 203
institutions, debt issuance by - HB 45
Prepaid tuition trust fund, governance and administration of - HB 184
Preparing teachers in mathematics and reading - HB 93
Reorganization,
Abolish the Workforce Development Cabinet - SB 46
Council on Postsecondary Education - SB 46
Department for Adult Education and Literacy - SB 46
Restrictions on employing retirees, exemption for postsecondary education - HB 12
Retirees,
exceptions for reemployment restricts - HB 12: HFA(3)
reemployment restrictions, exception for different agency - HB 12: HFA(1)
Richard Labunski, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 144
State/Executive Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Stem cell research, petition, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, CPE for priority - HCR 140
Student
credit card regulation - HB 96
loan repayment assistance, exemption from income tax - HB 127
Suketu P. Bhavsar, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Assoc.'s 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 140
Tuition
fees, reimbursement for - HB 55
waiver, foster and adopted children, suspension during military service - HB 23
Universities, promote civic literacy - SJR 103
University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, membership of - SB 124
Year of Languages - HR 175
Education, Vocational
Academic degree, forgery of - HB 13; HB 13: HCS
Certified instructors in area vocational and technical schools, political rights and privileges of - HB 221
Faculty and staff, recognition of - HR 154
Honor the 2005 Career and Technical Education Week - HR 145
KCTCS, allotment for each firefighter employed - HB 219
Kentucky Community and Technical College System, honor - HR 128
Military active duty, academic credit for - HB 347
Reorganization, Abolish the Office of Early Childhood Development - SB 46
Tuition fees, reimbursement for - HB 55
Effective Dates, Delayed
Biodiesel fuel, tax incentives for producers, blenders, retailers - HB 57
Biodiesel, tax credit for producers, blenders, and retailers - SB 31
BR 51 - SB 19
Charter bus tax exemptions, effective August 1, 2005 - SB 60
Cigarette tax, increase of, August 1, 2003 - HB 486
Dental plans, payment of claims - HB 316
Extended weight coal roads, weight limits by truck size, effective January 1, 2005 - HB 129
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
HB 497/GA - HB 497: SCA(1)
Hospitals, disproportionate share funds, distribution of - SB 218: HCS
HVAC permitting process, January 1, 2006 - HB 421
Interlocal agreements, incentives for - HB 64
Interstate Compact for Juveniles - HB 46
Judgeships,
increase in number - HB 303: HCS
increased in number - HB 248: SCS
Kentucky e-Health Network Board, delay appointment of member of - SB 2
Land surveyors, future expiration of designated licensing qualifications for - HB 73
Ministers, exemption from occupational and license tax - HB 28
Motorcycle safety education program fund changes, effective 7/1/05 - SB 77: HCS
Water use fee, Kentucky River Authority, limit authorization for assessment, effective November 15, - HB 137
Effective Dates, Emergency
BR 264, expenditure of funds for executions, prohibition against - HB 181
Center for Mathematics, BR455 - SB 64
Cigarette
tax increase, impose tax on smokeless, loose, and other tobacco, effective July 1, 2004 - HB 32
tax increase, smokeless loose, and other tobacco, impose tax, July 1, 2005 - HB 138
Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 222; HB 56
Concealed deadly weapon, carrying - HB 220: HCA(1)
Daily physical activity for public school students, require - HB 71
Electioneering, prohibit within 100 feet of polls - HB 26
EMERGENCY - SB 86: SCS
Emergency effective date - HB 278: SCS
Enterprise zones, designated as economic growth districts - HB 9
HB
182/HCS - HB 182: HFA(1)
298, remove emergency clause - HB 298: HFA(1)
350 - HB 350: SCS(2), SCA (2)
44/HCS - HB 44: HFA(1)
497/GA FCCR - HB 497: FCCR
93 - HB 93: SCS
July 1, 2005, compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund, creation of - SB 186; HB 37
June 1, 2005 - HB 339
KEES awards, permit use at out-of-state institutions - HB 20
Kentucky
e-Health Network - HB 416
e-Health Network, implementation of - SB 2
National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - SB 161; HB 191, 222
Land use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157; SB 157: SCA (1); HB 50: SCS
Local school district wellness policies, implementation of - HB 90
Medicare supplement insurance - HB 206
Newborn screening program, SB 24 - SB 24: SCS
Offender registration, change in - HB 455
Parole Board, practice and procedure - SB 102
Remining incentives, extension of authority for - SB 180
Special fund, assessment rate, setting of - HB 451
State
and school board employee benefit and salary increases - SB 4
employee health insurance, waiver of coverage - SB 6
State/Executive
Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: FCCR
Budget, appropriation of - HB 267: HCS
Support for the professional growth of teachers, assessment and intervention services - HB 93
Workers' compensation groups, financial standards and regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2004-835 - SB 86
Elections and Voting
Absentee
ballot applications, distribution by facsimile - HB 326: HCS
ballots, distribution by facsimile - HB 326
ballots, reporting of - SB 22
voting period, prohibit electioneering during - HB 26: SFA(1)
Ballot, Thirtieth Judicial Circuit, proscribe order of - HB 121
Ballots, counting of - SB 22
Candidate
campaign account, limitations upon - HB 158
qualifications, circuit court challenge, creation of deadline for - SB 127; SB 127: SCS
Candidates hiring transporters of voters, requirements of - SB 83
Caucus campaign committee contribution limit established - SB 112: HFA(1)
Civic
literacy and engagement month, designate October as - HJR 109
literacy and engagement, actions to improve - HR 87
Civil rights, constitutional amendment to provide restoration of - SB 177
Electioneering near polling places, required distance from - HB 26: HCS
Electioneering, prohibit within 100 feet of polls - HB 26
Felons' voting rights, constitutional amendment to provide - HB 384
Fire protection districts, election of trustees for - HB 444
Governor and Lieutenant Governor slates, public debates, requirement for - SB 112: SFA(1),(3)
Gubernatorial power to reschedule an election during a state of emergency, establishment of - HB 266
Items used to record voter identity in polling place, prohibited - HB 141
Judges, selection process, study of - HCR 138
Metro Council districts, urge relabeling of - HR 26
Presidential electoral votes, apportionment of - HB 147
Primary election, school closure - SB 7
Public funding of gubernatorial elections, elimination of - SB 112; SB 112: SCS, HCS, HFA (3); HB 26: SFA (3)
Registry of Election Finance, confirmation of Walter Patrick - SR 113
School
board elections, activities of candidates - HB 362
board elections, activities of district employees - HB 362
closure for primary election, permissive - SB 7: HFA(1)
Slates of candidates, reporting requirements of - SB 112: SFA(4)
Small and farm wineries, local option election, alternative question presented - SB 73: SFA(1)
Special election require following failure to make executive branch appropriations - HB 315
Stephenson, Dana Seum, recognition as Senator from 37th District - SR 35
Unrestricted early voting, provide for - SB 183
Yard signs, private property, exempt from electioneering requirements - HB 26: SFA(2)
Electricians
Electrical employees, industrial manufacturing facilities, exemptions for - SB 184: SCS
Licensure,
industrial manufacturing facilities, exemption for - SB 184
verifiable experience gained at age sixteen or seventeen applied toward - HB 419, 499
Nonresident licensed electricians, charitable work in Kentucky, allow to perform - HB 281
Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Death certificate, citation of interment site, requirement for - HB 332
Human remains, Native American, reinterment procedure for - HB 330
Emergency Medical Services
Assault
EMS personnel, firefighters - HB 380
in the third degree, victims, inclusion of personnel of various emergency related services - SB 91
Emergency
medical personnel, scope of practice for - HB 178: HFA(1)
medical service grant program, Department of Corrections, application to - SB 76
Response Commission, change membership - SB 166
Exemptions for jury duty - HB 259
Training, funding for - HB 454
Trauma systems, Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to partner with agencies in regulating - SB 78; HB 178
Eminent Domain and Condemnation
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57
Environmental covenants, requirements for - HB 472: HCS
Private property, governmental actions affecting - HB 515
Right of way for telephone companies, payment for - SB 135
Study or - HCR 57: HCS
Energy
Cinergy/PSI, commend for announcing installation of pollution controls - HR 178
Clear
Skies Act of 2005, Resolution urging enactment of - SR 149
Skies Act of 2005, urge United States Senate to enact - HR 158
Coker, William Gregory, confirm appointment as a commissioner of Public Service Commission - SR 55
Department for Natural Resources, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41: SFA(4)
Division
of Energy, Reorganization Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SFA(3)
of Energy, transfer - SB 40: SCS
Electric facilities, restrictions relating to municipal bonding authority - SB 150: SFA(1)
Executive Reorganization Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: HFA(2)
Gas pipeline authority - HB 225: SCA(1), HFA (1),(4)
Joint municipal power authority, creation of - HB 406
Kentucky
Clean Coal Energy Project, express support of Kentucky House of Representatives - HR 186
Clean Coal Energy Project, Kentucky House to support - HR 179
Clean Coal Energy Project, Kentucky Senate to support - SR 154
Gas Transmission Authority - HB 225: HCA(1)
gas Transmission Authority, creation of - HB 225
Natural gas pipeline replacement, recovery of cost for - HB 440: SFA(1)
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, security for - HB 249: HFA(2),(3)
Performance contracting, add water-related projects to energy conservation measures - SB 133
Propane
and gas appliances, installation, repair and liability - HB 440
and gas appliances, installation, repair, and liability - HB 440: HCS
Reorganization, Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SCS
Engineers and Surveyors
Construction services contract, indemnification clause - HB 449; HB 449: HCS
Requirements for licensure, modification and separation of - HB 73
Environment and Conservation
Abandoned mine land reclamation fee, urge reauthorization of - SR 174; HR 189
Classified forests - HB 172: HCS
Clear
Skies Act of 2005, Resolution urging enactment of - SR 149
Skies Act of 2005, urge United States Senate to enact - HR 158
Division of Conservation, appointment of director of - SB 41: HFA(1)
Environmental
covenant, amendments and terminations, procedures for - HB 472: HFA(3)
covenant, bankruptcy, rules for - HB 472: HFA(1)
covenant, creation of - HB 472
covenant, public notice, requirement for - HB 472: HFA(2)
covenants, requirements for - HB 472: HCS
programs, public records, disclosure and availability of - HB 59: HFA(2)
testing laboratories, certification and accreditation of - HB 372
Fish and wildlife resources, clarify hunting & fishing provisions, increase penalties for violations - HB 457
Forest
Health Task Force, Department of Agriculture, direct reauthorization of - HJR 65
Health Task Force, reauthorized - SB 175: HFA(5); SB 180: HFA (3)
management plans, property tax reduction, eligibility for - HB 172
Hunting and fishing licenses, cost for Iraq veterans, $5 - HB 441: HCS
Junk and scrap recyclers, activities allowed by and duties of - HB 283
Kentucky
River Authority, water use fee, limit authorization for assessment - HB 137
Sportsmen's Caucus, establishment of - HCR 86
Nonresident license for hunting on licensed hunting preserves, cabinet to continue to provide - HB 457: HFA(1)
On-site sewage disposal system permits, 15-day requirement to respond to requests for - HB 190
Plastic beverage containers, codes, make changes to - HB 483
Recycling tax credit for equipment purchases over $1,000,000 - HB 456
Reorganization,
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41
Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SCS
Section
404 Water Permits, feasibility study, requirement for - SB 175: HFA(2)
404 Water Permits, state regulatory program for - SB 175: SFA(1)
Short-term fishing licenses, residents and nonresidents both eligible for - HB 457: HCS
Special license to nonresidents for hunting on licensed hunting preserves, deletion of - HB 457: HCS
State assumption of permitting process, cabinet to report on - SB 175: HFA(6); HB 175: HFA (2)
Surface mines, original contour restoration and overburden disposal requirements, make changes to - HB 509
Temporary
master logger certification, valid for four months - HB 79; HB 79: HCS
master logger designation, cabinet to create - HB 79
Water
Pollution Control Act state permit requirements, no more or less stringent than federal - SB 175: HFA(1)
pollution permits, authorize state to issue for fill material - SB 175
Escheats
Alien, right to own real and personal property - HB 314
Ethics
Executive
Branch Code of Ethics, application to Public Service Commission - HB 436
branch ethics, lobbyist registration fee - HB 211
branch ethics, various "housekeeping" provisions - HB 211
Federal Laws and Regulations
Administrative regulations, incorporation or adoption of federal laws or regulations - SB 123
Class action reform, urge support of - SR 138
Clean Water Act, authorize state to issue permits to discharge fill material under - SB 175
Clear Skies Act of 2005, urge United States Senate to enact - HR 158
Commercial driver's license standards, adopt federal MCSIA provisions - SB 84; HB 133
Congress,
urge to abolish federal estate tax permanently - SR 6
USDA, allow sale of excess tobacco - HR 69
Fair Labor Standards Act and related regulations, expanded electrician licensure to comply with - HB 419, 499
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, compliance with - SB 2; HB 416
Kentucky National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - SB 161; HB 191, 222
Medicaid, personal needs allowance, increase of - HB 38
Medical malpractice reform, urge support of - SR 30, 138
Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003, adopt provisions of - HB 341
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, adoption of - SB 26; SB 26: HCS
No call list, urge Federal Communications Commission not to preempt - HR 191
Phase II obligation, urge tobacco companies to pay - HCR 47: HCS
Real estate appraisers, federal and state licensing qualifications, differences permitted - HB 417
Remote control locomotives, U.S. Congress to urge Federal Railroad Administration regulation of - SCR 64
Supreme court nominations, urge support of - SR 63
Television
and radio broadcast, urge tighter regulations - HCR 13
and radio broadcast, urge tighter restrictions - HCR 14
Tort law, firearms, urge reform of - SR 137
U.S. Congress, urge review and amendment of buyout bill - HCR 47
United States Constitution, urge amendment to forbid raising taxes by judicial decision - HR 49
Fees
Adoption, application fee - HB 30; SB 16: HCS
Athletic trainers, licensure fees for - HB 290
Certification of environmental testing laboratories, schedule of fees for - HB 372
Certified volunteer firefighter, identification card - HB 48: HFA(1)
Clerks' fees, increase - HB 364
County
law library fees - HB 200; HB 200: HCS
law library, funding - SB 85
Expungement of records, Class D felonies and misdemeanors - HB 74
Expungement, criminal record, fee distribution - HB 5: HCS
General and limited partnerships, Secretary of State, filings with - HB 247
Grain licenses and assessments, establishment of - SB 68
Highway technology program fund, create - HB 364
Impact development - HB 423
License
fees in manufactured home communities, reduction of - HB 403
plates, increase state and clerks' fees - HB 364
Metrology
lab and tobacco moisture testing devices, authority for - HB 358: HFA(1)
lab, authority to establish - HB 358: HCA(1)
Military personnel, license extension for - HB 189: HFA(1)
Notary public, waived for veterans of armed services - HB 108; HB 108: HCS
Sheriff's fees for arrest and serving process - SB 105
Subdivision road districts, allow fee to be levied - HB 312
Tobacco moisture-testing devices, servicing and inspecting, allow fees for - HB 358
Toll road fees, exempted vehicles - SB 115; HB 351
Water use fee, Kentucky River Authority, limit authorization for assessment - HB 137
Fiduciaries
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Prepaid tuition trust fund, board of directors - HB 184
Proceeds of real estate sale, technical correction - SB 144
Special purpose limited liability company, duties of independent member or manager - HB 246
Trust administration, technical correction to remove gender-specific language - HB 284
Financial Responsibility
Motor vehicle accidents - HB 335
Prepaid tuition contracts, exemption from personal liability for - HB 184
School districts' financial statements - HB 83
Fire Prevention
Fire
protection sprinkler contractor and system designer licensing, liability insurance required - SB 142: FCCR
sprinkler contractors' insurance, changes in - SB 95
sprinkler contractors' insurance, type required - SB 142: HCS
sprinkler workers and contractors, license and certificate renewal, birth month for - SB 142
sprinkler workers and contractors; license and certificate renewal, birth month for - SB 142: SCS
Long-term care facilities, sprinkler system, information about - HB 338
Firearms and Weapons
Carrying firearm in detention facility prohibited - HB 220
Concealed
carry instructor, reporting requirements - HB 220
carry license, renewal - HB 220: HCS
carry license, revocation, failure to train - HB 220
deadly weapon license, residency requirement - SB 151
deadly weapon, carrying - HB 220: HCA(1)
deadly weapon, detention center presence, proscription on - SB 142: FCCR
Drug offense, possession of firearm during - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (2)
Expungement of records, Class D felonies and misdemeanors - HB 74
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, implementation of - HB 220
Firearms ownership, constitutional protection for - HCR 54
Firearms, carrying where alcoholic beverages are served - SB 149
Gun buy-back program, private - HB 65
Officers, parole, concealed weapons, may carry - HB 292
Tort law, firearms, urge reform of - SR 137
Firefighters and Fire Departments
Allotment to fire departments and firefighters, increases to - HB 219
Ambulance services, Medicaid reimbursement, Medicare national fees used for - HB 123
Assault
EMS personnel, firefighters - HB 380
in the third degree, victims, inclusion of personnel of various emergency related services - SB 91
Certified
firefighter supplemental payments - HB 219: HFA(1)
volunteer firefighter, identification card - HB 48: HFA(1)
Death benefits, beneficiary succession - HB 395
Exemptions for jury duty - HB 259
Fire
Commission, make executive director member of Kentucky Emergency Response Commission - SB 166
protection districts, election of trustees for - HB 444
Identification cards for volunteer firefighters - HB 48
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - SB 205; HB 82, 377
Task force on firefighter benefits established - SCR 81
Volunteer firefighter identification cards, fees and chief's responsibilities for - HB 48: HCS
Fiscal Note
Authorize and appropriate funds for expansion at Bluegrass Station - HB 215
Benefits, administration of - SB 50
Breast
cancer research tax checkoff, add members to board - HB 7: HCS
cancer tax refund checkoff program - HB 7
Budget bill, effect of - HB 508
Cabinet for Families and Children, adult abuse investigations - HB 298: HCS
Casinos and racetracks gaming gaming operations, omnibus bill - SB 9
CATS scores, use of to determine supplemental KEES award - HB 492
Center for Mathematics in public institution, establishment of - HB 93: SCS
Charter buses, exempt from motor vehicle usage tax, exempt repair parts from sales tax - SB 60
Child Support, paternity - HB 155
City of Prospect, reclassify - HB 113
Claims bill - HB 374
Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - HB 56
Committee for Mathematics Achievement, develop state-wide strategy - HB 93
Common carrier water companies, central assessment of the property of - HB 350
Corporate tax reform - HB 276
County attorney, additional fee if property tax litigated - HB 4
Delinquent taxes, assessment of attorney's fees on - HB 4: HCS
Electronic
filing requirement, individual income tax return preparers - HB 102
signature, health records, verification of - HB 91; HB 91: HCS
Equine industry program, increased funding - HB 173
Exempt military pensions from income tax - SB 34
Extended
weight coal road system, expand to include other minerals - HB 8
weight road system - HB 8: HCS
Foods, nutrition requirements for - HB 56: HCS
Governor's Scholars Program, reorganization of - SB 134
Health
and Family Services Cabinet, creation of - HB 110
and Family Services, advisory council, permissive use of - HB 110: HCS
and Family Services, child support, garnishment, lump sum payment, reporting of - HB 155: HCS
benefit plans with reduced mandates, authorization for - HB 144
facility, prohibit involuntary overtime, collection of civil penalties for - HB 365
Services, KADAP, prior authorization, exemption relating to - HB 92: HCS
Hepatitis C, education and testing programs for - HB 177
HIV/AIDS, prescriptions, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Hospital-acquired infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, data on hospital-acquired infection rates reported by - HB 76
Hunting and fishing licenses, state park passes, provided free to certain veterans - HB 441
Include death benefits as excluded income - HB 175: HFA(1)
Interstate Compact for Juveniles - HB 46
Kentucky
Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders, creation of - HB 296
River Authority, water use fee, limit authorization for assessment - HB 137
KinCare Support Program, creation of - HB 35
Lead, blood testing as condition of school or day care enrollment - SB 216
Local
boards of education, maximum tax rates - HB 353
school district wellness policies, implementation of - HB 90
Manufactured homes, restrict transportation of - HB 309
Medicaid, ambulance services reimbursement by - HB 123
Medical and education consent affidavits, combination of - HB 35: HCS
Military
Family Tax Relief Act of 2003, adopt provisions of - HB 341
Pay, exemption for members killed in action - HB 176
Minimum wage revision - HB 105; HB 105: HCS
Motor Fuels Tax, electronic funds transfer, allow payment - HB 494
Per pupil SEEK funding, establish hold harmless value - SB 14
Phase II Tobacco Settlement funding, providing for - HB 132; HB 132: HCS
Pioneer Playhouse, designation as outdoor theatre capital of Kentucky - HB 70
Postsecondary institutions, debt issuance by - HB 45
Prepaid wireless phone service, require payment of 911 surcharge for - SB 159
Public Health, hepatitis C, education about - HB 177: HCS
Refund of taxes, procedure for requesting - HB 498
Sales
and use tax, streamlined sales and use tax agreement, conforming - HB 495
and use taxes, refund for - SB 128
Schools, food and beverage requirements in - SB 172
Sick leave for teachers, permit use of for personal leave - HB 274
Statutes in the budget bill, effect of - HB 507
Tax exemption, active duty military - HB 295
Toll roads, nonpaying users - SB 115
Traffic control devices, installation in school zones - HB 154
Unemployment
insurance, benefits eligibility for military spouse - SB 33
insurance, military spouse benefits eligibility - HB 293
Usage tax, transfer exemption, foster parent and foster child - HB 24
Utility gross receipts license tax, electronic returns - HB 497
Veterans nursing homes, exemption from provider tax - HB 36
Fish and Wildlife
Bennett, Tom, Commissioner, honor - SR 183
Forest
Health Task Force, Department of Agriculture, direct reauthorization of - HJR 65
management plans, property tax reduction, eligibility for - HB 172
Hunting
and fishing laws, clarify provisions, increase penalties for violation - HB 457
and fishing licenses, cost for Iraq veterans, $5 - HB 441: HCS
and fishing licenses, provided free to certain veterans - HB 441
and fishing licenses, state park passes, provided free to certain veterans - HB 441
Kentucky Sportsmen's Caucus, establishment of - HCR 86
Short-term fishing licenses, residents and nonresidents both eligible for - HB 457: HCS
Violation of KRS 150.460 relating to fish kills, penalty not to exceed replacement value - HB 457: HFA(1)
Flood Control and Flooding
Building permits, local governments may issue in flood area - HB 471
Disaster relief funding, program for - HB 367
Foods
Egg marketing restrictions, Department of Agriculture, authority to impose - SB 57: SCS
Eggs, marketing regulations, licensing and fees - SB 57
Food
Checkout Day, designate February 7, 2005 - HR 73
establishments, no liability for weight gain, obesity, or related condition - SB 103
Meals, home-delivered services to seniors to include - HB 112
School, food and beverage requirements in - SB 222
Schools,
food and beverage requirements in - SB 172; HB 56; SB 172: HCS, HFA (2),(9), CCR, FCCR; HB 56: HFA (1)
nutrition requirements in - HB 56: HCS
United States Department of Agriculture's Dietary Guidelines for Americans, schools to comply with - SB 172: HFA(5)
Forests and Forestry
Classified forests - HB 172: HCS
Forest
Health Task Force, Department of Agriculture, direct reauthorization of - HJR 65
Health Task Force, reauthorized - SB 175: HFA(5); SB 180: HFA (3)
management plans, property tax reduction, eligibility for - HB 172
Kentucky Sportsmen's Caucus, establishment of - HCR 86
Temporary
master logger certification, valid for four months - HB 79; HB 79: HCS
master logger designation, cabinet to create - HB 79
Fuel
Biodiesel fuel, tax incentives for producers, blenders, retailers - HB 57
Biodiesel, tax credit for producers, blenders, and retailers - SB 31
Clear Skies Act of 2005, Resolution urging enactment of - SR 149
Gas
delivery systems, installation by nonlicensee, liability for - HB 440: SCS
pipeline authority - HB 225: SCA(1), HFA (1),(4)
Liquefied petroleum gas dealers, license renewal, birth month for - SB 142; SB 142: SCS
Motor Fuels Tax, refund limited to fuel purchased after effective date of refund permit - HB 494
Propane
and gas appliances, installation, repair and liability - HB 440
and gas appliances, installation, repair, and liability - HB 440: HCS
Gambling
Casino gaming and electronic gaming devices at racetracks, require approval of local government for - SB 8
Casinos and racetracks, gaming operations, omnibus bill - SB 9
Charitable
gaming facilities, games permitted, cap on - SB 153
gaming fee, increase in - HB 388; SB 74: SCS
gaming fee, increases in - SB 74
Compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund, creation of - SB 186; HB 37
Electronic
gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, appropriation of revenues - HB 188
gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, omnibus bill - HB 193
Video lottery gaming, omnibus bill - HB 174
Garnishment
Child support, lump sum payment, reporting of - HB 155: HCS
Support, garnishment, lump sum payment, definition of - HB 155: HFA(1)
General Assembly
Adjourn 2005 Session until February 1, 2005 - SCR 23
Adjournment,
March 8, 2005, to reconvene on March 21, 2005 - SCR 175
sine die - SCR 195
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee, meeting requirements - SB 123
Annual sessions, repeal of - HB 390
Bills,
House and Senate co-sponsorship - HB 29
substantially similar House and Senate, joint primary and co-sponsorship of - HB 29: HCS
Blue ribbon panel on health insurance in the private market, creation of - SJR 95
Budget, odd-numbered year sessions - SB 215
Caucus campaign committees, creation of - SB 112: HCS
Chairs of standing committees, aides available to - HB 433
Committee to wait upon the Governor, appointment directed - SR 3; HR 3
Constitutional amendment, extension of even-year session proposed - HB 2
Division of Legislative Security - HB 333
Even-year session, extension of, constitutional amendment proposed - HB 135
Homeland security report, filing of - SB 44; SB 44: SCS
House Rules, temporary, adoption of - HR 2
Kentucky
Institute of Medicine, advice from - HCR 134
Institute of Medicine, recognition of - HCR 134
Malpractice, constitutional amendment on legislative authority - HB 491
Member compensation, determined by compensation commission - HB 503
Members of General Assembly, renewal of legislative license plate, increase renewal fee - HB 40
Members, not to be compensated during extraordinary budget session - HB 19
Office for Homeland Security, executive director, inform of application process for grants - SB 44: HFA(2)
Open
Meetings Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(3)
Records Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(4)
Parole
Board, Jeanetta Lee Massey, confirmation of appointment - SR 53
Board, Mark Douglas Gibson, confirmation of appointment - SR 56
Board, Theodore R. Kuster, confirmation of appointment - SR 57
Pastors of Frankfort churches, inviting - SR 2; HR 1
Retirement
benefits - HB 66: HFA(3),(4)
benefits, creditable compensation - HB 66: HFA(2)
benefits, creditable compensation, vesting, service purchases - HB 66; HB 299: SCS
benefits, creditable compensation, vesting, serviced purchases - HB 66: HCS
benefits, reciprocity with other systems - HB 66: HFA(5)
Rules, House of Representatives, adoption of - HR 104
Senate Rules, adoption of - SR 1
Sergeant Joseph H. Milam, KSP, honor - HR 46
Sessions, even-year, extension of without pay - HB 3
Sex offender management, study of - HCR 6
Special election require following failure to make executive branch appropriations - HB 315
Stephenson, Dana Seum, recognition as Senator from 37th District - SR 35
Tobacco Settlement Committee, requirements for meetings - HB 240
Women Veterans Coordinating Committee, legislators appointed - HB 62
Governor
Administrator of commercial mobile radio service emergency communications, confirmation of - SR 112
Boards and commissions, appointments to achieve gender equity allowed - HB 328
Compensation during extension of even-year sessions, denial of - HB 2: HCA(1), HFA (1)
Disaster relief funding, program for - HB 367
Executive
Order 2004-729 - SB 40
order 2004-838 - SB 86
Orders 2004-481 and 2004-561 - SB 42
Orders 2004-832 and 2004-903 - SB 43
Faith-based and nonprofit organizations, Governor's Office, create in - HB 383
Government contracts, action upon disapproval or objection to - HB 118
Gubernatorial power to reschedule an election during a state of emergency, establishment of - HB 266
Homeland security emergencies, adjutant general as primary contract for managing and responding to - SB 44: HCS(1)
Kentucky
Commission on Autism Spectrum disorders, creation of - HB 296: HFA(1)
Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders, creation of - HB 296
Commission on Military Affairs, membership of, change - HB 217
Health Care Providers' Mutual Insurance Authority - HB 490
Health Insurance Authority - HB 148
Housing Corporation, appointment of David A. Wombwell - SR 108
Housing Corporation, appointment of Don Ball - SR 105
Housing Corporation, appointment of Porter G Peeples - SR 104
Housing Corporation, reappointment of Gail Melvin - SR 107
Notification, grants - SB 44: HFA(1)
Office
of Homeland Security, executive director, appointment of - SB 44; SB 44: SCS
of Minority Empowerment, creation of - SB 42: SCS
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, security for - HB 249: HFA(2),(3)
Personnel Cabinet reorganization, assignment of offices and departments - SB 43: SCS
Postsecondary institutions, exception for agreements with private entities - HB 118: HFA(1),(2)
Prescription drug importation, federal requests related to - SR 71
Public
funding of gubernatorial elections, elimination of - SB 112; SB 112: SCS, HCS; HB 26: SFA (3)
printing contracts, approval of, repeal constitutional provisions pertaining to - SB 30
printing contracts, approval of, repeal requirement for - SB 51
Reorganization of the Office of the Governor - SB 136
Restoration of civil rights, constitutional amendment to provide - SB 177
Special election require following failure to make executive branch appropriations - HB 315
State Rural Development Council, creation of - HJR 131
State/Executive
Branch Budget Memorandum - HJR 92, 146; HJR 92: SCS
Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Grain
Inspections, authority for - SB 68: HCA(1)
Licenses and assessments, requirements for - SB 68
Guardians
Aging caregivers, study of needs and services - SJR 85
Bonding, exemptions - HB 381
Competency hearings, permit trial by court without a jury during - SB 190; HB 50; HB 50: HCS
KinCare Support Program, creation of - HB 35
Medical and education consent affidavits, combination of - HB 35: HCS
Nursing facilities, compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act - SB 169
Hazardous Materials
Lead, elevated blood levels, testing and reporting of - HB 479
Health and Medical Services
Abortion, anesthesia requirement for 20 week or older fetus - SB 98
Abortions, reporting of - HB 152: HFA(2),(3),(4),(5)
Academy for Health Care Improvement and Cost Reduction, creation of - HB 416
Adoption, health history information required - HB 469
Adult stem cell investment, credit for - HB 376
Advanced
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances prescribing by - SB 122: HCS
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - HB 321
Advances registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - SB 152
Affidavit for medical consent, creation of - HB 35
Ambulance services, Medicaid reimbursement, Medicare national fees used for - HB 123
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration, withholding circumstances - HB 501
Athletic trainers, scope of practice for - HB 290
Biological Products, remove from local property tax assessment - HB 308
Breast cancer tax refund checkoff program - HB 7
Cancer drug repository, creation of - SB 23; SB 23: CCR
Charitable health care providers, Department of Insurance, registration by - SB 201
Cigarette
surtax and other tobacco wholesale tax, funds for tobacco cessation and prevention - HB 176
tax increase, impose tax on smokeless, loose, and other tobacco - HB 32
tax increase, smokeless loose, and other tobacco, impose tax - HB 138
Cloning, prohibitions - HB 150
Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 222; HB 56
Community-based and self-directed services, approach by Cabinet for Health Services - SJR 94
Compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund, within Division of Substance Abuse, creation of - SB 186; HB 37
Death certificate - SB 18
Drug
importation program, design and implementation of - SB 139
repository, program providers, immunity for - SB 23: HCS(1)
Electronic
signature verification, procedures for - SB 25: HFA(1),(2)
signature, verification of - HB 91; SB 25: HCS (2); HB 91: HCS, HFA (1)
Embryos, prohibited acts related to - HB 386
Emergency
contraceptives, prescribing and dispensing of - HB 346
medical service grant program, Department of Corrections, application to - SB 76
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, restrictions on sale - SB 56; HB 170
Erectile dysfunction, reporting treatment of - HB 152: HFA(6),(7)
Formulary limitations, cabinet to identify special disease states that are exempt from - HB 92: HFA(1)
Foster children, health care provided by the state to age 23 - HB 446
Friedreich's Ataxia Awareness Day, third Saturday in May recognized as - SR 60; HR 70
Genetic testing, prohibition against employer's use of - HB 223
Glucagon and Diastat, emergency administration at schools - HB 88: FCCR
Health
and Family Services Cabinet, creation of - SB 47; HB 110
boards, independent districts, change membership criteria for - HB 229: SCS
data advisory committee, Office of Women's Health member as member of - SB 108
departments, retirement incentive - SB 110
facility, prohibit involuntary overtime - HB 365
facility, prohibit overtime - HB 365: HFA(1)
programs, public records, disclosure and availability of - HB 59: HFA(2)
reimbursement plan for Kentuckians on military active duty - HB 252
reimbursement plan, Kentuckians on military active duty - HB 252: HFA(1)
Hepatitis C, education and testing programs for - HB 177
HIV/AIDS, prescription drugs, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Hospital-acquired infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, data on hospital-acquired infection rates reported by - SB 185; HB 76
Human embryo, prohibited acts - HB 149
In vitro fertilization, prohibit the fertilization of more than one egg during the process of - HB 145
Individual health insurance riders, exclude coverage - HB 448
Insurance,
exclusion of mandated benefits - HB 68
primary care physician - HB 410
James William Lazzaro and Madison Leigh Heflin Newborn Screening Act, cite as - SB 24: HCS
Kentucky
Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders, creation of - HB 296
e-Health Network, establish board for - SB 2; HB 416
Health Care Improvement Authority, creation of - SB 2
Health Insurance Authority, create - HB 148
Institute of Medicine, recognition of - HCR 134
Lead, blood testing as condition of school or day care enrollment - SB 216
Legend drug repository, creation of - SB 23: SCS
Long-term
care facilities, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270
care, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of - HB 208
Lymphedema D-Day, March 6 of each year declared as - HJR 111
Malpractice, constitutional amendment on legislative authority - HB 491
Meals, home-delivered services to seniors to include - HB 112
Medicaid,
personal needs allowance, increase of - HB 38
pharmacy benefit manager, limitations on - SB 164
repeal Drug Management Review Advisory Board related to - SB 208
Medical
and education consent affidavits, combination of - HB 35: HCS
malpractice awards, General Assembly may limit - HB 146
malpractice lawsuits, damage limits - SB 1
malpractice, omnibus reform - SB 224; HB 490
Medicare
supplement insurance, return of premium - HB 14
supplement, definition - SB 209; HB 63: SFA (2),(5),(6); HB 275: SFA (5),(6); HB 316: SFA (5),(6)
supplement, definition of - HB 63: SFA(9); HB 275: SFA (3); HB 316: SFA (3)
Medication administration at school, requirement related to - SB 189; SB 189: HCS, HFA (1); HB 88: SFA (3); HB 93: SFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 183: SFA (2); HB 184: SFA (2); HB 298: SFA (4); HB 301: SFA (2); HB 439: SFA (3)
Mental health professionals, criminal background checks, requirement for - SB 10
National Guard and Reserve medical care, task force, establishment of - HCR 133; SB 80: HFA (1); HCR 58: HFA (1)
Newborn
screening tests, expansion of - SB 24; HB 51; SB 24: SCS
screening, provisions for - SB 25, 28
Nursing
facilities, compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act - SB 169
facility provider taxes, prohibit billing residents for - HB 313
facility services, provider tax, exemption from - HB 95
homes, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270: HFA(1)
Obesity, schools, food and beverage requirements in - SB 222; HB 56; SB 172: HCS, HFA (9); HB 56: HFA (1)
Organ donation registry, gifts through registration on - HB 152: SFA(3); HB 298: SFA (4)
Pharmaceutical
assistance program, administration of - SB 23: HCS(2), HFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 298: SFA (4)
assistance program, remove redundant language related to CMS approval of - SB 23: FCCR
Phlebotomy technician, certification of - SB 20
Physician
assistant licensing, study of - SCR 32; HCR 121
noncompete clause, prohibition against - SB 182; SB 137: SFA (1)
Prescription
drug importation, urge the Governor to establish program to - SR 71
drug program, local government creation of - HB 485
drug rebates, negotiation of - HB 85
Provider
tax, facilities not accepting Medicaid reimbursement, exempt from paying - SB 62
tax, hospitals, cap and calculation - HB 407
tax, impose against various services - HB 461
Providers, uniform credentialing of - HB 63: SFA(3); HB 152: SFA (1); HB 275: SFA (7); HB 298: SFA (3); HB 316: SFA (7); HB 439: SFA (1)
Psychiatric residential treatment facility, CON requirement for nonsubstantive review approval - SB 217
Radiology practitioner assistants and radiology assistants, certification of - SB 15
Residential hospice, certificate of need, exemption from - SB 195; HB 442
Schools, medications, immunity for reaction to - SB 189: HCA(1)
Services, cigarette tax, increased funding due to - HB 486
Statewide
organ donor registry, establish - SB 25: SCS, HCS (1)
organ donor registry, work group to study - SJR 34; HJR 21
organ donor registry, workgroup to study - HJR 21: HCS
Student loan repayment assistance, exemption from income tax for providers of primary care services - HB 127
Substance abuse, reduces funding for - HB 267: HFA(2)
Surgical
assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122; SB 122: SCS, HCS
Assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122: HFA(1)
Trauma systems, Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to partner with agencies in regulating - SB 78; HB 178
Utilization review, timeframes - HB 379
Veterans nursing homes, exemption from provider tax - HB 36
Wholesale drug distributors, require licensure for - SB 212; HB 445
Highways, Streets, and Bridges
Accidents
blocking roadway, removal of - SB 59: SCS, HFA (1),(2),(3),(4)
blocking roadway, removal of vehicles and cargo - HB 136
blocking roadway, removal of vehicles and materials - SB 59
Agritourism highway signs, mandate Transportation Cabinet to promote usage of - HJR 112
All-terrain vehicles, no person under age 16 shall operate and helmets required for operation of - HB 86
Coal Miner's Highway, designate - HJR 95
Col. Andrew Jackson May Bridge, designate in Floyd County - SJR 79
Cpl. Joshua D. Harris Memorial Bridge, designate in Letcher County - HJR 106
Cumberland Gap and Trail of Tears, automobile tours on state road map - HJR 99
Department of highways, deadlines to transfer surplus right-of-way by - HB 289
Extended
weight coal roads, weight limits by truck size - HB 129
weight road system, define system by transportation of coal - HB 8: SCS(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within a consolidated local government - HB 8: SFA(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within an urban county government - HB 8: SFA(2)
weight road system, exempt specific roads - HB 8: SFA(3)
Finance and administration cabinet, deadline to prepare surplus right-of-way deed - HB 289
Frank DeRossett Bridge, designate in Floyd County - HJR 94
Hal
Rogers Parkway, allow partial control of access - SB 165; HB 340
Rogers Parkway, partial control of access, specifications for - HB 340: HFA(1)
Highway
Watch Program, commendation of - HR 126
work zones, identification of for double fine purposes - HB 237: HCS
Inoperative traffic signal, when to proceed - HB 311
John C. Cline Memorial Bridge, designate in Martin County - HJR 37
KY
11, designate section as The Veterans Memorial Highway - HJR 90
3024E, designate as Kassidy Mountain Road - SJR 100
72, Harlan Co., name segment in memory of victims of 1932 Yancey Mine Disaster - HJR 27
979 in Floyd County, designate the Eula Hall Highway - SJR 68
Letcher County Coal Miners Highway, designate - SJR 4
Manufactured homes, restrict transportation of - HB 309
MIRET devices, allow use by transportation employees - HB 17: HFA(1)
Motorcycle
safety awareness signs, cabinet approval of placement - HB 39: HFA(1)
safety awareness signs, placement on rights-of-way - HB 39
Moves a project from the Six-year Highway Plan into the budget as a line item - HB 267: HFA(15)
R. D. "Doc" Marshall Bridge," designated in Allen, Kentucky - HJR 98
Recreational vehicles, permissible appurtenances for width limits - HB 139
Resource recovery roads, use natural resources and petroleum severance tax for - HB 8: HFA(1)
Rest areas, require POW/MIA flag to be flown - HB 443
Road names, omnibus resolution, name section of US 431 in Muhlenberg County - HJR 135: HCS
Roads
and bridges, naming of - HJR 135: SCS
and bridges, naming of to honor individuals and groups - HJR 135
Ronald Reagan Memorial Parkway, designate in Lewis County - SJR 15
Slow-moving vehicles, lighting requirements for - HB 378
Speed limits, increase on interstates, parkways, and 4 lane state roads - HB 450
Subdivision road districts - HB 312
Surplus right-of-way property, transfer of - HB 289
Thomas D. Emberton Bridge, designate in Metcalfe County - HJR 115
Traffic control devices, installation in school zones - HB 154
Trail of Tears Historic Trail, promotion of - SR 43
Turnpike authority, requirement to meet to consider surplus right-of-way transfer - HB 289
U.S. 119 in Letcher County, remove from naming as Coal Miners Highway - HJR 135: HFA(1)
US
25 in Madison County, designate portion in honor of John G. Fee - SJR 82
25E, designate a section as the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail - HJR 122
60, section in Franklin County, designated as Officer Jason Cammack Memorial Highway - HJR 88
62 in Lyon County and Marshall County, name the Veterans Memorial Highway - HJR 76
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Woodrow Wilson Burchett Memorial Bridge, designate in Floyd County - HJR 38
Work
zone, highway workers to be present - HB 237: SFA(1)
zone, speeding in, required notice for double fines - HB 237
WWII Veterans Memorial Bridge, designate in Johnson County - HJR 50
Historical Affairs
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Executive Order 2004-616 - SB 37
Historic or prehistoric human remains on property, procedure for disposition of - HB 331
Juneteenth National Freedom Day, observance of - HB 42; HB 42: HCS
Military Heritage Commission, members, proxy - HB 411
Traveller's Rest, preservation of - SCR 162; SR 173; HCR 171
Holidays
Cemetery Cleanup Week, designation of week prior to Memorial Day - HB 332
Kentucky Retired Veterans Day, designation of - SB 80
Myositis Awareness Day, September 21 of each year recognized as - HB 366
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Academy for Health Care Improvement and Cost Reduction, creation of - HB 416
Advanced
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances prescribing by - SB 122: HCS
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - HB 321
Advances registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - SB 152
Ambulance services, Medicaid reimbursement, Medicare national fees used for - HB 123
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration, withholding circumstances - HB 501
Cancer
centers, designation of - SCR 96
drug repository, creation of - SB 23; SB 23: CCR
Criminal injuries, reporting of - HB 152; HB 152: HFA (6),(7)
Disproportionate
share funds, acute care, distribution for - SB 218: SCS
share funds, distribution of - SB 218
share funds, distribution, contingent effective date for - SB 218: HCS
Gunshot wounds, reporting, immunity for - HB 152: HCS
Health
care provider tax, state veterans nursing home facilities, exemption of - HB 36: HCS
facility, prohibit involuntary overtime - HB 365
facility, prohibit overtime - HB 365: HFA(1)
Hospital-acquired infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, data on hospital-acquired infection rates reported by - SB 185; HB 76
Kentucky Health Care Improvement Authority, creation of - SB 2
Legend drug repository, creation of - SB 23: SCS
Long-term
care facilities, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270; HB 270: HFA (1)
care facilities, sprinkler system, information about - HB 338
Malpractice, constitutional amendment on legislative authority - HB 491
Medicaid,
disproportionate share funds, distribution of - SB 218: HFA(1)
personal needs allowance, increase of - HB 38
Medical
malpractice insurance, rate filings - HB 484
malpractice task force - HB 480: HCS
malpractice, omnibus reform - SB 224; HB 490
Newborn screening, requirements related to - SB 25, 28
Nurse staffing requirements in long-term care facilities, establishment of - HB 208
Nursing
facilities, compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act - SB 169
facility provider taxes, prohibit billing residents for - HB 313
facility services, provider tax on - SB 211; HB 439
facility services, provider tax, exemption from - HB 95
Organ donation registry, establishment of - HB 152: SFA(3); HB 298: SFA (4)
Phlebotomy technician, certification of - SB 20
Physician
assistant licensing, study of - SCR 32; HCR 121
noncompete clause, prohibition against - SB 182; SB 137: SFA (1)
Provider
tax, facilities not accepting Medicaid reimbursement, exempt from paying - SB 62
tax, hospitals, cap and calculation - HB 407
Providers, uniform credentialing of - HB 63: SFA(3); HB 152: SFA (1); HB 275: SFA (7); HB 298: SFA (3); HB 316: SFA (4),(7); HB 439: SFA (1)
Public assistance programs, Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Radiology practitioner assistants and radiology assistants, certification of - SB 15
Stab wounds, reporting of - HB 152: HFA(1)
Statewide
organ donor registry, establish - SB 25: SCS, HCS (1)
organ donor registry, work group to study - SJR 34; HJR 21
organ donor registry, workgroup to study - HJR 21: HCS
Surgical
assistants hospitals, oversight for - SB 122: HCS
assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122: SCS
Assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122: HFA(1)
assistants, hospitals, oversight for - SB 122
Utilization review, timeframes - HB 379
Wholesale drug distributors, require licensure for - SB 212; HB 445
Wounds, reporting, immunity for - HB 152: HFA(1)
Hotels and Motels
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Housing, Building, and Construction
Affordable Housing Trust Fund,provides additional funding for - HB 267: HFA(2)
Construction services contract, indemnification clause - HB 449; HB 449: HCS
Electrical employees, industrial manufacturing facilities, exemptions for - SB 184: SCS
Electrician licensure, industrial manufacturing facilities, exemption for - SB 184
Electricians, verifiable experience gained at age sixteen or seventeen applied toward licensure of - HB 419, 499
Eviction, refusal to accept payments as grounds for eviction - HB 205: HFA(4)
Fire
protection sprinkler contractor and system designers licensing, liability insurance required - SB 142: FCCR
sprinkler contractors' insurance, changes in - SB 95
Historic or prehistoric human remains on property, limitations created by - HB 331
Home inspectors' insurance policies, oversight board listed on - SB 142: SCS
HVAC permitting process, creation of - HB 421
Landlord-tenant relations, study of directed - HB 205: HFA(2)
Lead, elevated blood levels, testing and reporting of - HB 479
License
and certificate renewal, birth month, oversight agency for - SB 142; SB 142: SCS
fees in manufactured home communities, reduction of - HB 403
Nonresident licensed electricians, charitable work in Kentucky, permission needed for - HB 281
Nuisances - HB 345
Planning and zoning, urge committee to study subdivision regulations and planning official training - HR 160
Prevailing wage, repeal of - HB 162
Recreational vehicles, remove Recreational Vehicle Certification and Licensure Board duties - SB 181
Rental agreements, written, mandatory for manufactured housing communities - HB 205: HFA(1)
Residential contractor certification program, oversight agency for - HB 61
Sexual
orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
orientation and gender identity, discrimination based on, prohibit - HB 207
State contracts, raising minimum contract amount requiring bonds - SB 109
Tenant-land lord relations, manufactured housing communities - SB 193
Tobacco warehouses, property assessment moratorium programs and tax credits, eligibility for - HB 428
Information Technology
Electronic
signature, health record procedures for - SB 25: HFA(1),(2)
signature, health records, verification of - HB 91; SB 25: HCS (2); HB 91: HCS, HFA (1)
Information highway, use of - SB 2; HB 416
Reorganization,
Governor's Office for Technology, Executive Order 2004-723 - SB 49
Governor's Office for Technology, technical and conforming change - SB 49: SCS
Telecommunications, alternative regulation, market-based competition plan, company election of - SB 207
Inspections
Historic or prehistoric human remains on property, procedure for disposition of - HB 331
HVAC permitting process, creation of - HB 421
Insurance
Agent, licensing, uniform standards - HB 275; HB 275: HCS
Annuities,
replacement of - SB 130
standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities - SB 130
Charitable health care providers, registration by Department of Insurance - SB 201
Consultant, business entity licensed as - HB 466
FAIR plan, reinsurance association membership - HB 164
Fire sprinkler contractors' insurance, type required - SB 142: HCS
Health
benefit plans, reduced mandates, authorization for - HB 144
insurance, primary care physician - HB 410
Insurance
guaranty association, define covered claim - HB 489
guaranty association, delete net worth requirement - HB 489
Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact - HB 166
KEMI
Board of Directors, appointment, Jon W. Ackerson - SR 77
Board of Directors, appointment, Lois Ann Disponett - SR 76
Board of Directors, appointment, William Paul Reed - SR 74
Licensure
of viatical settlement brokers - SB 163
of viatical settlement providers - SB 163
Life insurance contracts and annuities - SB 130
Life,
decrease number of employees who must be covered under group policy - SB 97; HB 261
group - HB 63: SFA(7); HB 275: SFA (1); HB 316: SFA (1)
Martin J. Koetters, Executive Director of Office of Insurance, appointment of - SR 111
Medical
malpractice insurance, experience rating plan - HB 480
malpractice insurance, premium quotes on the Internet - HB 481
malpractice insurance, prohibit discrimination among states - HB 458
malpractice insurance, rate calculation standards - HB 504
malpractice insurers, surplus and rate increase - HB 482
malpractice task force - HB 480: HCS
malpractice, omnibus reform - SB 224; HB 490
malpractice, rate filings - HB 484
Motor vehicle insurance discount - HB 244
Physician noncompete clause, prohibition against - SB 182
Premium
surcharge, penalty fee - HB 18
tax, determination of risk locations for - HB 31
Regulation of, error and commissions insurance for - HB 294
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Viatical settlement regulation - SB 163
Workers'
compensation groups, financial standards and regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2004-835 - SB 86
compensation self insured groups, regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2004-835 - SB 86: SCS
compensation, assessment penalty waiver, special fund assets determination - HB 451
Compensation, black lung revisions - HB 106
compensation, exemption of coverage for professional drivers - HB 404
Insurance, Health
Basic
benefit health plan - HB 278: SCS
health benefit plan - HB 278: SFA(1)
Blue ribbon panel on health insurance in the private market, creation of - SJR 95
Chiropractic benefits - HB 278: SFA(1)
Dental plans, payment of claims - HB 316
Disclosure requirements - HB 68: HFA(2)
Electronic administrative transactions, submission of - SB 2; HB 416
Employer-organized association plans, insurer to provide information requested by - SB 2: HFA(1)
Filing requirements - HB 68: HFA(2)
Foster children, health care provided by the state to age 23 - HB 446
Group life insurance - HB 63: SFA(7); HB 275: SFA (1); HB 316: SFA (1)
Health
benefit plans with reduced mandates, authorization for - HB 144
data collection, advisory committee - HB 278: SFA(6)
reimbursement plan for Kentuckians on military active duty - HB 252
reimbursement plan, Kentuckians on military active duty - HB 252: HFA(1)
savings accounts, tax deduction - HB 278: HFA(1)
Healthy Kentucky program - HB 511
High risk insurance, exempt fees for - HB 63: SFA(2),(5); HB 316: SFA (5),(6)
Individual plan - HB 278: SFA(1)
Individual, riders to exclude coverage - HB 448
Kentucky
access, second assessment - SB 41: HFA(3)
Access, second assessment - SB 42: HFA(1)
e-Health Network, insurance representation on - SB 2: SCS
Health Care Improvement Authority, membership - HB 179
Health Insurance Authority, create - HB 148
Loss
ratio, policies issued prior to effective date - SB 209: HFA(1)
ratios, individual policies - HB 463
Mandated
benefits, exception for chiropractors - HB 68: HFA(1)
benefits, exclusion of - HB 68
benefits, waiver of - HB 68: HCA(1),(2)
Medicare
supplement policy defined - HB 206
supplement, definition - SB 209; HB 63: SFA (2),(5),(6); HB 275: SFA (5),(6); HB 316: SFA (5),(6)
supplement, definition of - HB 63: SFA(9); HB 275: SFA (3); HB 316: SFA (3)
supplement, return of premium - HB 14
Newborn screening, coverage for - SB 25, 28
Premium, return of unearned - HB 14: HCS
Primary care physician, retain when changing insurers - HB 410
Providers, uniform credentialing of - HB 63: SFA(3); HB 152: SFA (1); HB 275: SFA (7); HB 298: SFA (3); HB 316: SFA (7); HB 439: SFA (1)
Small
business access program - HB 278; HB 278: SFA (3),(5)
business access program, assessment - HB 278: HFA(3)
business access program, create - SB 97: HCS
business access program, rates - HB 278: HFA(4)
business reform, premium tax - HB 278: SFA(4)
business relief - HB 278: HCS
Employer Health Reinsurance Program and board - HB 176
State
employee health insurance, pharmacy benefit manager, limitations on - SB 164
employees, waiver of coverage - SB 6
group, employee associations, supplemental insurance - HB 103
group, health reimbursement arrangement, establishment, contribution - SB 4
group, health savings account, contribution to - HB 117
group, high-deductible plan - HB 117
group, high-deductible plan, 2006 RFP - HB 462
group, insurance coverage - HB 475
group, limits on coinsurance for retail prescription drugs - SB 4
group, school boards, termination of participation - HB 41
group, self-insured plan - HB 475
group, state contribution - HB 475
group, statewide PPO plan, self-insurance - HB 25
Training requirements - HB 68: HFA(2)
Utilization review, timeframes - HB 379
Insurance, Motor Vehicle
Discount for military defensive driving course - HB 244
Failure
to maintain insurance, penalties - HB 63: SCS, HCS
to maintain, penalties for - HB 63
Financial responsibility, proof of - HB 335
Habitual violator, define - HB 63: SFA(1)
License plate, require surrender for failure to maintain insurance - HB 513
Limitation of damages for failure to maintain - HB 21
Medical expense, defined - SB 160
Operator to maintain insurance, penalties - HB 63: SCS
Owner and operator, penalties for failure to maintain insurance - HB 63: SCS
Proof of coverage, member of Armed Forces - HB 80
Repair facilities, choice of - SB 171
Safety equipment, coverage for - HB 140
Surrender of license plate for failure to maintain insurance - HB 371
Interest and Usury
Certificates of deposit - SB 116
Credit cards, restriction on rate increase - SB 117
Deferred
deposit transaction - HB 280: HFA(5),(6)
deposit transactions - HB 280: HFA(1),(2),(3)
Interlocal Cooperation
Interlocal agreements, incentives for - HB 64
Local government occupational license fees, crediting - HB 400, 425
International Trade and Relations
Adoption,
child, recognition of - HB 30: HFA(1)
international, recognition of - SB 16: HCS
States supporting terror, prevent investment in - HCR 143
World Trade Organization rulings, provide input - HCR 105
Interstate Cooperation
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Interstate
Compact for Juveniles - HB 46
Insurance Product Regulation Compact - HB 166
Kentucky
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission, establishes and funds - HB 302: HCS
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission. establish and funds - HB 302
Jails and Jailers
County jails housing state prisoners, require reimbursement for - SB 170
Custodial sexual misconduct - HB 180, 305; HB 180: HFA (1)
Jail
consolidation task force, amend appointment method for - HB 500: HFA(1)
finance reform plan - HB 500
funding task force - HCR 129
Sheriff transporting prisoners, compensation - SB 140
Task
force on statewide jail consolidation, establish - HB 500: HCS
Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Judges and Court Commissioners
Additional
circuit judgeships, one less district judgeship - HB 303: HCA(1)
judgeships - HB 121: SFA(1); HB 298: SFA (1)
Carrying firearm in detention facility prohibited - HB 220
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
District court small claims division, increase jurisdictional amounts - HB 107
Forgery, technical correction - SB 146
Judgeships,
increase in number - HB 303: HCS
increased in number - HB 248: SCS
Members of Judiciary, renewal of judicial license plate, increase renewal fee - HB 40
Proceeds of real estate sale, technical correction - SB 144
Retired judges, remove gender-specific language - HB 303
Retirement
benefits, reciprocity with Legislators' Retirement Plan - HB 66: HFA(5)
benefits, service purchases - HB 66; HB 66: HCS; HB 299: SCS
Riot liability, technical correction - SB 145
Selection process, study of - HCR 138
Senior Status Program for Special Judges, expiration, eligibility - HB 66, 322; HB 66: HCS
Status offenders, detention in secure facilities, require courts to review only written reports - HB 226
Judicial Circuits
Additional
circuit judgeships, one less district judgeship - HB 303: HCA(1)
judgeships - HB 121: SFA(1); HB 298: SFA (1)
Court security officers, minimum qualifications, certification of - HB 47
Judgeships,
increase in number - HB 303: HCS
increased in number - HB 248: SCS
Thirtieth, family court, divisions, numbering of - HB 121
Judicial Districts
Additional circuit judgeships, one less district judgeship - HB 303: HCA(1)
Court security officers, minimum qualifications, certification of - HB 47
Judgeships,
increase in number - HB 303: HCS
increased in number - HB 248: SCS
Junkyards
Junk and scrap recyclers, activities allowed by and duties of - HB 283
Juries and Jurors
Competency hearings, permit trial by court without a jury during - SB 190; HB 50; HB 50: HCS
Death penalty, sentencing options - HB 168
Divorce, use of juries, technical correction - SB 143
Exemption from jury duty - HB 228
Exemptions for jury duty - HB 259
Grand jury proceedings, breach of secrecy - HB 11
Labor and Industry
Administrative
law judge appointment, A. Thomas Davis - SR 58
law judge appointment, Andrew F. Manno - SR 54
law judge, appointment, John W. Thacker - SR 51
law judge, reappointment, Richard M. Joiner - SR 50
Commissioner of Dept. of Workers' Claims, appointment, William Emrick - SR 75
Economic development incentives, accountability and equity - HJR 149
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Employment contracts, broadcast industry - HB 271; HB 271: HFA (1)
Executive Director, Office of Insurance, Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SFA(1)
Fair Labor Standards Act and related regulations, expanded electrician licensure to comply with - HB 419, 499
Garnishment,
child support, lump sum payment, definition of - HB 155: HFA(1)
child support, lump sum payment, reporting of - HB 155: HCS
Genetic testing, prohibition against employer's use of - HB 223
Group life insurance, decrease number of employees who must be covered under group policy - SB 97; HB 261
Inmate labor, leasing of - HB 75
Jobs, strategies for creating - HCR 100
KEMI
Board of Directors, appointment, Jon W. Ackerson - SR 77
Board of Directors, appointment, Lois Ann Disponett - SR 76
Board of Directors, appointment, William Paul Reed - SR 74
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - SB 205; HB 82, 377
Liens for labor, materials, or supplies, extend filing period - SB 100
Metropolitan Issues Task Force, creation of - HCR 56
Minimum
wage revision - HB 105; HB 105: HCS
wage, study of its effect on Kentucky workers - HB 105: HFA(1)
wage, title change, study request for - HB 105: HFA(2)
Noncompete clause, prohibition against - SB 137: SFA(1)
Pay equity, provisions for - HB 288; HB 288: HCS
Physician noncompete clause, prohibition against - SB 182
Prevailing wage, repeal of - HB 162
Railroad crews, relief after seven consecutive working days - HB 357
Railroads, safe walkways, provisions for - HB 187
Remote control locomotives, U.S. Congress to urge Federal Railroad Administration regulation of - SCR 64
Reorganization,
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Exec Order 2004-731, Confirmation of - SB 41
Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SCS
Sexual
orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
orientation and gender identity, discrimination based on, prohibit - HB 207
Small Employer Health Reinsurance Program, create - HB 176
Teachers, drug and alcohol testing required - SB 220
Unemployment
insurance program, authorized to contract with consumer reporting agencies - SB 203
insurance, benefits eligibility for military spouse - SB 33
insurance, military spouse benefits eligibility - HB 293
insurance, procedures and rates for successor employees - SB 113: SCS
insurance, procedures and rates for successor employers - SB 113
Vinyl chloride claims, statute of limitations for - HB 297
Workers'
Claims, Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SFA(2)
compensation groups, financial standards and regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2004-835 - SB 86
compensation self insured groups, regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2004-835 - SB 86: SCS
compensation, assessment penalty waiver, special fund assets determination - HB 451
Compensation, black lung revisions - HB 106
compensation, exemption of coverage for professional drivers - HB 404
World Trade Organization rulings, provide input - HCR 105
Land Use
Comprehensive plans - HB 232
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Environmental
covenant, amendments and terminations, procedures for - HB 472: HFA(3)
covenant, bankruptcy, rules for - HB 472: HFA(1)
covenant, creation of - HB 472
covenant, public notice, requirement for - HB 472: HFA(2)
covenants, requirements for - HB 472: HCS
Forest management plans, property tax reduction, eligibility for - HB 172
Historic or prehistoric human remains on property, procedure for disposition of - HB 331
Impact development fees - HB 423
Logging bad actor designation, procedures for removal of - HB 79: HCS
Logging, bad actor designation, procedures for removal of - HB 79
Nuisances - HB 345
Planning
and zoning, alteration of use of green space in subdivisions prohibited - SB 214
and zoning, grandfather certain independent planning units - HB 319
and zoning, independent planning units, exempt certain from interrogations or dissolution - HB 210: SFA(1)
and zoning, urge committee to study subdivision regulations and planning official training - HR 160
Temporary master logger designation, cabinet to create - HB 79
Landlord and Tenant
Eviction, refusal to accept payments as grounds for eviction - HB 205: HFA(4)
Good cause for eviction provisions, deletion of - HB 205: HFA(5)
Landlord retaliation provisions, deletion of - HB 205: HFA(7)
Manufactured
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home - HB 205: HFA(8)
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home communities - HB 205
housing communities, land lord-tenant relations - SB 193
Notice of violations, hand delivery requirements deleted - HB 205: HFA(3)
Rental
agreements, certain acts prohibited, deletions of - HB 205: HFA(6)
agreements, written, mandatory for manufactured housing communities - HB 205: HFA(1)
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Legislative Research Commission
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee, meeting requirements - SB 123
Aides to standing committee chairs, made available to - HB 433
Blue ribbon panel on health insurance in the private market, creation of - SJR 95
Costs of death penalty implementation, study of - HB 267: HFA(1)
Department of Education, physical activity, report on - SB 172: HFA(4),(6)
Division of Legislative Security - HB 333
Drug assistance program, study of - HCR 147
General Assembly, repeal annual sessions of - HB 390
Hospital-acquired
infection rates, Cabinet for Health Services report on - SB 185; HB 76
infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Judicial selection, study of, by task force - HCR 138
Kentucky Institute of Medicine, advice from - HCR 134
Metropolitan Issues Task Force, creation of - HCR 56
Physician assistant licensing, study of - HCR 121
Privatization, task force on, creation of - HCR 139
Report of homeland security funds receipts and expenditures, received quarterly - SB 44: HCS(2)
Report, Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, preparation and submission by - SB 222; HB 56
Rural Enhancement and Development Committee, creation of - HB 97
Sex offender management, study of - HCR 6
State/Executive Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, HCS, FCCR
Study directed, costs associated with educating children of undocumented immigrants - HCR 19
Tobacco Settlement Fund Oversight Committee, meeting schedule, requirement for - HB 240: SCA(1)
Transportation Cabinet, data sharing with LRC - SB 52
Libraries
County
law library fees - HB 200; HB 200: HCS
law library, funding - SB 85
Licensing
Accessible parking license plate or placard for disabled persons, identification card issued with - HB 101
Athletic trainers, licensure of - HB 290
Barber's license, independent contractor, requirement for - HB 430
Carrying firearm in detention facility prohibited - HB 220
Charitable
gaming facilities, games permitted, cap on - SB 153
gaming fee, increase in - HB 388
Commercial driver's license standards, adopt federal MCSIA provisions - HB 133
Concealed
carry instructor, reporting requirements - HB 220
carry license, renewal - HB 220: HCS
carry license, revocation, failure to train - HB 220
deadly weapon license, residency requirement - SB 151
deadly weapon, carrying - HB 220: HCA(1)
deadly weapons, revocation of, condition warranting - SB 142: FCCR
Cosmetologists and estheticians' fees, housekeeping changes - HB 415
Dietitians and nutritionists, retired or inactive license status, make provisions for - HB 229; HB 229: SCS
Electrical employees, industrial manufacturing facilities, exemptions for - SB 184: SCS
Electrician licensure, industrial manufacturing facilities, exemption for - SB 184
Electricians, verifiable experience gained at age sixteen or seventeen allowed for - HB 419, 499
Emergency medical personnel, scope of practice for - HB 178: HFA(1)
Engineers and land surveyors, modification and separation of professional requirements for - HB 73
Failure to register motor vehicle, penalty - HB 157
Farm wineries, malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(6)
Fire
sprinkler contractors' insurance, changes in - SB 95
sprinkler contractors' insurance, type required - SB 142: HCS
Firearms, carrying where alcoholic beverages are served - SB 149
Gas delivery systems, installation by nonlicensee, liability for - HB 440: SCS
Geologist-in-training, qualifications and certification for - SB 141
Grain dealers and warehousemen, requirements for - SB 68
Hunting and fishing licenses, cost for Iraq veterans, $5 - HB 441: HCS
Insurance
agents - HB 275
consultant, business entity licensed as - HB 466
Intermediate driver's license, provisions of - HB 22
Internet pharmacies, regulation of - SB 162, 167; HB 343; SB 63: HCS
Junk and scrap recyclers, roads and highways, permits to operate within specified distances from - HB 283
Kentucky
Boxing and Wrestling Authority, licensing required by - SB 66
Gaming Commission, licensure by - SB 9
Legend drug repository, immunity related to - SB 23: SCS
License and certificate renewal, birth month, requirement for - SB 142; SB 142: SCS
Liquefied petroleum gas licensee, civil liability of - HB 440: HCS
Malt
beverage contracts, terms defined - SB 73: HFA(8)
beverage franchise, brewer changes, procedures governing - SB 73: HFA(15)
beverage licensee, sales, customers, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(4)
beverages, incompatible licenses for - HB 432
Massage
therapists, licensing of - SB 17: HFA(1)
therapy, amend definitions for - SB 17
therapy, amend provisions for - SB 17: SCS
Medical laboratory, phlebotomy technician, supervision of - SB 20
Mental health professionals, criminal background checks, requirement for - SB 10
Military personnel, license extension for - HB 189: HFA(1)
Nonresident licensed electricians, charitable work in Kentucky, verify license for - HB 281
Occupational license fees, exemption for ministers - HB 28: HCS
Operator's
license, decal for deaf or hard of hearing - SB 11: SCS
licenses, eliminate new license requirement if only street name is changed - HB 44
licenses, notation for deaf or hard of hearing - SB 11
Out of state pharmacies, regulation of - HB 343: HCS
Permit to propagate or hold wildlife, revocation for violation of federal or other states' laws - HB 457
Personal identification cards, issuance of - HB 196
Physician assistant licensing, study of - SCR 32; HCR 121
Psychiatric residential treatment facility, CON requirement for nonsubstantive review approval - SB 217
Real estate appraisers, qualifications for - HB 417
Residential contractor certification program, requirements for - HB 61; HB 61: HCS
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Small
and farm wineries, local option election, establishment of - SB 73: SFA(1)
and farm wineries, wine production, cap on - SB 73: HFA(11),(12)
Social
workers, certification of licensure requirements, board testing for - HB 94
workers, certification or licensure requirements, board testing for - SB 29; SB 10: HFA (1)
Surgical
assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122; SB 122: SCS, HCS
Assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122: HFA(1)
United States Armed Forces member, professional licensing of - HB 189; HB 189: HCS
Video lottery gaming, licenses authorized - HB 174
Wineries with malt beverage licenses, issuance of - SB 73: HFA(9),(10),(13),(14)
Wineries, malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(7)
Liens
Commercial transactions, financing - SB 114
Judgment,
prior notice - HB 280: HFA(9)
service of notice - HB 280: HFA(7)
Labor, materials, and supplies, extend filing period - SB 100
Mortgage, lien release - HB 280: SFA(1)
Mortgages,
assignment - SB 67: SFA(1)
recording requirements - SB 67: SFA(1)
release - SB 67: SFA(1)
Motor vehicle, sale to pay for work performed on - HB 392
Real property lien, party with an interest in the property - HB 369
Real, notice of failure to release lien - HB 280: HFA(8)
Recording releases and assignments - SB 67
Release - HB 280: HFA(7),(9)
Release, notice of failure to - HB 280; SB 67: HCS
Satisfaction,
notice to lienholder - HB 280: HFA(9)
written notice to lienholder - HB 280: HFA(7)
Towing
charges, allow sale if not claimed within 30 days - HB 142
charges, recovery of - HB 392
Lieutenant Governor
Compensation during extension of even-year sessions, denial of - HB 2: HCA(1), HFA (1)
Public funding of gubernatorial elections, elimination of - SB 112; SB 112: SCS, HCS; HB 26: SFA (3)
Special election require following failure to make executive branch appropriations - HB 315
State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum - HJR 92, 146; HJR 92: SCS
Loans and Credit
Bankruptcy, utilization of federal exemptions - HB 248: HCS
Commercial transactions, financing - SB 114
Consumer loan companies, acquisition and handling charges - HB 280: HFA(4)
Credit report, security freeze - HB 396: HFA(1)
Debt
adjusters, regulation of - HB 294
adjusters, state registration fee for - HB 294: HCA(1)
Debtor-creditor relations, exemption increase - HB 248
Kentucky Health and Economic Welfare Task Force, create - HJR 137
Marital property and debt - HB 115; HB 115: HCS, HFA (1)
Omnibus financial services act - HB 280
Repossession of collateral, secured parties - SB 27
Small businesses, loans for - SB 156
Local Government
Air pollution control districts, abolition of in consolidated local governments - SB 213
Allotment to fire departments and firefighters, increases to - HB 219
Animal control officers, removal of animal carcasses from railroad right-of-way - HB 250
Biological Products, remove from local property tax assessment - HB 308
Blue lights on vehicles, allow for use by coroners and deputy coroners - HB 355
Building permits, local governments may issue in flood area - HB 471
Campbell County Courthouse - HB 267: HFA(5),(7)
Casino gaming and electronic gaming devices at racetracks, require approval of local government for - SB 8
Charter
county government - HB 434
county governments, procedure for referendum for adoption or consolidation of services - SB 191
City reclassification, Corbin, 3rd - 4th - HB 67: SFA(1); HB 113: SFA (1)
Civil rights, preemption of field by state - HB 81
Clerks' fees, increase - HB 364
Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 222; HB 56
Counties, recurrent expenses, payment by electronic funds transfer - HB 256
County
jails housing state prisoners, require reimbursement for - SB 170
occupational license fees, moratorium on changes - HB 506
ordinances, publication requirements - SB 101
Delinquent taxes, computation of interest - SB 55
Department for Local Government, name change, reorganization of - SB 136
Disaster relief funding, program for - HB 367
Discriminatory and bias-related offenses ordinance, require public referendum for - SB 88
Economic development projects, bond authorization for - HB 382
Elected
officials, exceptions for reemployment restrictions - HB 12: HFA(3)
officials, reemployment restrictions, exception for different elected position - HB 12: HFA(1)
Election law training for poll workers, requirement for - HB 141
Electric facilities, bonding authority for - SB 150
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Employee health insurance, pharmacy benefit manager, limitations on - SB 164
Enterprise zones, extension of sunset date - SB 75; HB 192
Extended
weight road system, allow bonding with local government to access system - HB 8: SCS(1)
weight roads system, bonding procedures - HB 8: SCS(2)
weight roads system, exempt certain roads - HB 8: SCS(2)
Filing requirements, for deeds to airport authorities - SB 111
Fire protection districts, election of trustees for - HB 444
Funding for Alexandria Municipal Building - HB 267: HFA(6)
Governor's Office for Local Development, organization of - SB 136
Grants, homeland security, notification of - SB 44: HFA(1)
Health
boards, composition of - HB 114
boards, independent districts, change membership criteria for - HB 229: SCS
departments, retirement incentive - SB 110
Homeland security funding, reporting requirements - SB 44; SB 44: SCS
HVAC permitting process, allow local participation in - HB 421
Impact development fees - HB 423
Insurance
premium surcharge, penalty fee - HB 18
premium tax, determination of risk locations for - HB 31
Interlocal agreements, incentives for - HB 64
Internal Revenue Code, update reference in tax provisions - HB 116
Jail funding task force - HCR 129
Joint municipal power authority, creation of - HB 406
Legal
documents, methods of publication for cities and counties - HB 375
documents, methods of publications for cities and counties - SB 200
License plates, surrender for failure to maintain insurance - HB 371
Local referendums, allow public questions not prohibited by statute - HB 104
Management districts - HB 210
Metro Council districts, urge relabeling of - HR 26
Metropolitan Issues Task Force, creation of - HCR 56
Metropolitan/Micropolitan issues task force - HCR 56: HFA(1)
Ministers, exemption from occupational and license tax - HB 28
Motorcycle safety awareness signs, permit local governments to erect - HB 39
Nuisances, motor vehicles associated with motor carriers exempted - HB 345: HFA(1)
Occupational
license fees, counties - SB 221
license fees, crediting - HB 400, 425, 505
license fees, crediting and refunds - HB 400: HCS
license fees, license exemption for ministers - HB 28: HCS
license fees, refunds and crediting - HB 400: HFA(1),(2)
Open
meetings and open records information, distribution of - HB 77
Meetings and Open Records Laws, exceptions - HB 59
Meetings Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(3)
meetings, holding of - HB 418
Records Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(4)
Records Law, exceptions to - HB 59: HFA(1)
Performance contracting, add water-related projects to energy conservation measures - SB 133
Planning
and zoning, codes of ethics - HB 232
and zoning, comprehensive plans - HB 232
and zoning, grandfather certain independent planning units - HB 319
and zoning, independent planning units, exempt certain from interrogations or dissolution - HB 210: SFA(1)
and zoning, urge committee to study subdivision regulations and planning official training - HR 160
Prescription drug program, reimportation assistance for - HB 485
Private property, governmental actions affecting - HB 515
Property tax, biotechnology products, exemptions from - SB 131
Public agency meetings held outside jurisdiction - HB 418: HCS
Reemployment of retirees, restrictions on hiring - HB 12
Religious tolerance, land use and public health regulations - SB 192
Residential contractor certification program, local administration of - HB 61
Retirees,
exceptions for reemployment restricts - HB 12: HFA(3)
reemployment restrictions - HB 12: HFA(2)
reemployment restrictions, exception for different agency - HB 12: HFA(1)
Right of way for telephone companies, payment for - SB 135
Sexual orientation and gender identity, discrimination based on, prohibit - HB 207
Sheriff transporting prisoners, compensation - SB 140
Sheriffs & other law enforcement officers serving Circuit and District Courts, increase compensation - SB 118
Sheriff's fees for arrest and serving process - SB 105
Sheriffs, donations for public purposes, conditions for acceptance - SB 129
Single
county coal fund, transfer of administration of, Executive Order 2004-727 - SB 136
county LGEDF projects, expanded grant eligibility, deletion of - SB 136: HFA(1),(2)
Special districts, letting of work by bid in water districts - HB 264
State health group participants, supplemental insurance - HB 103
State/Executive Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Subdivision road districts - HB 312
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Tax
increment financing - SB 38: HCS
increment financing, community redevelopment - HB 337
increment financing, definitions and technical changes - HB 337: HFA(1)
levy recall provisions - SB 13
Tobacco warehouses, property assessment moratorium programs and tax credits, eligibility for - HB 428
Training emergency medical technicians and paramedics - HB 454
Uninhabited
territory, striking by city of - SB 94
territory, striking of by city - HB 233
United States Armed Forces member, professional licensing of - HB 189; HB 189: HCS
Usage tax affidavit, require clerks to give verbal notice of consequences of making false statements - SB 21
Video lottery gaming, local referendum required - HB 174
Local Mandate
Abortion, anesthesia requirement for 20 week or older fetus - SB 98
Absentee
ballot applications, distribution by facsimile - HB 326: HCS
ballots, distribution by facsimile - HB 326
Adjutant general, notification of homeland security disasters and emergencies - SB 44: HCS(1)
Adult
abuse and exploitation, separate from domestic violence - HB 298: HCS
abuse and exploitation, separate from domestic violence statutes - HB 298
Air pollution control districts, abolition of in consolidated local governments - SB 213
Animal control officers, removal of animal carcasses from railroad - HB 250
Biological Products, remove from local property tax assessment - HB 308
Breast cancer research and education trust fund, establish - HB 43
Cabinet for Families and Children, adult abuse investigations and reports - HB 298
Casino gaming, regulation of, allocation of funds derived from - SB 9
Cemetery laws, enforcement failure, fines imposed for - HB 332
CERS, urban-county government, solid waste collectors - HB 318
Certification, grandfathering of officers - HB 156
Charter county governments, procedure for referendum for adoption or consolidation of services - SB 191
City of Prospect, reclassify - HB 113
Civil rights, preemption of field by state - HB 81
Classified forests - HB 172: HCS
Clerks' fees, increase - HB 364
Cloning, prohibitions - HB 150
Common carrier water companies, central assessment of the property of - HB 350
Concealed carry license, renewal - HB 220: HCS
County
and city, notices various, alternatives for publication - HB 375: HCS
occupational license fees, moratorium on changes - HB 506
ordinances, publication requirements - SB 101
Covenant marriage, create the option of entering into - HB 431
Criminal homicide interrogation, recording of - HB 242; HB 242: HCS
Custodial sexual misconduct - HB 305
Discriminatory and bias-related offenses ordinance, require public referendum for - SB 88
Drug offense, possession of firearm during - SB 63
Electronic gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, omnibus bill - HB 193
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, restrictions on sale - SB 56; HB 170
Expungement
of records, Class D felonies and misdemeanors - HB 74
of records, Class D felony and misdemeanor - HB 5
Expungement, criminal record, fee distribution - HB 5: HCS
Extended weight roads system, exempt certain roads - HB 8: SCS(2)
Failure to register motor vehicle, penalty - HB 157
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, implementation of - HB 220
Field sobriety tests, require of all drivers in an accident in which school bus is involved - SB 90
Forest management plans, property tax reduction, eligibility for - HB 172
General Assembly, odd-numbered year sessions, budget enacted in - SB 215
Genetic testing, prohibition against employer's use of - HB 223
Governor's tax reform package - HB 272
Grand jury proceedings, breach of secrecy - HB 11
Grandfathered peace officer, change of agency authorized - HB 249
Gubernatorial power to reschedule an election during a state of emergency, establishment of - HB 266
Gun buy-back program, private - HB 65
HB 172/HCS to SB 180/GA - SB 180: HFA(1)
Headlights, require use when windshield wipers are in use - HB 54
Human embryo, prohibited acts, civil penalty - HB 149
HVAC permitting process, allow local participation in - HB 421
Income tax, rate reduction - HB 272: HCS
Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Internal Revenue Code, update reference in tax provisions - HB 116
Internet pharmacies, regulation of - SB 162, 167; HB 343; SB 63: HCS
Jail finance reform plan - HB 500
Junk and scrap recyclers, activities allowed by and duties of - HB 283
Justice
Cabinet, Executive Orders 2004-730 and 2004-994 - SB 45
Cabinet, reorganization of - SB 45: HCS(2)
KCTCS institutions, open meetings and open records information, distribution of - HB 77: HCS
Kentucky
River Authority, water use fee, limit authorization for assessment - HB 137
Walking Horse Association, create special license plate for - HB 126
KinCare Support Program, creation of - HB 35
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - SB 205; HB 82
Land use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157
Lead, elevated blood lead levels, testing and reporting of - HB 479
Legal
documents, methods of publication for cities and counties - HB 375
documents, methods of publications for cities and counties - SB 200
Local
government occupational license fees, crediting - HB 400, 425
referendums, allow public questions not prohibited by statute - HB 104
Love Makes a Family special license plate, creation of - HB 452
Marijuana possession, first offense, require jail time and fine or completion of treatment program - SB 154
Medical and education consent affidavits, combination of - HB 35: HCS
Methamphetamine precursors, controls on sale - HB 253
Minimum wage revision - HB 105; HB 105: HCS
Ministers, exemption from occupational and license tax - HB 28
MIRET devices, penalty for use by nonemergency vehicle - HB 17
Motion picture piracy, prohibit - HB 348
Motor vehicle, sale to pay for work performed on - HB 392
Nuisances - HB 345
Occupational license fees, crediting and refunds - HB 400: HCS
Office
of Homeland Security, creation of - SB 44
of Homeland Security, responsibilities of - SB 44: SCS
Open records information, distribution to local governments and school districts - HB 77
Out of state pharmacies, regulation of - HB 343: HCS
Owner and operator, penalties for failure to maintain insurance - HB 63: SCS
Planning and zoning, codes of ethics - HB 232
Premium surcharge, penalty fee - HB 18
Property
of other states, exempt if reciprocal agreement in place - SB 138; HB 325
tax, biotechnology products, exemptions from - SB 131
Public
indecency, create offense of - HB 306
or private records, exemption from - HB 77: SCS
Recycling credit, expand - HB 272: SCS
Reemployment of retirees, restrictions on hiring - HB 12
Report of homeland security funds receipts and expenditures, received quarterly - SB 44: HCS(2)
Require police department to secure sample - SB 204
Residential
contractor certification program, local administration of - HB 61
contractor certification program, requirements for - HB 61: HCS
Right of way for telephone companies, payment for - SB 135
Sexual
offenses, enticement by telecommunications device, creation of crime and penalty - HB 209
offenses, use of electronic communications system to procure a minor - SB 106
orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
relations, prohibit between school personnel and students - HB 52
Special
license plate for associate members of Fraternal Order of Police, creation of - HB 265
license plate for coal miners, creation of - HB 171, 310
license plate supporting traditional marriage, - HB 234
license plate, Big Brothers Big Sisters - HB 518
license plates, add $5 extra fee for veterans' trust fund upon renewal of certain plates - HB 134: SCS
license plates, omnibus revisions - HB 134
State Board of Elections, payment for election expenses in certain precincts, permitted - HB 141
Subdivision road districts - HB 312
Surrender of license plate for failure to maintain insurance - HB 371
Tax levy recall provisions - SB 13
Training emergency medical technicians and paramedics - HB 454
United States Armed Forces member, professional licensing of - HB 189
Unrestricted early voting, provide for - SB 183
Urban-county government, benefits for police and firefighters - SB 128
Usage tax affidavit, require clerks to give verbal notice of consequences of making false statements - SB 21
Vehicle Enforcement, department of, divisions - SB 45: HCS(1)
Water transportation companies, central assessment of - HB 350: SCS(1),(2)
Workers' compensation groups, financial standards and regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2004-835 - SB 86
Lottery
Electronic
gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, appropriation of revenues - HB 188
gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, omnibus bill - HB 193
Gross revenues, compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund, partial funding for - SB 186; HB 37
Jimmie D. Morgan, appointment to Board of Directors - SR 67
Judge James William Howerton, reappointment to Board of Directors - SR 106
Raymond F. DeSloover, appointment to Board of Directors - SR 66
Video lottery gaming, omnibus bill - HB 174
Malt Beverages
Dry counties, lawful limits for malt beverages - HB 493
Farm wineries, malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(6)
Incompatible licenses for - HB 432
Malt
beverage contracts, terms defined - SB 73: HFA(8)
beverage distribution contracts, amendments to - SB 73: HCS
beverage franchise, ownership changes, procedures governing - SB 73: HFA(15)
beverage sales, products and services provided, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(4)
Restores current 9% wholesale rate - HB 272: HFA(8)
Small and farm wineries, sale of malt beverages, limitations on - SB 73; SB 73: HFA (1),(3)
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Wineries, malt beverage license, issuance of, restrictions on - SB 73: HFA(7)
Medicaid
Advisory committee, membership - HB 278: SFA(6)
Ambulance services reimbursement, Medicare national fees used for - HB 123
Community-based and self-directed services, approach by Cabinet for Health Services - SJR 94
Credentials assessment, forms for - HB 278; HB 278: SFA (3)
Disproportionate
share funds, distribution of - SB 218; SB 218: SCS
share funds, distribution, contingent effective date for - SB 218: HCS
HIV/AIDS, prescription drugs, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Hospitals, disproportionate share funds, distribution of - SB 218: HFA(1)
Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Kentucky e-Health Network, voluntary participation in - SB 2; HB 416
Lead, elevated blood levels, testing and reporting of - HB 479
Long-term care, nurse staffing requirements, establishment of - HB 208
Medicaid, repeal Drug Management Review Advisory Board related to - SB 208
Newborn screening, coverage for - SB 28
Nursing
facility provider taxes, prohibit billing residents for - HB 313
facility services, provider tax on - SB 211; HB 439
Personal needs allowance, increase of - HB 38
Pharmaceutical
assistance program, administration of - SB 23: HCS(2), HFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 298: SFA (4)
assistance program, remove redundant language related to CMS approval of - SB 23: FCCR
Pharmacy benefit manager, limitations on - SB 164
Prescription drug rebates, state plan amendment or waiver for - HB 85
Provider
tax, adjustment on new - HB 461: SCS
tax, exemption, nursing facility services subject to - HB 95
tax, facilities not accepting Medicaid reimbursement, exempt from paying - SB 62
tax, hospitals, cap and calculation - HB 407
tax, impose against various services - HB 461
tax, managed care organization, prohibition against hold harmless for - HB 461: HCS
Providers, uniform credentialing of - HB 63: SFA(3); HB 152: SFA (1); HB 275: SFA (7); HB 298: SFA (3); HB 316: SFA (7); HB 439: SFA (1)
Memorials
1932 Yancey Mine Disaster, name a segment of KY 72 in Harlan Co. in memory of - HJR 27
Allen,
Michael Laine, memorializing - SR 45
Phillip Whitney Christian, memorializing - SR 179; HR 195
Allenworth, Allen, memorializing - SR 124
Allison, Robert K., Jr., memorializing - HR 163
Ashcraft, E. Lee, memorializing - HR 172
Ayoubee, Raymond, memorialize and adjourn House in his memory - HR 198
Baber, Madaline C., memorializing - HR 173
Bastin, Sandi, memorializing - SR 9
Blackburn, James Kermit, memorializing - HR 132
Block, David Jeffrey, memorializing - HR 176
Boggs, Willena Toncray Kinsler, memorializing - HR 159
Bonano, Dominik, memorialization of - SR 117
Bond, James, Kentucky educator - SR 116
Boone, George Street, memorializing - HR 22
Bost, Dr. Howard Lee, memorializing - HR 205
Breslin, Mary Patricia, memorializing - HR 67
Bright, Willie B., memorializing - SR 192; HR 202
Burrus, Edgar Ray, memorializing - SR 8
Calvert, Jean W., memorializing - HR 155
Cantrell, Brent Scott, memorializing - SR 179; HR 195
Cavins, Kendra Tackett, memorializing - SR 167
Caywood, Marion Alexander "Chunk," memorializing - SR 27
Charles, Ray, memorialization of - SR 114
Chisholm, Shirley, memorializing - HR 48
Chishom, Shirley, memorializing - SR 37
Clevenger, Warren Kenneth, memorializing - SR 139; HR 165
Coal Miner's Highway, designate - HJR 95
Col. Andrew Jackson May Bridge, designate in Floyd County - SJR 79
Collins, J. T., memorializing - SR 7
Cornett, Irene Bowen, memorializing - SR 89
Cpl. Joshua D. Harris Memorial Bridge, designate in Letcher County - HJR 106
Craft, Albert B. "A.B.," memorializing - HR 206
Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail, designate a section of US 25E - HJR 122
Davenport, Guy Mattison Jr., memorializing - SR 22
Davis, Ossie, memorializing - SR 121
Dieruf, Corporal Nicholas J., memorializing - SR 21; HR 80
Dorton, Dr. Howard Ellsworth, memorialize and adjourn the House in his honor and memory - HR 207
Dunn, Quinn Callahan - SR 28
Elder Justice Act, urge reintroduction - SR 84
Express sympathy to the victims of the December 26th Tsunami in the Indian Ocean - HR 32
Firearms ownership, constitutional protection for - HCR 54
Gaines, John R., memorializing - SR 119; HR 152
Georgia Boxley Ensminger, memorialization of - SR 26
Gordon, Daniel Raymond, memorializing - SR 41
Graves, Margaret Belle, memorializing - HR 162
Greathouse, Larry M., memorializing - SR 123
Groves, John Russell, Jr., memorializing - HR 136
Hall, Kenny, memorializing - HR 93
Harlan, Sergeant James W., memorializing - SR 17; HR 82
Hart, Mattie Virginia Arvin, memorializing - HR 29
Hatfield, Guy III, memorializing - HR 117
Heflin, Sergeant Christopher T., memorializing - SR 20; HR 84
Helm, Leonard Clifton, memorializing - HR 199
Heltsley, Dr. Russell King, memorializing - SR 158
Henderson,
Lieutenant Robert L. II, memorializing - SR 25
Robert L., II, memorializing - HR 81
Herron, Joseph Marshal, memorializing - SR 182
Hiler, William R. "Bill", memorializing - HR 150
Howard, Earl N. "Buddy," memorializing - HR 200
Howell, Jerry Fonce, memorializing - SR 69; HR 96
Hughes, Specialist Jonathan A., memorializing - SR 193; HR 201
Janie Ruth Gilliam Clore, memorialization of - SR 29
John
C. Cline Memorial Bridge, designate in Martin County - HJR 37
G. Fee Memorial Highway, designate section of US 25 in Madison County - SJR 82
Russell Groves Capital City Airport - HB 49
Johnson,
Harold R., memorializing - SR 97
Jean H., memorializing - SR 178
Lyman T., memorializing - SR 147
Sidney Belle, memorializing - SR 46
Jordan, Barbara, memorializing - SR 128
Kennard, Brian Keith, memorializing - SR 179; HR 195
KY 11, designate section as The Veterans Memorial Highway - HJR 90
Lampe, Charles Hayden "Chip," memorialize and adjourn House in his memory - HR 211
Langley, Lance Corporal Sean M., memorializing - SR 14; HR 83
Leslie, Dena Lange, memorialize and adjourn Senate in her honor - SR 180
Masden, Dr. Ronald Roland, memorializing - HR 153
McWhorter-Hendley, Opal Mae, honor and pay final tribute to - SR 131
Meagher, James L., memorializing - SR 59; HR 68
Mosely, Dr. Kent C., memorialize and adjourn House in his honor and memory - HR 208
Muster, John William III, memorializing - SR 10
Officer Jason Cammack Memorial Highway, section of US 60 in Franklin County - HJR 88
Otey, Lance Corporal DeShon E., memorializing - SR 31; HR 85
Peniston,
Louis T., memorializing - HR 64
Louis, T., memorializing - SR 42
Perdue, Jack Roberts, memorializing - HR 157
Proctor, James Paul, memorializing - SR 78
R. D. "Doc" Marshall Bridge," designated in Allen, Kentucky - HJR 98
Randolph, A. Philip, memorializing - SR 122
Rassenfoss, Martha Jaynes, memorializing - SR 62
Reagan, President Ronald, memorializing - SR 36
Rentschler, Staff Sergeant George S., memorializing - SR 18; HR 79
Roads
and bridges, naming of - HJR 135: SCS
and bridges, naming of to honor individuals and groups - HJR 135
Roberts, Carroll, memorializing - SR 61
Roeding, Alice Geneva Meimann, memorializing - SR 118
Rosenberg, Harry, memorializing - SR 44
Ross,
Billy Joe, honoring - SR 187
Billy Joe, memorializing - HR 190
Rowe, Jason, Todd, memorializing - SR 152
Ruh, Carl J., memorializing - SR 19
Schrand, Theodore Courtney, memorializing - SR 11
Seidenfaden, Anita L. Burch, memorializing - HR 174
Shannon, MaLinda, memorializing - HR 52
Slone, Willard, Sr., memorialization of - SR 156
Strode, Mitzi Tate, memorializing - HR 188
Thompson,
Hunter S., memorializing - SR 135; HR 166
Lance Corporal Lance M., memorializing - HR 184
Varney, Cleophas "Red," memorializing - SR 190
Veterans from Lyon County and Marshall County, name US 62 in memory of - HJR 76
Warner, Bobby James "Bubba," memorializing - HR 114
Warren, Robert Penn, honoring - SR 148
Weckenbrock, Cathy, memorializing - SR 157
Weinberg, Douglas Mark, memorialize and adjourn the House in his honor and memory - HR 209
Wile,
Joseph S., memorializing - SR 99
Joseph, memorialization of - HR 210
Williams, Robert A., memorializing - SR 181
Wilson,
Curtis Lee, memorializing - SR 102, 126
George W., memorializing - SR 161; HR 183
Woodrow Wilson Burchett Memorial Bridge, designate in Floyd County - HJR 38
Wright, Jack, memorializing - SR 5
WWII Veterans Memorial Bridge, designate in Johnson County - HJR 50
Zirnheld, Michael Bruce, memorializing - SR 33
Men
Abortion, federal constitutional prohibition of - HCR 15
Appointments to boards and commissions, Governor permitted to achieve gender equity in making - HB 328
Breach of promise to marry, tort of - HB 286
Definition of marriage - HCR 12
Marital property and debt - HB 115; HB 115: HCS, HFA (1)
Marriage, definition of - HCR 12: HFA(1),(2)
Myositis Awareness Day, September 21 of each year recognized as - HB 366
Parental interference, civil remedy for - HB 27
Sexual
Assault Awareness Month, declare March as - HR 107
Assault Awareness, declare March as - SR 47
Mental Disability
Adult abuse and exploitation, investigations and services - HB 298; HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
Aging caregivers, study of needs and services - SJR 85
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration, withholding circumstances - HB 501
Child support, emancipation in case of mental disability - HB 204
Commission for Services/Supports for individuals with MR/DD, elderly caregivers, study of - SJR 85: SCS
Community mental health-mental retardation centers, funding formula - SB 199
Community-based and self-directed services, approach by Cabinet for Health Services - SJR 94
Disabilities Awareness Day - SR 90; HR 110
Kentucky
Commission on Autism Spectrum disorders, creation of - HB 296: HFA(1)
Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders, creation of - HB 296
Provider tax, managed care organization, prohibition against hold harmless for - HB 461: HCS
Psychiatric residential treatment facility, CON requirement for nonsubstantive review approval - SB 217
Mental Health
Child sexual abuse, damages, extend time limitations - HB 488
Cigarette
tax increase, use of funds - HB 138
tax increase, use of moneys collected - HB 32
Commission for Services/Supports for individuals with MR/DD, elderly caregivers, study of - SJR 85: SCS
Community mental health-mental retardation centers, funding formula - SB 199
Community-based and self-directed services, approach by Cabinet for Health Services - SJR 94
Compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund, within Division of Substance Abuse, creation of - SB 186; HB 37
Expenditure of funds for executions, prohibition against - HB 181
Kentucky
Commission on Autism Spectrum disorders, creation of - HB 296: HFA(1)
Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders, creation of - HB 296
Mental health professionals, criminal background checks, requirement for - SB 10
Provider
tax, impose against community mental health services - HB 461
tax, managed care organization, prohibition against hold harmless for - HB 461: HCS
Services, cigarette tax, increased funding due to - HB 486
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Military Affairs and Civil Defense
Adjutant general, primary contact for managing and responding to homeland security emergencies - SB 44: HCS(1)
Adopted and foster children, tuition waivers for - HB 23: HCS
Assistant adjutant general, qualifications of - HB 243
Authorize and appropriate funds for expansion at Bluegrass Station - SB 79; HB 215
Davidson, Jr., Sergeant First Class Benny, honoring - SR 197
Dieruf, Corporal Nicholas J., memorializing - SR 21; HR 80
Disabled veterans, award federal benefits to - HR 119; HR 119: HCS
Disaster relief funding, program for - HB 367
Doughty, Staff Sergeant Robert S., honoring - SR 151
Driving on expired license, exemption for returning out-of-state military - HB 291
Exempt military pensions from income tax - SB 34
Gender neutral language, creation of - HB 385, 393
Gold Star Mothers, create special license plate for - HB 134: SFA(3)
Harlan,
Sergeant James W., memorializing - HR 82
Sergeant James W., resolution memorializing - SR 17
Health
reimbursement plan for Kentuckians on military active duty - HB 252
reimbursement plan, Kentuckians on military active duty - HB 252: HFA(1)
Heflin,
Sergeant Christopher T., memorializing - HR 84
Sergeant Christopher T., resolution memorializing - SR 20
Henderson,
Lieutenant Robert L. II, resolution memorializing - SR 25
Robert L., II, memorializing - HR 81
Hughes, Specialist Jonathan A., memorializing - HR 201
Include death benefits as excluded income - HB 175: HFA(1)
John Russell Groves Capital City Airport - HB 49
Kentucky
Commission on Military Affairs, membership of - HB 217
National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - SB 161; HB 191, 222
National Guard, 299th Chemical Company, honoring - HR 193
Retired Veterans Day, designation of - SB 80
Killed in action, military pay exempted from tax - HB 175
Langley,
Lance Corporal Sean M., memorializing - HR 83
Lance Corporal Sean M., resolution memorializing - SR 14
Military
active duty, academic credit for - HB 347
Family Tax Relief Act of 2003, adopt provisions of - HB 341
Heritage Commission, members, proxy - HB 411
personnel, license extension for - HB 189: HFA(1)
Motor vehicle insurance, member of Armed Forces - HB 80
National
Guard and Reserve medical care, task force, establishment of - HCR 133; SB 80: HFA (1); HCR 58: HFA (1)
Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - HB 222: HFA(1)
Guard Lexington armory, MJ John Russell Groves, Jr. - HR 136
Guard, allotment for each firefighter employed - HB 219
Notary
public fees, waived for veterans of armed services - HB 108
public, waived for veterans of armed services - HB 108: HCS
Office
of Homeland Security, creation of - SB 44: CCR
of Homeland Security, federal grants, information about, applications for - SB 44: HCS(2)
of Homeland Security, quarterly report to LRC on fund receipts and expenditures - SB 44: HCS(2)
of Homeland Security, responsibilities of - SB 44; SB 44: SCS, HFA (3)
Otey,
Lance Corporal DeShon E., memorializing - HR 85
Lance Corporal DeShon E., resolution memorializing - SR 31
Purple Heart license plate, allow parents and spouse of deceased recipients to get plate - HB 134: SFA(2)
Rentschler,
Staff Sergeant George S., memorializing - HR 79
Staff Sergeant George S., resolution memorializing - SR 18
Supplemental payments, certified firefighter employees and instructors - HB 219: HFA(1)
Tax
exemption, active duty military - SB 72; HB 295
exemption, National Guard or Reserve, active duty pay - HB 344
Thompson, Lance Corporal Lance M., memorializing - HR 184
Tuition waiver, foster and adopted children, suspension during military service - HB 23
Unemployment
insurance, benefits eligibility for military spouse - SB 33
insurance, military spouse benefits eligibility - HB 293
United
States Armed Forces and President George W. Bush, resolution supporting - SR 40
States Armed Forces member, professional licensing of - HB 189; HB 189: HCS
Veterans' benefits, administration of - SB 50
Minerals and Mining
Abandoned mine land reclamation fee, urge reauthorization of - SR 174; HR 189
Coal miner stamp by the U.S. Postal Service, urge issuance of - HR 23
Department for Natural Resources, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41: SFA(4)
Extended
weight coal road system, expand to include other minerals - HB 8
weight road system, define system by transportation of coal - HB 8: SCS(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within a consolidated local government - HB 8: SFA(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within an urban county government - HB 8: SFA(2)
weight road system, exempt specific roads - HB 8: SFA(3)
weight road system, require Transportation Cabinet to promulgate safety standards - HB 8: SFA(4)
Kentucky
agate, designation as the official state mineral - SB 99
Clean Coal Energy Project, express support of Kentucky House of Representatives - HR 186
Remining incentives, extension of authority for - SB 180
Reorganization,
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41
Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SCS
Resource recovery roads, use natural resources severance tax for - HB 8: HFA(1)
Section 404 Water Permits, state regulatory program for - SB 175: SFA(1)
Surface mines, original contour restoration and overburden disposal requirements, make changes to - HB 509
Motor Carriers
Charter buses, exempt from motor vehicle usage tax, exempt repair parts from sales tax - SB 60
Commercial
driver's license standards, adopt federal MCSIA provisions - SB 84; HB 133
driver's license, exempt professional drivers from workers' compensation - HB 404
vehicle, impoundment of - HB 133: SFA(1)
Driver permitted to move vehicle to storage facility - HB 133: SCS
Extended
weight coal roads, weight limits by truck size - HB 129
weight road system, allow bonding with local government to access system - HB 8: SCS(1)
weight road system, define system by transportation of coal - HB 8: SCS(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within a consolidated local government - HB 8: SFA(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within an urban county government - HB 8: SFA(2)
weight road system, exempt specific roads - HB 8: SFA(3)
weight road system, require Transportation Cabinet to promulgate safety standards - HB 8: SFA(4)
Field sobriety tests, require of all drivers in an accident in which school bus is involved - SB 90
Justice Cabinet - SB 45: HCS(1)
Manufactured homes, restrict transportation of - HB 309
Motorcycle safety education program fund, establish and appropriate funds - SB 77: HCS
Purple Heart license plate, allow parents and spouse of deceased recipients to get plate - HB 134: SFA(2)
Sales tax exemption, repair and replacement parts for certain interstate vehicles - HB 159
Special
license plates, add $5 extra fee for veterans' trust fund upon renewal of certain plates - HB 134: SCS
license plates, establish Gold Star Mother plate - HB 134: SFA(3)
license plates, require regs spell out criteria and standards for denial - HB 134: SFA(1)
license plates, transmission of extra fees on a quarterly basis - HB 134: SCS
Speed limits, increase on interstates, parkways, and 4 lane state roads - HB 450
Motor Vehicles
Accessible parking license plate or placard for disabled persons, identification card issued with - HB 101
Accidents resulting in death of serious injury, mandatory DUI testing of drivers involved - HB 78: HFA(1)
Accidents, motor vehicle, duties - SB 59: HCS
Automobile recyclers, activities allowed by and duties of - HB 283
Blocking roadway, removal of - SB 59; HB 136; SB 59: SCS, HFA (1),(2),(3),(4)
Blue lights for coroner's vehicles, do not require counties to pay for - HB 355: HFA(1)
Breast cancer awareness, special license plates for - HB 43
Child
booster seat requirement, exempt children 8 years of age and older - HB 334: HFA(1)
booster seats, require and make violations a primary offense - HB 334
Coal miners, create special license plate for - HB 171, 310
Driver licenses, allow free replacement if address change with no movement of residence - HB 44: HCS
Driver's license, issue without a photograph due to religious convictions - HB 517
Drivers' licenses, educational requirements - HB 317
Driving on expired license, exemption for returning out-of-state military - HB 291
DUI, hardship license availability - HB 199
Extended
weight coal road system, expand to include other minerals - HB 8
weight roads system, exempt certain roads - HB 8: SCS(2)
Failure
to maintain insurance, penalties - HB 63: HCS
to register motor vehicle, penalty - HB 157
Field sobriety tests, require of all drivers in an accident in which school bus is involved - SB 90
Financial responsibility, proof of - HB 335
Fraternal Order of Police associate members, create special license plate for - HB 265
Graduated driver's license, requirements for intermediate and full license - HB 22: HCS
Habitual violator, define - HB 63: SFA(1)
Hardship driver license, permit for general traffic offenses - SB 121
Headlights,
require use when windshield wipers are in use - HB 54
require use when windshield wipers in use - HB 99
Highway work zones, identification of for double fine purposes - HB 237: HCS
Historic vehicles brought into state, require inspection only to authenticate VIN - HB 120
Improper vehicle registration to avoid use tax, civil penalty for - HB 157: HFA(1)
Increase fees associated with license plate issuance and renewal - HB 364
Inoperative traffic signal, when to proceed - HB 311
Insurance,
failure to maintain - HB 63
limitation of damages for failure to maintain - HB 21
medical expense - SB 160
safety equipment - HB 140
Intermediate driver's license, provisions of - HB 22
Justice Cabinet - SB 45: HCS(1)
Kentucky
Colonels, special license plate for - SB 5
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission, establishes and funds - HB 302: HCS
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission. establish and funds - HB 302
Walking Horse Association, create special license plate for - HB 126
License
plate, require surrender for failure to maintain insurance - HB 513
plates, replate schedule at Cabinet's discretion - HB 426
Liens for towing charges, allow sale if not claimed within 30 days - HB 142
Love Makes a Family special license plate, creation of - HB 452
MCSIA implementation, restrict prohibition of masking violations to CDL holders - HB 133: HCS
MIRET devices, penalty for use by nonemergency vehicle - HB 17
Motor
fuels taxes, grow by CPI - HB 401
vehicle, sale to pay for work performed on - HB 392
vehicles, unrebuildable titles on, require special brand if rebuilt in Kentucky - HB 109
Motorcycle
safety awareness signs, cabinet approval of placement - HB 39: HFA(1)
safety education program, creation of - SB 77
National Guard plate, require $5 Veterans Trust Fund fee upon annual renewal - HB 40: HFA(2)
Nuisances - HB 345
Off-road
Motorcycle and ATV Commission, create - HB 323
Motorcycle and ATV Commission, establish membership - HB 323: SFA(1)
Operator's
license, decal for deaf or hard of hearing - SB 11: SCS
licenses, eliminate new license requirement if only street name is changed - HB 44
licenses, notation for deaf or hard of hearing - SB 11
Personal identification cards, issuance of - HB 196
Proof of insurance, member of Armed Forces - HB 80
Property tax, exemption of - HB 138
Rebuilt brands and salvage title on junk vehicles, require cabinet to create unique ID for - HB 109: HCS
Recreational
vehicles, permissible appurtenances - HB 139
vehicles, remove Recreational Vehicle Certification and Licensure Board duties - SB 181
Registration renewals, allow voluntary contribution to Veterans' Trust Fund - HB 40: HFA(1)
Repair facilities, choice of - SB 171
Salvage motor vehicle, right to recover total losses - HB 464
Seat belt usage, primary offense - HB 334: HFA(2)
Shriners, create special license plate for - SB 12
Special
license plate, Big Brothers Big Sisters - HB 518
license plates, increase renewal fee for selected categories - HB 40
license plates, omnibus revisions - HB 134
Speed limits, increase on interstates, parkways, and 4 lane state roads - HB 450
Surrender of license plate for failure to maintain insurance - HB 371
Towing charges, recovery of - HB 392
Traditional marriage, special license plate endorsing - HB 234
Usage
tax affidavit, require clerks to give verbal notice of consequences of making false statements - SB 21
tax, transfer exemption, foster parent and foster child - HB 24
Vehicle Enforcement, department of, divisions - SB 45: HCS(1)
Vehicular homicide, penalty increase - HB 514
Work
zone, highway workers to be present - HB 237: SFA(1)
zone, speeding in, required notice for double fines - HB 237
Negotiable Instruments
Bad checks, notice procedure for - SB 96; SB 96: HCS
Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, increase bonding authority of - HB 161
News Media
Broadcast employers, prohibit imposition of certain post-employment requirements by - SB 137
Employment contracts, broadcast industry - HB 271; HB 271: HFA (1)
Governor
and Lieutenant Governor slates, media access to public debates, requirement for - SB 112: SFA(3)
and Lieutenant Governor slates, media access, requirement for - SB 112: SFA(1)
Open
Meetings and Open Records Laws, exceptions - HB 59
Meetings Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(3)
meetings, holding of - HB 418
Records Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(4)
Records Law, exemption to - HB 59: SCS
Vital records, access to - HB 58
Notaries
Fees, waived for veterans of armed services - HB 108; HB 108: HCS
Notices
County
and city, notices various, alternatives for publication - HB 375: HCS
ordinances, publication requirements - SB 101
Newspaper publication, rates to be charged - HB 350: SCS(2), SCA (2)
Work zone, speeding in - HB 237
Nuclear Energy
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, security for - HB 249: HFA(2),(3)
Nuisances
Additions and exclusions of nuisances - HB 345
Motor vehicles associated with motor carriers exempted - HB 345: HFA(1)
Television
and radio broadcast, urge tighter regulations - HCR 13
and radio broadcast, urge tighter restrictions - HCR 14
Nurses
Academy for Health Care Improvement and Cost Reduction, creation of - HB 416
Cancer drug repository, creation of - SB 23; SB 23: CCR
Emergency
contraceptives, prescribing and dispensing of - HB 346
medical personnel, scope of practice for - HB 178: HFA(1)
Glucagon
and Diastat, emergency administration at schools - HB 88: FCCR
and Diastat, schools, emergency administration of - SB 189; SB 189: HCS, HFA (1); HB 184: SFA (2)
and diazepam, schools, emergency administration of - HB 88: SFA(3); HB 93: SFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 183: SFA (2); HB 298: SFA (4); HB 301: SFA (2); HB 439: SFA (3)
Involuntary overtime, nonsupervisory employees, prohibit by health facility - HB 365
Kentucky Health Care Improvement Authority, creation of - SB 2
Legend drug repository, creation of - SB 23: SCS
Medical
malpractice awards, General Assembly may limit - HB 146
malpractice lawsuits, damage limits - SB 1
Nursing facilities, compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act - SB 169
Overtime, non-supervisory employees, prohibit by health facility - HB 365: HFA(1)
Phlebotomy technician, supervision of - SB 20
Obscenity and Pornography
Public indecency, create offense of - HB 306
Sex offender registration, include distributors of child pornography - HB 268
Sexual
offenses, enticement by telecommunications device, creation of crime and penalty - HB 209
offenses, use of electronic communications system to procure a minor - SB 106; SB 106: HFA (1)
Television
and radio broadcast, urge tighter regulations - HCR 13
and radio broadcast, urge tighter restrictions - HCR 14
Occupational Safety and Health
Administrative
law judge appointment, A. Thomas Davis - SR 58
law judge appointment, Andrew F. Manno - SR 54
law judge, appointment, John W. Thacker - SR 51
law judge, reappointment, Richard M. Joiner - SR 50
Barbers and barber shops, sanitation requirements for - HB 430
Commissioner of Dept. of Workers' Claims, appointment, William Emrick - SR 75
Prescription drug monitoring data, uses of - SB 176
Railroads, safe walkways, provisions for - HB 187
Remote control locomotives, U.S. Congress to urge Federal Railroad Administration regulation of - SCR 64
Reorganization, Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41
Vinyl chloride claims, statute of limitations for - HB 297
Occupations and Professions
Athletic trainers, licensure of - HB 290
Barber as independent contractor, licensure requirements for - HB 430
Boxing and wrestling events, Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority responsibility for - SB 66
Chiropractors, mandated health benefits - HB 68: HFA(1)
Cosmetologists and estheticians' fees, housekeeping changes - HB 415
Dentist, professional limited liability company, formation of - HB 246
Dietitians
and nutritionists, retired and inactive status, make provisions for - HB 229: SCS
and nutritionists, retired or inactive status, make provisions for - HB 229
Electrical employees, industrial manufacturing facilities, exemptions for - SB 184: SCS
Electrician licensure, industrial manufacturing facilities, exemption for - SB 184
Electricians, verifiable experience gained at age sixteen or seventeen applied toward licensure of - HB 419, 499
Engineers and land surveyors, modification and separation of professional requirements for - HB 73
Fire
sprinkler contractors' insurance, changes in - SB 95
sprinkler contractors' insurance, type required - SB 142: HCS
Gas delivery systems, installation by nonlicensee, liability for - HB 440: SCS
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Geologist-in-training, qualifications and certification for - SB 141
Insurance
agents - HB 275
consultant, business entity licensed as - HB 466
Kentucky Gaming Commission to determine and approve gaming establishment occupations - SB 9
License
and certificate renewal, birth month, requirement for - SB 142: SCS
and certificate renewals, birth month, requirement for - SB 142
Malt beverages, incompatible licenses for - HB 432
Massage
therapy, amend definitions for - SB 17
therapy, amend provisions for - SB 17: SCS
Mental health professionals, criminal background checks, requirement for - SB 10
Nonresident licensed electricians, charitable work in Kentucky, permission needed for - HB 281
Phlebotomy technician, certification of - SB 20
Private investigators, secured parties exemption - SB 27
Real estate appraisers, certification requirements for - HB 417
Residential contractor certification program, requirements for - HB 61; HB 61: HCS
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Social
workers, certification of licensure requirements, board testing for - HB 94
workers, certification or licensure requirements, board testing for - SB 29; SB 10: HFA (1)
Surgical
assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122: SCS
Assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122: HFA(1)
assistants, hospitals and physicians, oversight for - SB 122; SB 122: HCS
Temporary master logger designation, cabinet to create - HB 79
United States Armed Forces member, professional licensing of - HB 189; HB 189: HCS
Oil and Natural Gas
Biodiesel fuel, tax incentives for producers, blenders, retailers - HB 57
Biodiesel, tax credit for producers, blenders, and retailers - SB 31
Extended weight road system, allow carriers to access system - HB 8: SCS(1)
Gas pipeline authority - HB 225: SCA(1), HFA (1),(4)
Kentucky
Gas Transmission Authority - HB 225: HCA(1)
gas Transmission Authority, creation of - HB 225
Liquefied petroleum gas dealers, license renewal, birth month for - SB 142; SB 142: SCS
Propane
and gas appliances, installation, repair and liability - HB 440
and gas appliances, installation, repair, and liability - HB 440: HCS
Reorganization, Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41
Resource recovery roads, use natural resources and petroleum severance tax for - HB 8: HFA(1)
Optometrists
Kentucky e-Health Network, health care provider definition related to - SB 2: SCS
Parental Rights
Adoption,
filing and approval, requirements for - HB 30; SB 16: HCS
health history information required - HB 469
international, petition not required - HB 304; HB 304: SCS, HCS
international, recognition of - SB 16: HCS; HB 30: HFA (1)
Child
support, emancipation - HB 204: SFA(1), HCS
support, emancipation in case of mental disability - HB 204
support, modification of award for non-parent - HB 119; HB 119: HCS
Support, paternity - HB 155
Foreign child adoption, recognition of - SB 16
KinCare Support Program, creation of - HB 35
Lead, blood testing for condition of child's school or day care enrollment - SB 216
Medical and education consent affidavits, combination of - HB 35: HCS
Sex crimes against child family member, loss of parental authority - HB 368
Parks and Shrines
Archaeological sites, require access permit for - HB 330
Concessionaires in state parks - HB 213
Cumberland Gap and Trail of Tears, automobile tours on state road map - HJR 99
Department
of Parks, disposal of real property - HB 235
of parks, operation and management - HB 235: HFA(2)
of Parks, operation and management - HB 235: HFA(1)
State
park passes, provided free to certain veterans - HB 441
parks in a county containing a consolidated local government - HB 235: SFA(1)
The Festival of the Bluegrass and Horse Park, support and commend collaboration between - SR 80
Trail of Tears Historic Trail, promotion of - SR 43
Traveller's Rest, preservation of - SCR 162; SR 173; HCR 171
Partnerships
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Peace Officers and Law Enforcement
Accidents, motor vehicle, duties - SB 59: HCS
Adult abuse and exploitation, investigations and training - HB 298; HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
Blue lights for coroner's vehicles, do not require counties to pay for - HB 355: HFA(1)
Cemetery laws, enforcement failure, fines imposed for - HB 332
Certification, grandfathering of officers - HB 156
Circuit and District Courts service, increase compensation for - SB 118
Commercial vehicle, impoundment of - HB 133: SFA(1)
Concealed deadly weapons, retired peace officers, special licensing program for - SB 142: FCCR
Court security officers, certification requirements for - HB 47
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Criminal homicide interrogation, recording of - HB 242; HB 242: HCS
Death benefits, beneficiary succession - HB 395
Division of Legislative Security - HB 333
DUI, mandatory testing of drivers in motor vehicle accidents resulting in death or serious injury - HB 78: HFA(1)
Exemptions for jury duty - HB 259
Failure to register motor vehicle, penalty - HB 157
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, implementation of - HB 220
Grandfathered peace officer, change of agency authorized - HB 249; HB 249: HCS
Gun buy-back program, private - HB 65
Justice Cabinet - SB 45: HCS(1)
License plate, removal for failure to maintain motor vehicle insurance - HB 513
MIRET devices, penalty for use by nonemergency vehicle - HB 17
Officer Jason Cammack Memorial Highway, section of US 60 in Franklin County - HJR 88
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, security for - HB 249: HFA(2),(3)
Peace officers, authorization to remove license plate - HB 371
Require police department to secure sample - SB 204
Sergeant Joseph H. Milam, KSP, honor - HR 46
Sheriff's fees for arrest and serving process - SB 105
Sheriffs, donations for public purposes, conditions for acceptance - SB 129
Special license plate for associate members of Fraternal Order of Police, creation of - HB 265
Stab wounds, reporting of - HB 152: HFA(1)
State Police, promotions - HB 201
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Truant students, agreement by board of education for police to take into custody - HB 408, 409
U.S. Mint Police, Kentucky peace officer powers for - SB 89; HB 216
Unlisted telephone number service, utilities to provide at no cost - HB 202
Video lottery gaming investigators, police powers granted - HB 174
Personnel and Employment
Criminal background checks, condition for employment - HB 88
Department
of parks, operation and management - HB 235: HFA(2)
of Parks, operation and management - HB 235: HFA(1)
Educational requirements, exempt state highway superintendents from - HB 195
Elected officials, retirement, reemployment restrictions - HB 12
Field sobriety tests, require of all drivers in an accident in which school bus is involved - SB 90
Garnishment,
child support, lump sum payment, definition of - HB 155: HFA(1)
child support, lump sum payment, reporting of - HB 155: HCS
Involuntary overtime, nonsupervisory employees, prohibit by health facility - HB 365
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - SB 205; HB 82, 377
Minimum
wage revision - HB 105; HB 105: HCS
wage, study of its effect on Kentucky workers - HB 105: HFA(1)
wage, title change, study request for - HB 105: HFA(2)
Office of Homeland Security, executive director, display legislative findings - SB 44: HFA(4)
Overtime, non-supervisory employees, prohibit by health facility - HB 365: HFA(1)
Personnel Cabinet reorganization, Executive Orders 2004-832 and 2004-903 - SB 43
Railroad crews, relief after seven consecutive working days - HB 357
Retirees,
exceptions for reemployment restricts - HB 12: HFA(3)
reemployment restrictions - HB 12: HFA(2); HB 299: SFA (1)
reemployment restrictions, exception for different agency - HB 12: HFA(1)
School district notifications, deadlines for - HB 182
Selecting a school personnel - SB 70
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Sick leave for teachers, permit use of for personal leave - HB 274
Teachers, drug and alcohol testing required - SB 220
Unemployment
insurance, benefits eligibility for military spouse - SB 33
insurance, military spouse benefits eligibility - HB 293
insurance, procedures and rates for successor employees - SB 113: SCS
insurance, procedures and rates for successor employers - SB 113
Pharmacists
Advanced
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances prescribing by - SB 122: HCS
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - HB 321
Advances registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - SB 152
Cancer drug repository, creation of - SB 23; SB 23: CCR
Drug
assistance program, legislative study of - HCR 147
importation program, safety requirements for - SB 139
repository, program providers, immunity for - SB 23: HCS(1)
Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, restrictions on sale - SB 56; HB 170
Erectile dysfunction, reporting treatment of - HB 152: HFA(6),(7)
Formulary limitations, cabinet to identify special disease states that are exempt from - HB 92: HFA(1)
HIV/AIDS, prescription drugs, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Internet
pharmacies - HB 343: HCA(1)
pharmacies, regulation of - SB 162, 167; HB 343; SB 63: HCS
Legend drug repository, creation of - SB 23: SCS
Licensing renewal, requirements for - SB 107
Methamphetamine
and precursors - SB 63; SB 63: SFA (1),(2),(3),(4), HFA (1),(2),(3)
precursors, controls on sale - HB 253
Out of state pharmacies, regulation of - HB 343: HCS
Pharmaceutical assistance program, administration of - SB 23: HCS(2), HFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 298: SFA (4)
Pharmacy recovery network committee - SB 107
Prescription drug importation, urge the Governor to establish program to - SR 71
Record of sale, electronic alternative - SB 63: FCCR
Wholesale drug distributors, require licensure for - SB 212; HB 445
Physicians and Practitioners
Abortion, anesthesia requirement for 20 week or older fetus - SB 98
Academy for Health Care Improvement and Cost Reduction, creation of - HB 416
Advanced
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances prescribing by - SB 122: HCS
registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - HB 321
Advances registered nurse practitioners, controlled substances, prescribing by - SB 152
Artificially provided nutrition and hydration, withholding circumstances - HB 501
Athletic trainers, physician referrals to - HB 290
Cancer
centers, designation of - SCR 96
drug repository, creation of - SB 23; SB 23: CCR
Charitable health care providers, Department of Insurance, registration by - SB 201
Class action reform, urge support of - SR 138
Criminal injuries, hospital reporting of - HB 152; HB 152: HFA (6),(7)
Drug repository, program providers, immunity for - SB 23: HCS(1)
Electronic
signature verification, health record procedures for - SB 25: HFA(1),(2)
signature, health records, verification of - HB 91; SB 25: HCS (2); HB 91: HCS, HFA (1)
Embryos, prohibited acts related to - HB 386
Emergency
contraceptives, prescribing and dispensing of - HB 346
medical personnel, scope of practice for - HB 178: HFA(1)
Erectile dysfunction, reporting treatment of - HB 152: HFA(6),(7)
Glucagon
and Diastat, emergency administration at schools - HB 88: FCCR
and Diastat, schools, emergency administration of - SB 189; SB 189: HCS, HFA (1); HB 184: SFA (2)
and diazepam, schools, emergency administration of - HB 88: SFA(3); HB 93: SFA (1); HB 152: SFA (3); HB 183: SFA (2); HB 298: SFA (4); HB 301: SFA (2); HB 439: SFA (3)
Hepatitis C, education programs for - HB 177
Hospital-acquired infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, data on hospital-acquired infection rates reported by - SB 185; HB 76
Hospitals, gunshot wounds, immunity for reporting of - HB 152: HCS
Internet pharmacies, regulation of - SB 162, 167; HB 343; SB 63: HCS
Kentucky
Health Care Improvement Authority, creation of - SB 2
Institute of Medicine, recognition of - HCR 134
Legend drug repository, creation of - SB 23: SCS
Medical
malpractice awards, General Assembly may limit - HB 146
malpractice insurance, experience rating plan - HB 480
malpractice insurance, premium quotes on the Internet - HB 481
malpractice insurance, rate calculation standards - HB 504
malpractice insurance, rate filings - HB 484
malpractice lawsuits, damage limits - SB 1
malpractice reform, urge support of - SR 30, 138
malpractice task force - HB 480: HCS
malpractice, omnibus reform - SB 224; HB 490
Newborn screening, requirements related to - SB 28
Noncompete clause, prohibition against - SB 182; SB 137: SFA (1)
Nursing facility services, provider tax, exemption from - HB 95
Organ donation registry, establishment of - HB 152: SFA(3); HB 298: SFA (4)
Phlebotomy technician, supervision of - SB 20
Physician assistant licensing, study of - SCR 32; HCR 121
Provider tax, facilities not accepting Medicaid reimbursement, exempt from paying - SB 62
Providers, uniform credentialing of - HB 63: SFA(3); HB 152: SFA (1); HB 275: SFA (7); HB 298: SFA (3); HB 316: SFA (7); HB 439: SFA (1)
Public assistance programs, Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Radiology practitioner assistants and radiology assistants, certification of - SB 15
Residential hospice, certificate of need, exemption from - SB 195; HB 442
Surgical
assistants, certification criteria for - SB 122: SCS
Assistants, physicians, dentists an dental surgeons, oversight for - SB 122: HFA(1)
assistants, physicians, oversight for - SB 122; SB 122: HCS
Utilization review, timeframes - HB 379
Wholesale drug distributors, require licensure for - SB 212; HB 445
Piggybacked Bills
HB
172/HCS to SB 175/GA - SB 175: HFA(3)
172/HCS to SB 180/GA - SB 180: HFA(1)
231 to SB 119 - SB 119: HFA(7)
306 to SB 106/GA - SB 106: HFA(1)
306 to SB 17/GA - SB 17: HFA(1)
429 to HB 272 - HB 272: HFA(2),(4)
61/HCS to SB 78/GA - SB 78: HFA(1)
70 to SB 99/GA - HB 70/HFA 1 - SB 99: HFA(1)
94 to SB 10/GA - SB 10: HFA(1)
HCR 133 to SB 80/GA - SB 80: HFA(1)
HJR
65 to SB 175/GA - SB 175: HFA(5)
65 to SB 180/GA - SB 180: HFA(3)
SB 3 to HB 235 - HB 235: HFA(1)
Planning and Zoning
Alteration of use of green space and similar areas in subdivisions prohibited - SB 214
Codes of ethics for planning units - HB 232
Comprehensive plans - HB 232
Environmental
covenant, creation of - HB 472
covenants, requirements for - HB 472: HCS
Independent planning units, grandfather certain units - HB 319
Land use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157; SB 157: SCA (1); HB 50: SCS
Planning and zoning, independent planning units, exempt certain from interrogations or dissolution - HB 210: SFA(1)
Tax increment financing, community redevelopment - HB 337
Urge committee to study subdivision regulations and planning official training - HR 160
Plumbers and Plumbing
Plumbers, master and journeyman license renewal, birth month for - SB 142; SB 142: SCS
Plumbing installation permits, 15-day requirement to respond to request for - HB 190
Police, City and County
Accidents, motor vehicle, duties - SB 59: HCS
Certification, grandfathering of officers - HB 156
Criminal
homicide interrogation, recording of - HB 242; HB 242: HCS
injuries, hospital reporting of - HB 152; HB 152: HFA (6),(7)
Exemptions for jury duty - HB 259
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, implementation of - HB 220
Grandfathered peace officer, change of agency authorized - HB 249; HB 249: HCS
Gun buy-back program, private - HB 65
Gunshot wounds, hospital reporting, immunity for - HB 152: HCS
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - SB 205; HB 82, 377
Require police department to secure sample - SB 204
Retirement, purchased service, urban-county police employment - HB 299
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
U.S. Mint Police, Kentucky peace officer powers for - SB 89; HB 216
Unlisted telephone number service, utilities to provide at no cost - HB 202
Police, State
Accidents, motor vehicle, duties - SB 59: HCS
Certification, grandfathering of officers - HB 156
Concealed
carry license, revocation, failure to train - HB 220
deadly weapon, carrying - HB 220: HCA(1)
Criminal
background checks, mental health professionals, requirement for - SB 10
homicide interrogation, recording of - HB 242; HB 242: HCS
injuries, hospital reporting of - HB 152; HB 152: HFA (6),(7)
Exemptions for jury duty - HB 259
Expungement, criminal record, fee distribution - HB 5: HCS
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, implementation of - HB 220
Grandfathered peace officer, change of agency authorized - HB 249; HB 249: HCS
Intermediate driver's license, provisions of - HB 22
Justice Cabinet, reorganization of - SB 45: SFA(1),(3), HCS (2)
Mental health professionals, criminal background checks, requirement for - SB 10
Promotions - HB 201
Sergeant Joseph H. Milam, KSP, honor - HR 46
U.S. Mint Police, Kentucky peace officer powers for - SB 89; HB 216
Unlisted telephone number service, utilities to provide at no cost - HB 202
Pollution
Abandoned mine land reclamation fee, urge reauthorization of - SR 174; HR 189
Air pollution control districts, abolition of in consolidated local governments - SB 213
Cinergy/PSI, commend for announcing installation of pollution controls - HR 178
Environmental
covenant, amendments and terminations, procedures for - HB 472: HFA(3)
covenant, bankruptcy, rules for - HB 472: HFA(1)
covenant, public notice, requirement for - HB 472: HFA(2)
testing laboratories, certification and accreditation of - HB 372
On-site
sewage disposal system permits, 15-day requirement to respond to requests for - HB 190
sewage system involving surface discharge, approve or deny within 20 days - HB 190: HFA(1)
Plastic beverage containers, codes, make changes to - HB 483
Section 404 Water Permits, feasibility study, requirement for - SB 175: HFA(2)
State assumption of permitting process, cabinet to report on - SB 175: HFA(6); HB 175: HFA (2)
Surface mines, original contour restoration and overburden disposal requirements, make changes to - HB 509
Water Pollution Control Act state permit requirements, no more or less stringent than federal - SB 175: HFA(1)
Popular Names and Short Titles
Brenda D. Cowan Act - SB 91
Forest Reforestation and Economic Development Act, cited as - HB 172
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
James William Lazzaro Newborn Screening Act, SB 24 - SB 24: SCS
Myositis Awareness Day, September 21 of each year recognized as - HB 366
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2005 - HB 365; HB 365: HFA (1)
Poverty
Affordable Housing Trust Fund, provides additional funding for - HB 267: HFA(2)
Charitable health care providers, Department of Insurance, registration by - SB 201
Drug assistance program, legislative study of - HCR 147
Economic development incentives, accountability and equity measures - HJR 149
Faith-based and nonprofit organizations, Governor's Office, create in - HB 383
Kentucky Health and Economic Welfare Task Force, create - HJR 137
Prescription drug program, local government creation of - HB 485
Public assistance programs, Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Probation and Parole
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Custodial sexual misconduct - HB 180, 305; HB 180: HFA (1)
Death penalty, sentencing options - HB 168
Drug testing fee, creation of minimum amount - HB 467; HB 467: HCS
Juvenile sexual offenders, adjudication and treatment - HB 53
Offender registration, change in - HB 455
Officers, parole, concealed weapons, may carry - HB 292
Parole
Board, Jeanetta Lee Massey, confirmation of appointment - SR 53
Board, Mark Douglas Gibson, confirmation of appointment - SR 56
Board, practice and procedure - SB 102
Board, Theodore R. Kuster, confirmation of appointment - SR 57
board, victim advocates - SB 102: HFA(1)
Presentence investigation, creation of fee for - HB 467; HB 467: HCS
Sex offender management, study of - HCR 6
Sexual relations, prohibit between school personnel and students - HB 52
Supervision fee, increase in fee - HB 467; HB 467: HCS
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Property
Alexandria Municipal Building - HB 267: HFA(8)
Alien, right to own real and personal property - HB 314
Animals, ownership, prohibition and forfeiture of - HB 10
Archaeological sites, family access, require landowner compliance with - HB 330
Construction services contract, indemnification clause - HB 449; HB 449: HCS
County attorney, additional fee if property tax litigated - HB 4
Department
of Parks, disposal of real property - HB 235
of parks, operation and management - HB 235: HFA(2)
of Parks, operation and management - HB 235: HFA(1)
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Environmental
covenant, amendments and terminations, procedures for - HB 472: HFA(3)
covenant, bankruptcy, rules for - HB 472: HFA(1)
covenant, creation of - HB 472
covenant, public notice, requirement for - HB 472: HFA(2)
covenants, requirements for - HB 472: HCS
Historic or prehistoric human remains on property, procedure for disposition of - HB 331
Insurance, FAIR plan - HB 164
Manufactured
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home - HB 205: HFA(8)
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home communities - HB 205
Marital property and debt - HB 115; HB 115: HCS, HFA (1)
Nuisances - HB 345
Private property, governmental actions affecting - HB 515
Proceeds of real estate sale, technical correction - SB 144
Real property lien, party with an interest in the property - HB 369
Real, notice of failure to release lien - HB 280: HFA(8)
Surplus right-of-way, transfer of - HB 289
Property Valuation Administrators
Forest management plans, property tax reduction, eligibility for - HB 172
PVA exam administration provisions, amend - HB 510
Prosecutors
County attorney, additional fee if property tax litigated - HB 4
Crime victims' rights - HB 69
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Prosecutorial funding, tobacco tax and fund to support - HB 487
Unlisted telephone number service, utilities to provide at no cost - HB 202
Public Advocate
Death penalty, abolition of - HB 465
Public Advocacy, department of, investigation of - SB 45: HCS(1)
Public Assistance
AIDS Drug Assistance Program, prescription drugs, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Faith-based and nonprofit organizations, Governor's Office, create in - HB 383
Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Kentucky Health and Economic Welfare Task Force, create - HJR 137
KinCare Support Program, creation of - HB 35
Social services, provision of, government funding for - HB 383
Public Authorities
Kentucky
Gas Transmission Authority - HB 225: HCA(1)
gas Transmission Authority, creation of - HB 225
River Authority, water use fee, limit authorization for assessment - HB 137
Open
Meetings and Open Records Laws, exceptions - HB 59
Meetings Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(3)
meetings, holding of - HB 418
Records Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(4)
Public Buildings and Grounds
Capital
Construction and Contingency Account, use of for agency moving expenses - HB 241
renewal account for state facilities, creation of - HB 245
Impact development fees - HB 423
Rest areas, require POW/MIA flag to be flown - HB 443
State contracts, raising minimum contract amount requiring bonds - SB 109
Public Health
Administrative regulations, advisory council review of - SB 125
Advisory council, Health and Family Services, permissive use by - HB 110: HCS
Breast
cancer research and education trust fund, establish - HB 43
cancer research fund, add members to board - HB 7: HCS
Cancer drug repository, creation of - SB 23; SB 23: CCR
Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 222; HB 56
Daily physical activity for public school students, require - HB 71
Death certificate - SB 18
Deaths due to drugs or poisons, coroners' duty to report - HB 78; HB 78: HCA (1)
Drug importation program, design and implementation of - SB 139
Health
and Family Services Cabinet, creation of - SB 47; HB 110
boards, composition of - HB 114
data advisory committee, Office of Women's Health member as member of - SB 108
Hepatitis C, education about - HB 177: HCS
Hospital-acquired infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, data on hospital-acquired infection rates reported by - SB 185; HB 76
James William Lazzaro and Madison Leigh Heflin Newborn Screening Act, cite as - SB 24: HCS
Legend drug repository, creation of - SB 23: SCS
Local school district wellness policies, implementation of - HB 90
Newborn
screening tests, expansion of - SB 24; HB 51
screening, provisions for - SB 25, 28
Prescription drug, refundable tax credit for - HB 85
Public
Health Services Advisory Council, administrative regulations, permissive use of - SB 125: SFA(1)
indecency - SB 106: HFA(1)
Radiology practitioner assistants and radiology assistants, certification of - SB 15
Residential hospice, certificate of need, exemption from - SB 195; HB 442
Statewide
organ donor registry, establish - SB 25: SCS, HCS (1)
organ donor registry, work group to study - SJR 34; HJR 21
organ donor registry, workgroup to study - HJR 21: HCS
Tobacco products, prohibit use until age 21 - HB 89
Vital statistics, amendments, fee for - SB 92
Public Medical Assistance
AIDS Drug Assistance Program, prescription drugs, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Kentucky Health and Economic Welfare Task Force, create - HJR 137
Lead, elevated blood levels, testing and reporting of - HB 479
Trauma systems, Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to partner with agencies in regulating - SB 78; HB 178
Public Officers and Employees
Assault third degree, include assaulting state employees - SB 147
Assistant adjutant general, qualifications of - HB 243
Clerks' fees, increase - HB 364
Death certificate - SB 18
Department
of Agriculture employees, hazardous duty - HB 130: HFA(1)
of Parks, use of state parks - SB 3
Educational requirements, exempt highway superintendents from - HB 195
Elected
officials, exceptions for reemployment restrictions - HB 12: HFA(3)
officials, reemployment restrictions, exception for different elected position - HB 12: HFA(1)
officials, retirement, reemployment restrictions - HB 12
Employee sick leave donation program and bank, district boards of education to establish - HB 478
Executive director, Office for Homeland Security, inform members of grant application process - SB 44: HFA(2)
Felons' right to hold office, constitutional amendment to provide restoration of - SB 177
General
Assembly, retirement benefits - HB 299: SCS
Assembly, retirement benefits - HB 66; HB 66: HCS, HFA (5)
Health departments, retirement incentive - SB 110
Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Judges, Senior Status Program for Special Judges - HB 66, 322; HB 66: HCS
KEMI
Board of Directors, appointment, Jon W. Ackerson - SR 77
Board of Directors, appointment, Lois Ann Disponett - SR 76
Board of Directors, appointment, William Paul Reed - SR 74
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - SB 205; HB 82, 377
MIRET devices, allow use by transportation employees - HB 17: HFA(1)
Office of Homeland Security, executive director, display legislative findings - SB 44: HFA(4)
Open Meetings and Open Records Laws, exceptions - HB 59
Public school employees, salary increase and health reimbursement accounts - SB 4
Retirees,
exceptions for reemployment restricts - HB 12: HFA(3)
reemployment restrictions - HB 12: HFA(2); HB 299: SFA (1)
reemployment restrictions, exception for different agency - HB 12: HFA(1)
Sheriffs & other law enforcement officers serving Circuit and District Courts, increase compensation - SB 118
Sheriffs, donations for public purposes, conditions for acceptance - SB 129
Single county LGEDF projects, award of grants, limitation upon - SB 136: HFA(1),(2)
State
employees, salary increase and health reimbursement accounts - SB 4
health group participants, supplemental insurance - HB 103
health insurance, statewide PPO plan, self-insurance - HB 25
State,
group health insurance plan, coverage - HB 475
health group participants, high-deductible plan - HB 462
Urban-county government, solid waste collectors - HB 318
Public Records and Reports
Abortions, reporting of - HB 152: HFA(2),(3),(4),(5)
Accidents, motor vehicle, duties - SB 59: HCS
Certified copies, creation of - HB 59: SCS
County ordinances, publication requirements - SB 101
Criminal
files and index references, expungement of - HB 74
homicide interrogation, recording of - HB 242; HB 242: HCS
record checks - HB 88: SFA(1)
Death certificate - SB 18
Deaths due to drugs or poisons, coroner to report to Office of Vital Statistics - HB 78; HB 78: HCA (1)
Electronic records, standards for use of by Revenue Cabinet - HB 497
Expungement of records, Class D felony and misdemeanor - HB 5; HB 5: HFA (1),(2)
MCSIA implementation, restrict prohibition of masking violations to CDL holders - HB 133: HCS
Open
records information, distribution to local governments and school districts - HB 77
Records Law, disclosure and availability of public records - HB 59: HFA(2)
Records Law, exception to - HB 59: HFA(4)
Records law, exceptions to - HB 59
Records Law, exceptions to - HB 59: HFA(1)
Records Law, exemption to - HB 59: SCS
Public
or private records, exemption from - HB 77: SCS
printing, repeal constitutional provisions pertaining to - SB 30
printing, repeal provisions pertaining to - SB 51
Report, Department of Education, preparation and submission by - SB 172: HFA(4),(6)
Vital
records, access to - HB 58
statistics, amendments, fee for - SB 92
Public Salaries
Public school employees, salary increase - SB 4
State employees, salary increase - SB 4
Public Utilities
Cinergy/PSI, commend for announcing installation of pollution controls - HR 178
Clear Skies Act of 2005, urge United States Senate to enact - HR 158
Electric
facilities, governmental agency bonding authority for - SB 150
facilities, restrictions relating to municipal bonding authority - SB 150: SFA(1)
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Environmental testing laboratories, certification and accreditation of - HB 372
Executive Reorganization Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: HFA(2)
Joint municipal power authority, creation of - HB 406
Natural gas pipeline replacement, recovery of cost for - HB 440: SFA(1)
No call list, urge Federal Communications Commission not to preempt - HR 191
Open Meetings and Open Records Laws, exceptions - HB 59
Prepaid wireless phone service, require payment of 911 surcharge for - SB 159
Public
Service Commission, application of Executive Branch Code of Ethics to - HB 436
Service Commission, confirmation of appointments - HB 160
Service Commission, confirmation, William Gregory Coker - SR 55
Right of way for telephone companies, payment for - SB 135
Telecommunications, alternative regulation, market-based competition plan, company election of - SB 207
Unlisted telephone no. service, provide at no cost to law enforcement and prosecutorial persons - HB 202
Water utility, automatic adjustment of rates, Public Service Commission action on - HB 427
Wholesale telecommunications sales, exempt from sales and use tax - SB 206
Wireless
phones - HB 424: HFA(1)
phones, prohibit state regulation of - HB 424
providers to build towers in Greenup - HB 424: HFA(2)
Public Works
Electric
facilities, governmental agency bonding authority for - SB 150
facilities, restrictions relating to municipal bonding authority - SB 150: SFA(1)
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Impact development fees - HB 423
State contracts, raising minimum contract amount requiring bonds - SB 109
Water supply projects, plans for, engineer's seal not required if $10,000 or less - HB 264: HFA(1)
Publications
Legal
documents, methods of publication for cities and counties - HB 375
documents, methods of publications for cities and counties - SB 200
Public
printing, repeal constitutional provisions pertaining to - SB 30
printing, repeal provisions pertaining to - SB 51
Purchasing
Privatization, task force on, creation of - HCR 139
Procurement, use of reverse auction - SB 49: HCS
Public
printing, repeal constitutional provisions pertaining to - SB 30
printing, repeal provisions pertaining to - SB 51
State contracts, raising minimum contract amount requiring bonds - SB 109; SB 49: HCS
Water supply projects, plans for, engineer's seal not required if $10,000 or less - HB 264: HFA(1)
Race Relations
Civil rights, preemption of field by state - HB 81
Juneteenth National Freedom Day, observance of - HB 42; HB 42: HCS
Pay equity, provisions for - HB 288
Task Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
Racing
Breeders Cup, extend incentives for - HB 350: SCS(1),(2)
Casino gaming and electronic gaming devices at racetracks, require approval of local government for - SB 8
Electronic
gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, appropriation of revenues - HB 188
gaming at race tracks, part of state lottery, omnibus bill - HB 193
Equine
industry program, increased funding - SB 194; HB 173
industry program, symposium, content of - SB 194; HB 173
Horse
breeders incentive fund, establishment of - HB 342
racing, breeders' incentive fund created - HB 339
International horse racing event, pari-mutuel tax, exempt from - HB 350: SCA(1); HB 497: SCA (1)
Racing association gaming licenses, omnibus bill - SB 9
Receipts subject to taxes, compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund, partial funding for - SB 186; HB 37
Railroads
Amtrak service in Kentucky, urge Congress to continue funding for - HR 187
Animal carcasses, removal from railroad right-of-way - HB 250
Crews, relief after seven consecutive working days - HB 357
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Remote control locomotives, U.S. Congress to urge Federal Railroad Administration regulation of - SCR 64
Safe walkways, provisions for - HB 187
Trespassing and vandalism, penalties for - HB 133: SCS
Real Estate
Alien, right to own real and personal property - HB 314
Appraisers, certification requirements for - HB 417
Construction services contract, indemnification clause - HB 449; HB 449: HCS
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Environmental covenant, creation of - HB 472
Historic or prehistoric human remains on property, procedure for disposition of - HB 331
Judicial sales, interest rate of purchaser's bond - HB 397
Land use decision, appeal bond required - SB 157; SB 157: SCA (1); HB 50: SCS
Liens, notice of failure to release - SB 67: HCS
Manufactured
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home - HB 205: HFA(8)
home residents, good cause eviction from manufactured home communities - HB 205
Marital property and debt - HB 115; HB 115: HCS, HFA (1)
Mortgage releases and assignments - SB 67
Private property, governmental actions affecting - HB 515
Real property lien, party with an interest in the property - HB 369
Surplus right-of-way, transfer of - HB 289
Redistricting
Education Cabinet - SB 46
Religion
Boarding school students, exempt from compulsory public school attendance - SB 71
Faith-based and nonprofit organizations, Governor's Office, create in - HB 383
Income tax check-off for Simmons Bible College - HB 422
Lead, blood testing, exemption from - SB 216
Ministers,
exemption from occupational and license tax - HB 28
taxation and regulation of - HB 28: SCS
Photographs, religious objections to, issue driver's license without photo - HB 517
Religious tolerance, land use and public health regulations - SB 192
Social services, provision of, government funding for - HB 383
Reorganization
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Executive Order 2004-616 - SB 37
Attorney
General, Executive Order 04-01 - SB 44: HCS(2)
General, reorganization - SB 44: CCR
Commerce Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-729 - SB 40
Commission on Human Rights, EO 2004-561 - SB 42; SB 42: SCS
Department
for Natural Resources, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41: SFA(4)
of Law, reorganization of - HB 167; HB 167: HCS
of Parks, list internal divisions - SB 40: SCS
of Revenue, various substance, technical, and conforming changes - SB 49: SCS
of Treasury, Division of Investment Property, creation of - HB 356
Dept of Agriculture, Executive Orders 04-02 and 04-03 - HB 218
Division
of Conservation, appointment of director of - SB 41: HFA(1)
of Energy, Reorganization Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SFA(3)
Education Cabinet - SB 46: SCS, HFA (1), CCR
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-838 - SB 86
Exec. Order 2004-835, Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, confirmation of - SB 86: SCS
Executive
Director, Office of Insurance, Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SFA(1)
Reorganization Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: HFA(2)
Finance
and Administration Cabinet substance, technical, & conforming changes - SB 49: SCS
and Administration Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-723 - SB 49
Gross receipts tax, boxing and wrestling match, limitation on application of - SB 41: HFA(5)
Health and Family Services Cabinet, creation of - SB 47; HB 110
Justice
and Public Safety - SB 45: SCA(1)
and Public Safety Cabinet, investigations - SB 45: SFA(2)
Cabinet - SB 45: HCS(1)
Cabinet, Executive Orders 2004-730 and 2004-994 - SB 45
Cabinet, reorganization of - SB 45: SFA(1),(3), HCS (2)
Kentucky
Economic Development Partnership, resolution 04-01 - SB 38: SCS; SB 40: SFA (1)
Economic Development Partnership, Resolution 04-01 - SB 38
Sports Authority, Executive Order 2005-001, confirm - SB 65
KY Athletic Commission abolished, Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority created in lieu thereof - SB 66
Office
of Homeland Security, creation of - SB 44; SB 44: SCS, HFA (3), CCR
of Minority Empowerment, creation by EO 200-481 - SB 42: SCS
of Minority Empowerment, creation by EO-2004-481 - SB 42
of the Governor, Executive Order 2004-728 - SB 136
Personnel
Cabinet, assignment of offices and departments - SB 43: SCS
Cabinet, Executive Orders 2004-832 and 2004-903 - SB 43
Public Advocacy, independence - SB 45: SCA(1)
Reorganization,
Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41
Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SCS
Revenue Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-723 - SB 49
Single county coal fund, transfer of administration of, Executive Order 2004-727 - SB 136
State Police, discipline system - SB 45: SCA(1)
Substance abuse, KY-ASAP - SB 45: SCA(1)
Transportation Cabinet, Executive Orders 2004-724, 2004-960, 2004-1052, 2004-1202 - SB 39
Workers' Claims, Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SFA(2)
Reproductive Issues
Abortion,
anesthesia requirement for 20 week or older fetus - SB 98
federal constitutional prohibition of - HCR 15
Abortions, reporting of - HB 152: HFA(2),(3),(4),(5)
Cloning - HB 438
Cloning, prohibitions - HB 150
Embryos, prohibited acts related to - HB 386
Emergency contraceptives, prescribing and dispensing of - HB 346
Human embryo, prohibited acts - HB 149
In vitro fertilization, prohibit the fertilization of more than one egg during the process of - HB 145
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, October 15, 2005, declared as - HR 177
Research and Methods
Kentucky Institute of Medicine, advice from - HCR 134
Stem cell research, petition, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, CPE for priority - HCR 140
Retirement and Pensions
CERS, urban-county government, solid waste collectors - HB 318
Elected
officials, exceptions for reemployment restrictions - HB 12: HFA(3)
officials, reemployment restrictions, exception for different elected position - HB 12: HFA(1)
officials, retirement, reemployment restrictions - HB 12
Expired statue, previously ineligible experience may apply for licensure as an electrician under - HB 499
Hazardous
duty coverage, Department of Agriculture - HB 130: HFA(1)
duty, coverage of waste water treatment positions - HB 130
duty, solid waste collectors - HB 318
Health
insurance, pharmacy benefit manager, limitations on - SB 164
insurance, prescription drug coinsurance, limitation - SB 4
Judicial
Retirement Plan, Senior Status Program for Special Judges, eligibility - HB 66, 322; HB 66: HCS
Retirement Plan, service purchases - HB 66; HB 66: HCS; HB 299: SCS
Kentucky Retired Veterans Day, designation of - SB 80
KERS,
high three average salary, eligibility - HB 66: HFA(1)
judges in KERS eligible for Senior Status Program for Special Judges, benefits - HB 66, 322; HB 66: HCS
judges in KERS, option to elect membership in Judicial Retirement Plan - HB 299: SCS
retirement incentive for local health departments - SB 110
KTRS,
health insurance - HB 169
health savings accounts, contribution to - HB 117
Legislators'
Retirement Plan, benefits - HB 66: HFA(3),(4)
Retirement Plan, creditable compensation - HB 66: HFA(2)
Retirement Plan, creditable compensation, vesting, service purchases - HB 66; HB 66: HCS; HB 299: SCS
Retirement Plan, reciprocity with other systems - HB 66: HFA(5)
Purchased
service, Head Start employment - HB 329
service, university employment - HB 299
service, urban-county police employment - HB 299
Reemployment
after retirement, restrictions - HB 12
restrictions - HB 299: SFA(1)
Retired judges, remove gender-specific language - HB 303
Retirees,
exceptions for reemployment restricts - HB 12: HFA(3)
reemployment restrictions - HB 12: HFA(2)
reemployment restrictions, exception for different agency - HB 12: HFA(1)
Sick leave for teachers, permit use of for personal leave - HB 274
Social
security, privatization - HCR 148
Security, repeal of windfall elimination and pension offset provisions - HCR 58
State pensions, states supporting terror, prevent investment in - HCR 143
Teachers, retiree COLA - SB 4
Urban-county government, benefits for police and firefighters - SB 128
Retroactive Legislation
Charitable gaming fee, increase in - SB 74: SCS
Grandfathered peace officer, change of agency authorized - HB 249: HCS
Health care provider tax, state veterans nursing home facilities, exemption of - HB 36: HCS
Kentucky National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - SB 161; HB 191, 222
Offender registration, change in - HB 455
Peace officer certification, transfer to another law enforcement agency - HB 249: HFA(1)
Retired teacher COLA - SB 4
State
employee health insurance, waiver of coverage - SB 6
health insurance, limitation on prescription drug coinsurance. - SB 4
Safety
Assault in the third degree, victims, inclusion of personnel of various emergency related services - SB 91
Blue lights on vehicles, allow for use by coroners and deputy coroners - HB 355
Emergency Response Commission, change membership - SB 166
Expelled students, educational services for - HB 151
Graduated driver's license, requirements for intermediate and full license - HB 22: HCS
Highway Watch Program, commendation of - HR 126
Hospital-acquired infections, task force on - HB 76: HCS
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, data on hospital-acquired infection rates reported by - SB 185; HB 76
Railroad crews, relief after seven consecutive working days - HB 357
Safety programs, public records, disclosure and availability of - HB 59: HFA(2)
Slow-moving vehicles, lighting requirements for - HB 378
Sales
Breeders' incentives, sales taxes dedicated to - HB 342
Business geographic location, misrepresentation in telephone directories prohibited - HB 402
Egg marketing, licensing and fees - SB 57
Floral businesses, misrepresentation of geographic location in telephone directories prohibited - SB 132; HB 414
Mobile
home retailer, license renewal, birth month for - SB 142
home retailers, license renewal, birth month for - SB 142: SCS
Science and Technology
Biological Products, remove from local property tax assessment - HB 308
Electronic
signature verification, health record procedures for - SB 25: HFA(1),(2)
signature, health records, verification of - HB 91; SB 25: HCS (2); HB 91: HCS, HFA (1)
Stem cell research, petition, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, CPE for priority - HCR 140
Secretary of State
Civic
literacy and engagement month, designate October as - HJR 109
literacy and engagement, actions to improve - HR 87
Elections, electioneering, within 100 feet of polls - HB 26
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Presidential electoral votes, apportionment of - HB 147
Special election require following failure to make executive branch appropriations - HB 315
State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum - HJR 92, 146; HJR 92: SCS
Workers' compensation groups, financial standards and regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2004-835 - SB 86
Securities
Prepaid tuition trust fund, types permitted under - HB 184
Sewer Systems
Environmental testing laboratories, certification and accreditation of - HB 372
On-site sewage system, issuance or denial of permit, within 15 days - HB 190: HFA(1)
Waste water treatment facilities, benefits for certain workers - HB 130
Sheriffs
Certification, grandfathering of officers - HB 156
Circuit and District Courts service, increase compensation for - SB 118
Concealed deadly weapon, carrying - HB 220: HCA(1)
Delinquent taxes, computation of interest - SB 55
Donations for public purposes, conditions for acceptance - SB 129
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, implementation of - HB 220
Fees for arrest and serving process - SB 105
Grandfathered peace officer, change of agency authorized - HB 249; HB 249: HCS
Gun buy-back program, private - HB 65
Inspection fee, increase - HB 364
Sheriff transporting prisoners, compensation - SB 140
U.S. Mint Police, Kentucky peace officer powers for - SB 89; HB 216
Unlisted telephone number service, utilities to provide at no cost - HB 202
Vehicle inspections, require inspection of historic vehicles only to authenticate VIN - HB 120
Small Business
Barbers and barber shops, independent contractors working for - HB 430
Commission on Small Business Advocacy - HB 459
Economic development, loans for - SB 156
Environmental testing laboratories, certification and accreditation of - HB 372
Floral businesses, misrepresentation of geographic location in telephone directories prohibited - SB 132; HB 414
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Group
life insurance - HB 63: SFA(7); HB 275: SFA (1); HB 316: SFA (1)
life insurance, decrease number of employees who must be covered under group policy - SB 97; HB 261
Health
benefit plans, information to be provided by insurer to - SB 2: HFA(1)
insurance - HB 278: HCS
insurance access - SB 97: HCS; HB 63: SFA (7); HB 275: SFA (1); HB 316: SFA (1)
insurance premium tax - HB 278: SFA(4)
insurance, access program - HB 278: SFA(5)
insurance, small business access program - HB 278; HB 278: SFA (3)
Healthy Kentucky program - HB 511
Junk and scrap recyclers, activities allowed by and duties of - HB 283
Kentucky Economic Development Partnership, resolution 04-01 - SB 40: SFA(1)
Malt beverages, incompatible licenses for - HB 432
Massage
therapy, amend definitions for - SB 17
therapy, amend provisions for - SB 17: SCS
Reorganization,
Kentucky Economic Development Partnership, resolution 04-01 - SB 38: SCS
Kentucky Economic Development Partnership, Resolution 04-01 - SB 38
Small
business access program, assessment - HB 278: HFA(3)
business access program, rates - HB 278: HFA(4)
Employer Health Reinsurance Program, create - HB 176
Special Districts
Air pollution control districts, abolition of in consolidated local governments - SB 213
Development
areas - HB 116: SCA(1)
areas, credit for occupational license fee or payroll tax - HB 476
Enterprise
zones, designated as economic growth districts - HB 9
zones, extension of sunset date - SB 75; HB 192
Filing requirements, for deeds to airport authorities - SB 111
Fire protection districts, election of trustees for - HB 444
Health boards, composition of - HB 114
Identification cards for volunteer firefighters - HB 48
Interlocal agreements, incentives for - HB 64
Management districts - organization and management - HB 210
Preference zones, creation of - HB 447
Prescription drug program, creation of - HB 485
Property tax, biotechnology products, exemptions from - SB 131
Sanitation districts, annexation of land under jurisdiction by cities - SB 48; HB 122
Subdivision road districts - HB 312
Volunteer firefighter identification cards, fees and chief's responsibilities for - HB 48: HCS
Water districts, lettting of work by bid - HB 264
State Agencies
Administrative
Office of the Courts, civic literacy - SJR 103
Office of the Courts, State Citizens Foster Care Review Board, elections - HB 327
Alcoholic Beverage Control, enforce prohibition on tobacco products until age 21 - HB 89
Attorney General, prosecutor manual on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation - HB 298: HCS
Benefits,
health reimbursement account - SB 4
prescription drug coinsurance limitation - SB 4
Board
of Claims, eliminate jurisdiction over claims against local boards of education - HB 420
of Education, physical activity assessment tool, development of - SB 172; SB 172: HFA (2), CCR, FCCR
of Nursing, controlled substance electronic data, access to - SB 152; HB 321; SB 122: HCS
of Pharmacy, wholesale drug distributors, licensure requirements - HB 445
of Pharmacy, wholesale drug distributors, licensure requirements for - SB 212
Boards and commissions, appointments, Governor permitted to achieve gender equity in making - HB 328
Breast Cancer Research and Education Trust Fund Board, establish - HB 43
Cabinet
for Families and Children, adult abuse investigations - HB 298
for Families and Children, adult abuse, investigations - HB 298: HCS, HFA (1)
for Families and Children, child committed to, extension - HB 186
for Families and Children, foster children, health care of insurance provided to age 23 - HB 446
for Families and Children, State Citizens Foster Care Review Board, elections - HB 327
for Health Services, aging caregivers, study of needs and services - SJR 85
for Health Services, attach Kentucky e-Health Board to - SB 2
for Health Services, community mental health centers, funding formula - SB 199
for Health Services, drug importation by - SB 139
for Health Services, long-term care minimum staffing committee, creation of - HB 208
for Health Services, small business health insurance task force, establish and staff - HB 278: SFA(3)
for Health Services, statewide organ donor registry, establish - SB 25: SCS, HCS (1)
for Health Services, statewide organ donor registry, work group to study - SJR 34; HJR 21
for Health Services, statewide organ donor registry, workgroup to study - HJR 21: HCS
for Health Services, uses of - SB 176
Canafax, Kevin Wayne, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 61
Cancer
drug repository, Cabinet for Health Services, creation of - SB 23
drug repository, Cabinet for Health Services, creation of - SB 23: CCR
Capital
Construction and Contingency Account, use of for agency moving expenses - HB 241
renewal account for state facilities, creation of - HB 245
Certification, grandfathering of officers - HB 156
Charitable gaming fee, increases in - SB 74
Cigarette tax increase, smokeless loose, and other tobacco, impose tax - HB 138
Civic literacy and engagement, actions to improve - HR 87
Claims bill - HB 374
Commission for Services/Supports for individuals with MR/DD, elderly caregivers, study of - SJR 85: SCS
Corrections,
fees - HB 467; HB 467: HCS
leasing of inmate labor - HB 75
Council
on Postsecondary Education to select Center for Mathematics - HB 93: SCS
on Postsecondary Education, adult education funding - HB 502
Department
of Agriculture, enforce prohibition on tobacco products until age 21 - HB 89
of Charitable Gaming, charitable gaming organizations, fee assessed - HB 388
of Education, civic literacy - SJR 103
of Education, establish hold harmless value for per pupil funding - SB 14
of Education, needs assessment of reading and literacy instruction - SJR 92
of Education, student harassment, intimidation, or bullying, reporting of incidents - SB 188
of Fish and Wildlife Resources, licenses, issuance of - HB 441
of highways, deadlines to transfer surplus right-of-way by - HB 289
of Insurance, charitable health care providers, registration of - SB 201
of Insurance, employer-organized plan, administrative regulations related to - SB 2: HFA(1)
of Law, reorganization of - HB 167
of Military Affairs, assistant adjutant general, qualifications of - HB 243
of Parks, employees allowed full use of state parks - SB 3
of Parks, park passes, issuance of - HB 441
of Veterans' Affairs, staffing of - SB 50
Disaster relief funding, program for - HB 367
Division of Conservation, appointment of director of - SB 41: HFA(1)
Education
Cabinet - SB 46; SB 46: SCS, HFA (1)
Professional Standards Board - HB 183
Professional Standards Board, confirmation to - HCR 33, 41
Emergency medical personnel, scope of practice for - HB 178: HFA(1)
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57
Employee sick leave donation program and bank, district boards of education to establish - HB 478
Exec. Order 2004-835, Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, confirmation of - SB 86; SB 86: SCS
Executive branch ethics, various "housekeeping" provisions, lobbyist registration fee - HB 211
Families
and Children Cabinet, merger of - SB 47; HB 110
and Children, adoption, approval - HB 30; SB 16: HCS
and Children, international adoption, register and records - SB 16: HCS; HB 30: HFA (1)
Finance
and administration cabinet, deadline to prepare surplus right-of-way transfer deed - HB 289
Cab., report & inventory on location of Native American remains & suitable reinterment sites - HB 332
Financial
literacy fund, promulgation of regulation to specify disbursal - HB 227: HCS
literacy trust fund, promulgation of regulation to specify - HB 227
literacy, disbursal of funds - HB 227; HB 227: HCS
literacy, implementing a program for - HB 227; HB 227: HCS
Flanagan, Danny E., confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 62
Genetic testing, prohibition against employer's use of - HB 223
Government
Contract Review Committee procedures, omnibus revision - HB 118: HCS
contracts, omnibus revision - HB 118
Governor's
Office, Office for Faith-based and Community Social Services Nonprofit - HB 383
Scholars Program, reorganization of - SB 134
Grandfathered peace officer, change of agency authorized - HB 249; HB 249: HCS
Health
and Family Services Cabinet, creation of - SB 47; HB 110
and Family Services, advisory council, permissive use of - HB 110: HCS
and Family Services, child support, garnishment, lump sum payment, definition of - HB 155: HFA(1)
and Family Services, child support, garnishment, lump sum payment, reporting of - HB 155: HCS
and Family Services, Public Health, newborn screening tests - SB 24; SB 24: SCS
education and improvement fund, creation of - HB 486
services Cabinet, merger of - SB 47
Services Cabinet, merger of - HB 110
Services, Public Health Services Advisory Council, permissive use of - SB 125: SFA(1)
Services, certificate of need, residential hospice exemption - SB 195
Services, certificate of need, residential hospice exemption from - HB 442
Services, Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 222; HB 56
Services, drug reimportation, assistance to local governments for - HB 485
Services, HIV/AIDS, prescription drugs, prohibition on restrictions for use of - HB 92
Services, Inspector General, administrative proceedings by - SB 223
Services, KADAP, prior authorization, exemption relating to - HB 92: HCS
Services, meals, home-delivered services to seniors to include - HB 112
Services, Public Health, newborn screening tests - HB 51
Services, regulations, advisory council review of - SB 125
Services, vital statistics, amendments, fee for - SB 92
Hold harmless value for per pupil funding, KY Dept of Ed to establish - HB 269
Human Rights Commission, sexual orientation and gender identity, discrimination based on, prohibit - HB 207
Instructional leadership hours, failure to complete, consequences imposed - HB 301
Interstate Compact for Juveniles - HB 46
Judicial Branch, training on elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation - HB 298: HCS
Junk and scrap recyclers, transfer of agency jurisdiction over - HB 283
Justice
and Public Safety Cabinet, investigations - SB 45: SFA(2)
Cabinet - SB 45: HCS(1)
Cabinet, law enforcement mandatory training - HB 298: HCS
Cabinet, reorganization of - SB 45: SFA(1),(3), HCS (2)
Cabinet, responsibility for motorcycle safety education program - SB 77
Juvenile Justice, sexual offender adjudication and treatment - HB 53
Kentucky
Board of Education, promulgate grant requirements relating to mathematics - SB 64
Boxing and Wrestling Authority, Env. & Public Protection Cabinet, oversight agency for - SB 66
Data Research Corporation, creation of - HB 512: HCS
Department of Education to manage grant program - HB 93: SCS
Economic Development Finance Authority, small business development, support for - SB 156
Health Care Improvement Authority, membership - HB 179
Higher Education Assistance Authority, prepaid tuition trust fund - HB 184
Higher Education Assistance Authority, responsibility for KEES - HB 460
Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, increase bonding authority of - HB 161
Historical Society, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission attached to - SB 37
Housing Corporation, appointment of David A. Wombwell - SR 108
Housing Corporation, appointment of Don Ball - SR 105
Housing Corporation, appointment of Porter G Peeples - SR 104
Housing Corporation, reappointment of Gail Melvin - SR 107
State Use Commission, creation of - HB 153
KY Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, women veterans, assistance provided - HB 62
Legend drug repository, creation of - SB 23: SCS
Long-term care facilities, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270; HB 270: HFA (1)
Maclin, Phyllis Alany, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 59
Medicaid pharmaceutical assistance program, administration of - HB 152: SFA(3)
Medicaid,
ambulance services reimbursement by - HB 123
pharmaceutical assistance program, administration of - SB 23: HCS(2), HFA (1); HB 298: SFA (4)
Military
Heritage Commission, members, proxy - HB 411
personnel, license extension for - HB 189: HFA(1)
Moore, Alois McIntyre, confirmation to the Council on Postsecondary Education - HCR 60
Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, jurisdiction over - HB 283
Nonresident students, contracts for - HB 197
Office
for Homeland Security, executive director, inform of application process for grants - SB 44: HFA(2)
of Homeland Security, federal grants - SB 44: HCS(2)
of Homeland Security, report to LRC on fund receipts and expenditures - SB 44: HCS(2)
of Homeland Security, responsibilities of - SB 44; SB 44: SCS
of Minority Empowerment, creation of - SB 42: SCS
of the State Treasurer, transfer prepaid tuition trust fund to KHEAA - HB 184
of Vital Statistics, responsibilities of - HB 58
Off-road
Motorcycle and ATV Commission, create and attach to Transportation Cabinet - HB 323
Motorcycle and ATV Commission, establish membership - HB 323: SFA(1)
Open
Meetings and Open Records Laws, exceptions - HB 59
Records Law, exceptions to - HB 59: HFA(1)
Parole
Board, practice and procedure - SB 102
board, victim advocates - SB 102: HFA(1)
Personnel
Board, appointment of John Chowning to - SR 109
Board, appointment of Rick W. Ifland - SR 88
Board, appointment of Timm Marden to - SR 87
Cabinet, technical amendment, gender-neutral language - HB 473
Postsecondary institutions, exception for agreements with private entities - HB 118: HFA(1),(2)
Prescription drug rebates, state plan amendment or waiver for - HB 85
Prevailing wage, repeal of - HB 162
Private property, governmental actions affecting - HB 515
Probation and parole, fees - HB 467; HB 467: HCS
Public
health phlebotomy technician, supervision of - SB 20
Health, hepatitis C, education about - HB 177: HCS
Health, hepatitis C, programs for - HB 177
Service Commission, application of Executive Branch Code of Ethics to - HB 436
Service Commission, confirmation of appointments - HB 160
Service Commission, water utility rate adjustment - HB 427
Service Commission, wireless phones, prohibit state regulation of - HB 424
Radiology practitioner assistants and radiology assistants, certification of - SB 15
Religious tolerance, land use and public health regulations - SB 192
Retirees,
exceptions for reemployment restricts - HB 12: HFA(3)
reemployment restrictions, exception for different agency - HB 12: HFA(1)
Revenue Cabinet, cigarette tax increase, impose tax on smokeless, loose, and other tobacco - HB 32
Salaries, increase for 2005 - SB 4
School board elections, activities of candidates - HB 362
Secretary of State, civic literacy - SJR 103
State
assessment program, writing portfolios not to be required - SB 61
auditor, mandatory audits, homeland security - SB 44: HFA(1)
contracts, raising minimum contract amount requiring bonds - SB 109
procurement policy, use of reverse auctions - HB 263
procurement, contract conditions for - SB 109: HCA(1)
State/Executive
Branch Budget Memorandum - HJR 92, 146; HJR 92: SCS
Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Budget, appropriation of - HB 267: HCS
Student
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, reporting of incidents - HB 405: HFA(1)
harassment, intimidation, or bullying, reporting of incidents - HB 405; SB 189: HCS, HFA (2)
Transportation
Cabinet, data sharing with LRC - SB 52
Cabinet, Hal Rogers Parkway, allow partial control of access - SB 165; HB 340
Cabinet, special license plates, omnibus revisions - HB 134
Turnpike authority, requirement to meet to consider surplus right-of-way transfer - HB 289
Vehicle Enforcement, department of, divisions - SB 45: HCS(1)
Workforce Development, authorized to contract with consumer reporting agencies - SB 203
State Employees
Assault third degree, include assaulting state employees - SB 147
Certified instructors in area vocational and technical schools, political rights and privileges of - HB 221
Department of Parks, use of state parks - SB 3
Drug importation program, design and implementation of - SB 139
Educational requirements, exempt highway superintendents from - HB 195
Employee associations, supplemental insurance - HB 103
Executive director, Office for Homeland Security, inform members of grant application process - SB 44: HFA(2)
Health
insurance, coverage, state contribution - HB 475
insurance, high-deductible plan - HB 117
insurance, high-deductible plan, 2006 RFP - HB 462
insurance, Kentucky Health Insurance Authority - HB 148
insurance, pharmacy benefit manager, limitations on - SB 164
insurance, statewide PPO plan, self-insurance - HB 25
insurance, waiver of coverage - SB 6
savings account, contribution to - HB 117
Long-term care facilities, notification of inspections, penalties for - HB 270: HFA(1)
Office of Homeland Security, executive director, display legislative findings - SB 44: HFA(4)
Pay equity, provisions for - HB 288; HB 288: HCS
Personnel
Board, appointment of John Chowning to - SR 109
Board, appointment of Rick W. Ifland - SR 88
Board, appointment of Timm Marden to - SR 87
Public Service Commission, confirmation of appointments - HB 160
Retired judges, remove gender-specific language - HB 303
Retirees,
exceptions for reemployment restricts - HB 12: HFA(3)
reemployment restrictions - HB 12: HFA(2)
reemployment restrictions, exception for different agency - HB 12: HFA(1)
Retirement benefits, high three average salary, eligibility - HB 66: HFA(1)
State Police, promotions - HB 201
State/Executive
Branch Budget, appropriation of - HB 267; HB 267: SCS, FCCR
Budget, appropriation of - HB 267: HCS
State Symbols and Emblems
Coal, designation as the official state rock - SB 99
Kentucky
agate, designation as the official state mineral - SB 99
Wine & Vine Fest, official state wine festival - HB 165
Milk, designate as official state drink - SB 93
My Old Kentucky Home, designation of contemporary version as official state song - HB 477
Outdoor Theatre Capital of Kentucky, designation - SB 99: HFA(1)
Pioneer Playhouse, designation as outdoor theatre capital of Kentucky - HB 70
Shelby County, designation as American Saddlebred Horse Capital of the World - SJR 12; HJR 16
Talbott
Amphitheatre in Bardstown designated the official outdoor musical theatre of Kentucky - SB 99: HFA(1)
Amphitheatre in Bardstown, designated the official outdoor musical theatre of Kentucky - HB 70: HFA(1)
Theatre pipe organ, official state designation of - SB 148
Statutes
Budget bill, effect of - HB 508
Statutes in the budget bill, effect of - HB 507
Studies Directed
Blue ribbon panel on health insurance in the private market, creation of - SJR 95
Business associations and structures, study of - HCR 113: HCS
Cabinet for Health Services, aging caregivers, study of needs and services - SJR 85
Coal industry, study of its impact on various stakeholders - HCR 105: HFA(1)
Costs
associated with educating children of undocumented immigrants - HCR 19
of death penalty implementation - HB 267: HFA(1)
Drug assistance program - HCR 147
Eminent Domain, study of - HCR 57; HCR 57: HCS
Jail funding task force - HCR 129
Judicial selection process - HCR 138
Kentucky Health and Economic Welfare Task Force, create - HJR 137
Landlord-tenant relations, study of directed - HB 205: HFA(2)
Medical malpractice task force - HB 480: HCS
Metropolitan Issues Task Force, creation of - HCR 56
Minimum wage, study of its effect on Kentucky workers - HB 105: HFA(1)
Model Business Corporation Act, study of - HCR 89, 113
National Guard and Reserve medical care, task force, establishment of - HCR 133; SB 80: HFA (1); HCR 58: HFA (1)
Physician assistant licensing - SCR 32
Privatization, task force on, creation of, study of privatization in Kentucky government - HCR 139
Public transportation funding - HCR 123
Sex offender Management Task Force - HCR 6
Statewide organ donor registry, work group to study - SJR 34; HJR 21
Support Education Excellence in Kentucky program, growth district, establish task force - HCR 91
Task
force on firefighter benefits established - SCR 81
Force on Urban Violence, establishment of - HCR 77
force, change name - HCR 56: HFA(1)
Tourism and school closing dates, study of - HCR 55
User fees, adequacy of - HCR 24; HCR 24: HCS
West Louisville, economic development of - HCR 142
Substance Abuse
Cigarette
tax increase, use of funds - HB 138
tax increase, use of moneys collected - HB 32
Community mental health-mental retardation centers, funding formula - SB 199
Controlled substances, trafficking, third offense, increase penalty for - SB 155
Deaths
caused by drugs or poisons, coroner's duty to report - HB 78: HCA(1)
caused by drugs or poisons, coroners' duty to report - HB 78
Marijuana possession, first offense, require jail time and fine or completion of treatment program - SB 154
Services, cigarette tax, increased funding due to - HB 486
Teachers, drug testing required - SB 220: SCS
Surface Mining
Department for Natural Resources, Executive Order 2004-731 - SB 41: SFA(4)
Remining incentives, extension of authority for - SB 180
Section 404 Water Permits, state regulatory program for - SB 175: SFA(1)
Taxation
Alcoholic beverage taxes, earmark receipts - HB 272: HFA(7)
Beer, wine, distilled spirits, restores the 9% wholesale rate - HB 272: HFA(8)
Biodiesel fuel, tax incentives for producers, blenders, retailers - HB 57
Biodiesel, tax credit for producers, blenders, and retailers - SB 31
Biological Products, remove from local property tax assessment - HB 308
Breast cancer research tax checkoff, add members to board - HB 7: HCS
Common carrier water companies, central assessment of the property of - HB 350
Compulsive gamblers awareness and treatment fund, funding mechanism, creation of - SB 186
Confirm
Marcus Stephen Carey, Board of Tax Appeals - SR 52
Nancy R. Mitchell, Board of Tax Appeals - SR 49
Randall G. Phillips, Board of Tax Appeals - SR 48
Corporate tax reform - HB 276
Corporations,
conversion to nonstock, nonprofit - HB 391; HB 391: HCS
income and license tax, limit to taxable years beginning before 2006 - HB 163
County
occupational license fees, moratorium on changes - HB 506
occupational taxes, effective date - HB 116: SCA(2)
Economic development incentives, accountability and equity measures - HJR 149
Electronic
filing requirement, individual income tax return preparers - HB 102
records, standards for use of by Revenue Cabinet - HB 497
Estate tax, federal - SR 6
Exempt military pensions from income tax - SB 34
Governor's tax reform package - HB 272
Gross receipts tax, boxing and wrestling match, limitation on application of - SB 41: HFA(5)
HB 272, make technical corrections - HB 272: HCA(2)
Health care provider tax, state veterans nursing home facilities, exemption of - HB 36: HCS
Historic preservation credit, restore to original language - HB 272: SCS
Horse breeders incentive, taxes dedicated - HB 342
Income
tax increase to fund military health reimbursement plan - HB 252
tax increase, fund military health reimbursement plan - HB 252: HFA(1)
tax, elder care credit - HB 194
Individual, top tax rate, exempt from tax individuals at or below federal poverty level - HB 277
Insurance premium tax, determination of risk locations for - HB 31
Internal revenue code reference, update - HB 272: SCS
Junk and scrap recyclers, state tax reporting requirements of - HB 283
Limited Liability Entities, how single member entities are taxes - HB 272: SCA(1)
Local
government occupational license fees, crediting - HB 400, 425
taxation - clarification of levy changes - HB 496
Local, update Internal Revenue Code reference - HB 116
Make technical corrections relating to petitions and elections - SB 13: SFA(2)
Military
Family Tax Relief Act of 2003, adopt provisions of - HB 341
pay, exemption from income tax for members killed in action - HB 175
Ministers, exemption from occupational and license tax - HB 28
Motor
Fuels Tax, electronic funds transfer, allow payment - HB 494
Fuels Tax, financial instrument, required with application - HB 494
Fuels Tax, refund limited to fuel purchased after effective date of refund permit - HB 494
Fuels Tax, sales to federal government, limit exemption - HB 494
fuels taxes, grow by CPI - HB 401
Nursing
facility provider taxes, prohibit billing residents for - HB 313
facility services, provider tax on - SB 211; HB 439
Occupational
license fees, counties - SB 221
license fees, crediting - HB 505
license fees, crediting and refunds - HB 400: HCS
license fees, license exemption for ministers - HB 28: HCS
license fees, local governments, refunds and crediting - HB 400: HFA(1),(2)
Other
tobacco products, define to include all tobacco products except cigarettes and snuff - HB 272: HCA(1), HFA (6)
tobacco products, excise tax rate 7.5% - HB 272: HFA(6)
tobacco products, impose rate at 7.5% - HB 272: HCA(1)
Pari-mutuel tax, international horse racing event, exempt - HB 350: SCA(1); HB 497: SCA (1)
Petitions list names by precinct - SB 13: SFA(1)
Property
owned by other states, constitutional amendment to exempt from property tax - HB 287
owned by other states, constitutional amendment to exempt, from the property tax - SB 120
tax, collection of delinquent - SB 55: HCS
tax, exempt property of other states - SB 138; HB 325
tax, motor vehicles, exemption of - HB 138
Prosecutorial funding, tobacco tax and fund to support - HB 487
Provider
tax, adjustment on new - HB 461: SCS
tax, exemption, nursing facility services subject to - HB 95
tax, facilities not accepting Medicaid reimbursement, exempt from paying - SB 62
tax, impose against various services - HB 461
tax, Medicaid managed care organization, prohibition against hold harmless for - HB 461: HCS
PVA exam administration provisions, amend - HB 510
Recall petition requirement for school taxes - SB 13: HCA(1)
Recycling
credit, expand - HB 272: SCS
tax credit for equipment purchases over $1,000,000 - HB 456
Refund of taxes, procedure for requesting - HB 498
Sales
and use tax exemption for equine industry - HB 349
and use tax exemption for straw, wood shavings, and sawdust - HB 98
and use tax, admissions to county fairs, exempt first $50,000 in sales - HB 495: SFA(2); HB 497: SFA (1)
and use tax, county fair admissions, exempt in counties with population less than 30,000 - HB 495: SFA(1); HB 497: SFA (2)
and use tax, exempt horses - SB 58
and use tax, exemption for horses under 2 years of age - HB 131
and use tax, streamlined sales and use tax agreement, conforming - HB 495
and use tax, tourism attraction, 50% approved costs eligible for refund - HB 497: SCA(2)
and use taxes, charitable institutions, refund for - HB 128
and use, extend term of tourism attraction agreement granting refund to 20 years - SB 158
tax, delete provisions subjecting alcohol sales to - HB 272: HFA(5)
tax, farm exemption, horse farmers subject to - SB 174
Snuff, impose rate at 5 cents per unit - HB 272: HCA(1)
Subdivision road districts - HB 312
Tax
exemption, active duty military - SB 72; HB 295
exemption, National Guard or Reserve, active duty pay - HB 344
increment financing - SB 38: HCS
increment financing, sports facilities - HB 516
lien collection fees - SB 55: SFA(1)
liens, interest computation on - SB 55: SFA(2)
Modernization Bill - HB 272: FCCR
Tobacco warehouses, tax credits, eligibility for - HB 428
Tobacco, impose tax on roll-your own - HB 111
Tourism
fund, restore - HB 272: SCS
development tax credits for parks, expand - HB 497: FCCR
U drive it tax receipts, portion of towards new county clerk motor vehicle registration fund - HB 300
Uninhabited territory, striking by city of - SB 94
Utility gross receipts license tax, electronic returns - HB 497
Veterans nursing homes, exemption from provider tax - HB 36
Water transportation companies, central assessment of - HB 350: SCS(1),(2)
Writing
portfolios - HB 272: HFA(4)
portfolios, delete from accountability system - HB 272: HFA(2)
Taxation, Income--Corporate
Adult stem cell investment, credit for - HB 376
Corporate tax reform - HB 276
Governor's tax reform package - HB 272
Income and license tax, limit to taxable years beginning before 2006 - HB 163
Limited Liability Entities, how single member entities are taxes - HB 272: SCA(1)
Provider tax, hospitals, cap and calculation - HB 407
Rate, phase in reduction in top rate to 6% - HB 272: HCS
Recycling tax credit for equipment purchases over $1,000,000 - HB 456
Refund of taxes, procedure for requesting - HB 498
Tax
credits, contributions to eligible nonprofit education organizations - SB 179
Modernization Bill - HB 272: FCCR
Taxation, Income--Individual
Adult stem cell investment, credit for - HB 376
Breast
cancer research tax checkoff, add members to board - HB 7: HCS
cancer tax refund checkoff program - HB 7
Credit, public school teachers' purchase of consumable supplies - SB 35
Elder care credit - HB 194
Electronic filing requirement, income tax return preparers - HB 102
Exempt military pensions from income tax - SB 34
Governor's tax reform package - HB 272
Health savings accounts - HB 278: HFA(1)
Include death benefits as excluded income - HB 175: HFA(1)
Income
tax check-off for Simmons Bible College - HB 422
tax rates - HB 272: HFA(1)
Limited Liability Entities, how single member entities are taxes - HB 272: SCA(1)
Military
Family Tax Relief Act of 2003, adopt provisions of - HB 341
pay, exemption for members killed in action - HB 175
Prescription drugs, refundable tax credit for - HB 85
Recycling tax credit for equipment purchases over $1,000,000 - HB 456
Student loan repayment assistance, exemption from income tax - HB 127
Surtax, assess to fund military health reimbursement plan - HB 252; HB 252: HFA (1)
Tax
credits, contributions to eligible nonprofit education organizations - SB 179
exemption, active duty military - SB 72; HB 295
exemption, National Guard or Reserve, active duty pay - HB 344
Modernization Bill - HB 272: FCCR
Top individual tax rate, exempt from tax all individuals at or below federal poverty level - HB 277
Taxation, Property
Biological Products, remove from local property tax assessment - HB 308
Central assessment of barge lines, Revenue Cabinet fee for collection of local tax - HB 350: HCA(1)
Classified forests - HB 172: HCS
Cohort-based CATS accountability system - HJR 53
Common carrier water companies, central assessment of the property of - HB 350
County attorney, additional fee if property tax litigated - HB 4
Delinquent
tax, collection of - SB 55: HCS
taxes, assessment of attorney's fees on - HB 4: HCS
taxes, computation of interest - SB 55
Forest management plans, property tax reduction, eligibility for - HB 172
Governor's tax reform package - HB 272
Local boards of education, maximum tax rates - HB 353
Motor vehicle property tax state rates - HB 272: HFA(1)
Notices of delinquency, alternative publication methods - HB 375: HCS
Property
of other states, exempt if reciprocal agreement in place - SB 138; HB 325
owned by other states, constitutional amendment to exempt - SB 120
owned by other states, constitutional amendment to exempt - HB 287
tax, biotechnology products, exemptions from - SB 131
PVA exam administration provisions, amend - HB 510
Refund of taxes, procedure for requesting - HB 498
Subdivision road districts - HB 312
Tax
levy recall provisions - SB 13
lien collection fees - SB 55: SFA(1)
Modernization Bill - HB 272: FCCR
Tobacco warehouses, tax credits, eligibility for - HB 428
Water transportation companies, central assessment of - HB 350: SCS(1),(2)
Taxation, Sales and Use
Admissions to county fairs, exempt first $50,000 in sales - HB 495: SFA(2); HB 497: SFA (1)
Alcoholic beverage taxes, earmark receipts - HB 272: HFA(7)
Capital expenditures, sales and use tax credits - HB 394
Certain horses exempt from - HB 339
Charitable institutions, refund for - HB 128
Charter buses, exempt from motor vehicle usage tax, exempt repair parts from sales tax - SB 60
Cigarette surtax and other tobacco wholesale tax, establish - HB 176
Cigarettes, add roll-your-own to definition - HB 111
County
fair admissions, exempt admissions in counties with population less than 30,000 - HB 495: SFA(1)
fair admissions, exempt in counties with population less than 30,000 - HB 497: SFA(2)
Enterprise zone program - HB 447
Exempt horses - SB 58
Exemption
for equine industry - HB 349
for straw, wood shavings, and sawdust - HB 98
Exemption, horses under 2 years of age - HB 131
Governor's tax reform package - HB 272
Horse farmers, exemption on feed, seed, farm machinery, fuel, farm chemicals, on-farm facilities - SB 174
Motor
fuels taxes, grow by CPI - HB 401
vehicle transfer tax, foster parent exemption - HB 24
Provisions subjecting alcohol sales to tax, delete - HB 272: HFA(5)
Refund, extend term of tourism attraction agreements to 20 years - SB 158
Repair and replacement parts for certain interstate vehicles, exemption - HB 159
Standardbred breeders' incentives, taxes dedicated - HB 342
Streamlined sales and use tax agreement, conforming - HB 495
Tax Modernization Bill - HB 272: FCCR
Telecommunications sales, wholesale, exempt - SB 206
Thoroughbred breeders' incentives, taxes dedicated - HB 342
Tourism attraction, 50% approved costs eligible for refund - HB 497: SCA(2)
Usage tax affidavit, require clerks to give verbal notice of consequences of making false statements - SB 21
Taxation, Severance
Kentucky Clean Coal Energy Project, recommend allocating $2 million from coal severance tax fund - SR 154; HR 179
Teachers
Assault-related injury, leave time for - HB 373
Awards for teachers of high-achieving students - HB 437
Benefits,
health reimbursement account - SB 4
prescription drug coinsurance, limitation - SB 4
Bruce A. Swetnam, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 143
Certification of teachers - HB 183
Certified
employees, hiring of - HB 100
instructors in area vocational and technical schools, political rights and privileges of - HB 221
school personnel on active military duty, permit continuing salary for - HB 470
Civic literacy and engagement, actions to improve - HR 87
Civil action, protection from for reporting a student infraction - HB 405: HCA(1)
Claims against local boards of education, eliminate the Board of Claims' jurisdiction over - HB 420
Collective bargaining in public schools - HB 399
Compensatory time for teachers - HB 398
Comprehensive reading program, inclusion of library media specialists in - SB 19: HCS
Dr. Thomas A. McConnell, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 142
Education
Professional Standards Board, appointment of Joseph Kent Juett to - HCR 10
Professional Standards Board, appointment of Lonnie R. Anderson to - HCR 8
Educational Professional Standards Board, appointment of Stephen H.T. Lin to - HCR 9
Ellen Furlough, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 145
Employee
associations, supplemental insurance - HB 103
sick leave donation program and bank - HB 478
Eugene R. Gaetke, a recipient of the UK Alumni Assoc.'s 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 141
Financial literacy, implementing a program for - HB 227; HB 227: HCS
Grants to teachers from eligible nonprofit education organizations - SB 179
Health
insurance obtained outside of state group - HB 41
insurance, high-deductible plan, 2006 RFP - HB 462
Higher education, capital - HB 267: SCA(2),(3)
Honor Billie Travis, the 2005 Kentucky Teacher of the Year - HR 25
Leave of absence, acceptable reason - HB 238
Liability, protection against - HB 84
Mathematics achievement committee, add adult education instructors to the - HB 93: HCA(1)
Misconduct related to drugs or alcohol, testing required - SB 220
Personnel decisions, notification by school districts, deadlines for - HB 182
Professional development for certified staff - HB 336
Reading intervention teachers, training for - SB 19
Reduction in force, reasons for - HB 236
Relatives, criteria for hiring - SB 119: HFA(7)
Retired teachers of the Commonwealth, honor and commend - SR 132; HR 164
Retirees,
health insurance - HB 169
health savings account, contribution to - HB 117
Review of student record, intervention services required - HB 93
Richard Labunski, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 144
Salary, increase for 2005 - SB 4
School
closure for primary election - SB 7
council and superintendent, responsibilities in selection of a principal - SB 119: HFA(3)
employees, hiring of - HB 231
Selecting a school principal and other school personnel, procedures for - SB 70
Sick leave, permit use of for personal leave - HB 274
Suketu P. Bhavsar, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Assoc.'s 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 140
Tax credit, public school teachers' purchase of consumable supplies - SB 35
Termination of contract - HB 182: HCS
Writing portfolios, to be used for instructional and diagnostic purposes - SB 61
Year of Languages - HR 175
Technical Corrections
BR 109 - HB 33
Breach of promise to marry, tort of - HB 286
Divorce, use of juries, technical correction - SB 143
Forgery, technical correction - SB 146
Gender neutral language, creation of - HB 385, 393
Gender-neutral language - HB 473
HB
155/HCS - HB 155: HCS, HFA (1)
22/HCS - HB 22: HFA(1)
272 - HB 272: HCA(2)
272/GA - HB 272: SCS
272/SCS - HB 272: FCCR
278/SCS - HB 278: SFA(4),(5)
304 - HB 304: HCS
396/HCS - HB 396: HCS
405 - HB 405: HCA(1)
461/SCS - HB 461: SCS
62 - HB 62: HFA(1)
72/GA - HB 72: SFA(1)
8 - HB 8: HCS
HCR 33 - HCR 33: HCS
Manslaughter in the first degree - HB 285
Proceeds of real estate sale, technical correction - SB 144
Retired judges, remove gender-specific language - HB 303
Riot liability, technical correction - SB 145
SB
102 - SB 102: SCA(1)
111/GA - SB 111: HCA(1)
112 - SB 112: HFA(1)
12 - SB 12: SCA(1)
136 - SB 136: SFA(1)
16/HCS - SB 16: HCS
172/PSS1 - SB 172: SCA(2)
19 - SB 19: SCA(1)
2 - SB 2: SCS
208/GA - SB 208: HCS
40 - SB 40: SCS
41 - SB 41: SCS
41/GA - SB 41: HFA(2)
42 - HB 42: HCS
44 - SB 44: SCS
46 - SB 46: SCS
46/GA - SB 46: HFA(1)
55 - SB 55: SFA(1)
59/HCS - SB 59: HFA(1),(3),(4)
63 - SB 63: SFA(2)
Trust administration, remove gender-specific language - HB 284
Television and Radio
Broadcast employers, prohibit imposition of certain post-employment requirements by - SB 137
Employment contracts, broadcast industry - HB 271; HB 271: HFA (1)
Title Amendments
HB
105 - HB 105: HFA(2)
113 GA - HB 113: SFA(2)
121/GA - HB 121: SFA(2)
134/GA - HB 134: SCA(1)
152/GA - HB 152: SFA(2)
182 - HB 182: HFA(2)
183/GA - HB 183: SFA(1)
184/GA - HB 184: SFA(1)
210/GA - HB 210: SFA(2)
220 - HB 220: HCA(1)
225 - HB 225: HFA(2)
23 - HB 23: HCA(1)
235 - HB 235: HFA(2)
248/GA - HB 248: SCA(1)
272 - HB 272: HCA(3), HFA (3)
275 - HB 275: SFA(4)
275/GA - HB 275: SFA(2)
278 - HB 278: HFA(2)
278/GA - HB 278: SFA(2)
287/GA - HB 278: SCA(1)
298 - HB 298: HFA(2)
298/GA - HB 298: SFA(2),(5)
301/SCS - HB 301: SFA(1)
303 - HB 303: HCA(1)
316 - HB 316: SFA(4)
316/GA - HB 316: SFA(2)
334 - HB 334: HFA(3)
343 - HB 343: HCA(1)
35 - HB 35: HCA(1)
350/GA - HB 350: SCA(3)
40 - HB 40: HFA(3)
439/GA - HB 439: SFA(2)
44 - HB 44: HFA(2)
440/GA - HB 440: SFA(2)
497/GA - HB 497: FCCR
50/GA - HB 50: SCA(1)
500 - HB 500: HCA(1)
512 - HB 512: HCA(1)
59/GA - HB 59: SCA(1)
63 - HB 63: SFA(10)
63/SCS - HB 63: SFA(8)
67/GA - HB 67: SFA(2)
78 - HB 78: HFA(2)
88 - HB 88: FCCR
88/GA - HB 88: SFA(2)
88/SCS - HB 88: SFA(4)
93 - HB 93: SFA(2)
HB225 - HB 225: HFA(3)
HCR
105 - HCR 105: HFA(2)
113 - HCR 113: HCA(1)
44 - HCR 44: HCA(1)
47 - HCR 47: HCA(1)
56 - HCR 56: HFA(2)
58 - HCR 58: HFA(2)
HJR 135 - HJR 135: HCA(1)
HR 119 - HR 119: HCA(1)
SB
10/GA - SB 10: HFA(2)
100 - SB 100: SFA(1)
109 - SB 109: HCA(2)
112 - SB 112: SFA(2)
119 - SB 119: HFA(8)
122 GA - SB 122: HCA(1)
122/GA - SB 112: HFA(2)
137 - SB 137: SFA(2)
142/HCS - SB 142: FCCR
17/GA - SB 17: HFA(2)
172/GA - SB 172: HCA(1)
175/GA - SB 175: HFA(4),(7)
180/GA - SB 180: HFA(2),(4)
189 - SB 189: HCA(2)
23 - SB 23: SCA(1), FCCR
23/GA - SB 23: HCA(1)
25 - SB 25: SCA(1)
38/GA - SB 38: HCA(1)
41/GA - SB 41: HFA(4),(6)
49/GA - SB 49: HCA(1)
63/GA - SB 63: HCA(1)
63/HCS - SB 63: FCCR
73 - SB 73: HFA(2),(5),(16)
73/GA - SB 73: HCA(1)
77 - SB 77: HCA(1)
78 - SB 78: HFA(2)
80/GA - SB 80: HFA(2)
97 - SB 97: HCA(1)
SJR 85 - SJR 85: SCA(1)
Tobacco
Agricultural
Development Councils, duties of - HB 262
development fund, state funds, distribution of - HB 257
development fund, tobacco dependent counties, earmarked funds for - HB 258
Buyout legislation, urge Congress to clarify Phase II issue - HCR 47
Buyout, Phase II allotment, payment of - HR 36
Cigarette
surtax and other tobacco wholesale tax, establish - HB 176
tax increase, impose tax on smokeless, loose, and other tobacco - HB 32
tax increase, smokeless loose, and other tobacco, impose tax - HB 138
Cigarettes, add roll-your-own to definition - HB 111
Economic development funds, eligibility, tobacco warehouses included - HB 435
Excess tobacco, urge Congress, USDA to allow sale - HR 69
Health services, cigarette tax, increased funding due to - HB 486
Moisture-testing devices, regulation of - HB 358
Phase
II tobacco obligation, urge payment - HR 35
II Tobacco Settlement funding, providing for - HB 132: HCS
Prosecutorial funding, tobacco tax and fund to support - HB 487
Tobacco
companies, urge Phase II payment - HCR 47: HCS
products, prohibit use until age 21 - HB 89
Settlement Committee, mandate when funds allocated - HB 240
Settlement Fund Oversight Committee, meeting schedule, requirement for - HB 240: SCA(1)
Warehouses, property assessment moratoriums and tax credits, eligibility for - HB 428
Tourism
Agritourism highway signs, mandate Transportation Cabinet to promote usage of - HJR 112
Concessionaires in state parks - HB 213
Cumberland Gap and Trail of Tears, automobile tours on state road map - HJR 99
Department
of parks, operation and management - HB 235: HFA(2)
of Parks, operation and management - HB 235: HFA(1)
Kentucky
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission, establishes and funds - HB 302: HCS
Multiple-use Recreational Trail Commission. establish and funds - HB 302
Sports Authority, creation of - SB 65
Tourism
and school closing dates, study of - HCR 55
attraction agreements, extend term to 20 years - SB 158
attraction, 50% approved costs eligible for refund - HB 497: SCA(2)
Development Cabinet, Executive Order 2004-729 - SB 40
Traveller's
Rest, declare historical asset - HCR 171
Rest, declare historical asset preservation of - SCR 162
Rest, preservation of - SR 173
Trade Practices and Retailing
Bad checks, notice procedure for - SB 96; SB 96: HCS
Business geographic location, misrepresentation in telephone directories prohibited - HB 402
Commercial transactions, financing - SB 114
Floral businesses, misrepresentation of geographic location in telephone directories prohibited - SB 132
Food establishments, no liability for weight gain, obesity, or related condition - SB 103
Methamphetamine precursors, controls on sale - HB 253
Motion picture piracy, prohibit - HB 348
Motor vehicle, sale to pay for work performed on - HB 392
Schools, food and beverage requirements in - SB 172, 222; HB 56; SB 172: HFA (2),(9), CCR, FCCR; HB 56: HFA (1)
Sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, prohibition of - SB 173
Telephone directories, prohibit misrepresentation of geographic location of certain businesses in - HB 414
Towing charges, recovery of - HB 392
Traffic Safety
Accidents
blocking roadway, removal of - SB 59: SCS, HFA (1),(2),(3),(4)
blocking roadway, removal of vehicles and cargo - HB 136
blocking roadway, removal of vehicles and materials - SB 59
resulting in death of serious injury, mandatory DUI testing of drivers involved - HB 78: HFA(1)
All-terrain vehicles, no person under age 16 shall operate and helmets required for operation of - HB 86
Blue lights on vehicles, allow for use by coroners and deputy coroners - HB 355
Child
booster seat requirement, exempt children 8 years of age and older - HB 334: HFA(1)
booster seats, require and make violations a primary offense - HB 334
Extended weight road system, require Transportation Cabinet to promulgate safety standards - HB 8: SFA(4)
Field sobriety tests, require of all drivers in an accident in which school bus is involved - SB 90
Graduated driver's license, requirements for intermediate and full license - HB 22: HCS
Headlights,
require use when windshield wipers are in use - HB 54
require use when windshield wipers in use - HB 99
Highway
Watch Program, commendation of - HR 126
work zones, identification of for double fine purposes - HB 237: HCS
Inoperative traffic signal, when to proceed - HB 311
Intermediate driver's license, provisions of - HB 22
MCSIA implementation, restrict prohibition of masking violations to CDL holders - HB 133: HCS
MIRET
devices, allow use by transportation employees - HB 17: HFA(1)
devices, penalty for use by nonemergency vehicle - HB 17
Motor
vehicle insurance, driving course - HB 244
vehicles, unrebuildable titles on, require special brand if rebuilt in Kentucky - HB 109
Motorcycle
safety awareness signs, cabinet approval of placement - HB 39: HFA(1)
safety awareness signs, placement on rights-of-way - HB 39
safety education program fund, establish and appropriate funds - SB 77: HCS
safety education program, creation of - SB 77
Recreational vehicles, permissible appurtenances - HB 139
Seat belt usage, primary offense - HB 334: HFA(2)
Slow-moving vehicles, lighting requirements for - HB 378
Traffic control devices, installation in school zones - HB 154
Vehicle Enforcement, department of, divisions - SB 45: HCS(1)
Work
zone, highway workers to be present - HB 237: SFA(1)
zone, speeding in, required notice for double fines - HB 237
Transportation
Accessible parking license plate or placard for disabled persons, identification card issued with - HB 101
Accidents
blocking roadway, removal of - SB 59: SCS, HFA (1),(2),(3),(4)
blocking roadway, removal of vehicles and cargo - HB 136
blocking roadway, removal of vehicles and materials - SB 59
Agritourism highway signs, mandate Transportation Cabinet to promote usage of - HJR 112
All-terrain vehicles, no person under age 16 shall operate and helmets required for operation of - HB 86
Amtrak service in Kentucky, urge Congress to continue funding for - HR 187
Certified volunteer firefighter, identification card - HB 48: HFA(1)
Charter buses, exempt from motor vehicle usage tax, exempt repair parts from sales tax - SB 60
Child
booster seat requirement, exempt children 8 years of age and older - HB 334: HFA(1)
booster seats, require and make violations a primary offense - HB 334
Coal miners, create special license plate for - HB 171, 310
Commercial
driver's license standards, adopt federal MCSIA provisions - SB 84; HB 133
vehicle, impoundment of - HB 133: SFA(1)
Department of highways, deadlines to transfer surplus right-of-way by - HB 289
Driver licenses, allow free replacement if address change with no movement of residence - HB 44: HCS
Driver's license, issue without a photograph due to religious convictions - HB 517
Drivers' licenses, educational requirements - HB 317
Driving on expired license, exemption for returning out-of-state military - HB 291
Extended
weight coal road system, expand to include other minerals - HB 8
weight coal roads, weight limits by truck size - HB 129
weight road system, allow bonding with local government to access system - HB 8: SCS(1)
weight road system, define system by transportation of coal - HB 8: SCS(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within a consolidated local government - HB 8: SFA(1)
weight road system, exempt roads within an urban county government - HB 8: SFA(2)
weight road system, exempt specific roads - HB 8: SFA(3)
weight road system, require Transportation Cabinet to promulgate safety standards - HB 8: SFA(4)
weight roads system, exempt certain roads - HB 8: SCS(2)
Fraternal Order of Police associate members, create special license plate for - HB 265
Graduated driver's license, requirements for intermediate and full license - HB 22: HCS
Hal
Rogers Parkway, allow partial control of access - SB 165; HB 340
Rogers Parkway, partial control of access, specifications for - HB 340: HFA(1)
Hardship driver license, permit for general traffic offenses - SB 121
Headlights,
require use when windshield wipers are in use - HB 54
require use when windshield wipers in use - HB 99
Highway
technology program fund, create - HB 364
Watch Program, commendation of - HR 126
work zones, identification of for double fine purposes - HB 237: HCS
Historic vehicles brought into state, require inspection only to authenticate VIN - HB 120
Increase fees associated with license plate issuance and renewal - HB 364
Inoperative traffic signal, when to proceed - HB 311
Insurance, surrender of license plates for failure to maintain insurance - HB 371
Interlocal agreements, incentives for road construction and maintenance - HB 64
Intermediate driver's license, provisions of - HB 22
Kentucky
Colonels, special license plate for - SB 5
Walking Horse Association, create special license plate for - HB 126
KY
11, designate section as The Veterans Memorial Highway - HJR 90
72, Harlan Co., name segment in memory of victims of 1932 Yancey Mine Disaster - HJR 27
Letcher County Coal Miners Highway, designate - SJR 4
License plates, replate schedule at Cabinet's discretion - HB 426
Liens for motor vehicle towing charges, allow sale if not claimed within 30 days - HB 142
Love Makes a Family special license plate, creation of - HB 452
Manufactured homes, restrict transportation of - HB 309
MCSIA implementation, restrict prohibition of masking violations to CDL holders - HB 133: HCS
MIRET devices, allow use by transportation employees - HB 17: HFA(1)
Motor
carriers; driver permitted to move vehicle to storage facility - HB 133: SCS
fuels taxes, grow by CPI - HB 401
vehicle renewals, allow voluntary contribution to Veterans' Trust Fund - HB 40: HFA(1)
vehicles, unrebuildable titles on, require special brand if rebuilt in Kentucky - HB 109
Motorcycle
safety awareness signs, cabinet approval of placement - HB 39: HFA(1)
safety awareness signs, placement on rights-of-way - HB 39
safety education program fund, establish and appropriate funds - SB 77: HCS
safety education program, creation of - SB 77
Moves dollars from the highway construction account into a specific road project - HB 267: HFA(15)
National Guard special license plate, require $5 Veterans Trust Fund fee upon annual renewal - HB 40: HFA(2)
Nuisances, motor vehicles associated with motor carriers exempted - HB 345: HFA(1)
Off-road
Motorcycle and ATV Commission, create - HB 323
Motorcycle and ATV Commission, establish membership - HB 323: SFA(1)
Operator's licenses, eliminate new license requirement if only street name is changed - HB 44
Personal identification cards, issuance of - HB 196
Purple Heart license plate, allow parents and spouse of deceased recipients to get plate - HB 134: SFA(2)
Railroad
crews, relief after seven consecutive working days - HB 357
trespassing and vandalism, penalties for - HB 133: SCS
Rebuilt brands and salvage title on junk vehicles, require cabinet to create unique ID for - HB 109: HCS
Recreational
vehicles, permissible appurtenances - HB 139
vehicles, remove Recreational Vehicle Certification and Licensure Board duties - SB 181
Remote control locomotives, U.S. Congress to urge Federal Railroad Administration regulation of - SCR 64
Reorganization, Transportation Cabinet, Executive Orders 2004-724, 2004-960, 2004-1052, 2004-1202 - SB 39
Resource recovery roads, use natural resources and petroleum severance tax for - HB 8: HFA(1)
Rest areas, require POW/MIA flag to be flown - HB 443
Roads and bridges, naming of - HJR 135: SCS
Sales tax exemption, repair and replacement parts for certain interstate vehicles - HB 159
Seat belt usage, primary offense - HB 334: HFA(2)
Shriners, create special license plate for - SB 12
Slow-moving vehicles, lighting requirements for - HB 378
Special
license plate, Big Brothers Big Sisters - HB 518
license plates, add $5 extra fee for veterans' trust fund upon renewal of certain plates - HB 134: SCS
license plates, establish Gold Star Mother plate - HB 134: SFA(3)
license plates, increase renewal fee for selected categories - HB 40
license plates, omnibus revisions - HB 134
license plates, require regs spell out criteria and standards for denial - HB 134: SFA(1)
Speed limits, increase on interstates, parkways, and 4 lane state roads - HB 450
State highway superintendents, educational requirements, exempt from - HB 195
Surplus right-of-way, transfer of - HB 289
Toll
road fees, nonpaying users - HB 351
roads, nonpaying users - SB 115
Traditional marriage, special license plate endorsing - HB 234
Traffic control devices, installation in school zones - HB 154
Turnpike authority, requirement to meet to consider surplus right-of-way transfer - HB 289
US 62 in Lyon County and Marshall County, name the Veterans Memorial Highway - HJR 76
Work zone, highway workers to be present - HB 237: SFA(1)
WWII Veterans Memorial Bridge, designate in Johnson County - HJR 50
Treasurer
Department of Treasury, Division of Investment Property, creation of - HB 356
Kentucky National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - SB 161; HB 191, 222
Prepaid tuition trust fund, transfer to KHEAA - HB 184
State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum - HJR 92, 146; HJR 92: SCS
Unemployment Compensation
Benefits eligibility for military spouse - SB 33; HB 293
Successor employers, procedures and rates for - SB 113
Unemployment
insurance program, authorized to contract with consumer reporting agencies - SB 203
insurance, procedures and rates for successor employees - SB 113: SCS
Uniform Laws
General and limited partnerships, uniform laws on - HB 247
Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact - HB 166
Motion picture piracy, prohibit - HB 348
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, adoption of - SB 26; SB 26: HCS
United States
Amtrak service in Kentucky, urge Congress to continue funding for - HR 187
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, protection of - HCR 17
Class action reform, urge support of - SR 138
Congress,
urge to abolish federal estate tax permanently - SR 6
urge to pressure Sudan - HCR 143
Definition of marriage - HCR 12
Disabled veterans, award federal benefits to - HR 119; HR 119: HCS
Drug importation program, federal requests related to - SB 139
Elder Justice Act, urge reintroduction - SR 84
Firearms ownership, constitutional protection for - HCR 54
Marriage, definition of - HCR 12: HFA(1),(2)
Medical malpractice reform, urge support of - SR 30, 138
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, adoption of - SB 26; SB 26: HCS
Reagan, President Ronald, memorializing - SR 36
SEC, identification of companies supporting terror - HCR 143
Social
security, privatization - HCR 148
Security, repeal of windfall elimination and pension offset provisions - HCR 58
Supreme court nominations, urge support of - SR 63
U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, services, recruit and inform of - HR 63
Mint Police, Kentucky peace officer powers for - SB 89; HB 216
United States Constitution, urge amendment to forbid raising taxes by judicial decision - HR 49
Universities and Colleges
Academy for Health Care Improvement and Cost Reduction, creation of - SB 2; HB 416
Adopted and foster children, tuition waivers for - HB 23: HCS
Adult stem cell investment, credit for - HB 376
Big Sandy Community and Technical College and President Edwards, honor - SR 191
Brown Cancer Center, comprehensive cancer center designation of - SCR 96
Bruce A. Swetnam, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 143
CATS scores, use of to determine supplemental KEES award - HB 492
Civic literacy and engagement, actions to improve - HR 87
Commission for a Healthy Kentucky, creation of - SB 222; HB 56
Disproportionate share funds, distribution of - SB 218: SCS
Dr. Thomas A. McConnell, a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 142
Ellen Furlough, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 145
Eugene R. Gaetke, a recipient of the UK Alumni Assoc.'s 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 141
Faculty and staff, recognition of - HR 154
Government Contract Review Committee procedures, omnibus revision - HB 118: HCS
Honor the 2005 Career and Technical Education Week - HR 145
Hospital disproportionate share funds, distribution, contingent effective date for - SB 218: HCS
Hospitals, disproportionate share funds, distribution of - SB 218; SB 218: HFA (1)
KEES
awards, permit use at out-of-state institutions - HB 20
scholarships for dual credit courses - HB 33
Kentucky
Community and Technical College System, honor - HR 128
data research initiative, participation in - HB 512: HCS
Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, increase bonding authority of - HB 161
Lexington Community College, transfer to Kentucky Community and Technical College System - HB 239
Louisville Cancer Center, funding for - HB 486
Markey Cancer Center, comprehensive cancer center designation of - SCR 96
Military active duty, academic credit for - HB 347
Murray State University, Breathitt Veterinary Center, funds earmarked for - HB 267: SCA(1)
Postsecondary
Education Nominating Committee, confirmation, Frank Joseph Schwendeman - HCR 45
Education Nominating Committee, confirmation, Kimberly S. McCann - HCR 40
enrollment and financial aid, eligibility for - HB 203
institutions, debt issuance by - HB 45
Prepaid tuition trust fund, governance and administration of - HB 184
Richard Labunski, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Association's 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 144
Student credit card regulation - HB 96
Suketu P. Bhavsar, Ph.D., a recipient of the UK Alumni Assoc.'s 2005 Great Teacher Award, honor - SR 140
Teachers, university programs for alternative certification - HB 183
Tuition fees, reimbursement for - HB 55
University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, membership of - SB 124
Year of Languages - HR 175
Veterans' Affairs
Benefits, administration of - SB 50
Davidson, Jr., Sergeant First Class Benny, honoring - SR 197
Dieruf, Corporal Nicholas J., memorializing - SR 21; HR 80
Disabled veterans, award federal benefits to - HR 119; HR 119: HCS
Doughty, Staff Sergeant Robert S., honoring - SR 151
Exempt veterans nursing homes from the provider tax - HB 36
Harlan,
Sergeant James W., memorializing - HR 82
Sergeant James W.,resolution memorializing - SR 17
Health care provider tax, state veterans nursing home facilities, exemption of - HB 36: HCS
Heflin,
Sergeant Christopher T., memorializing - HR 84
Sergeant Christopher T., resolution memorializing - SR 20
Henderson,
Lieutenant Robert L. II, resolution memorializing - SR 25
Robert L., II, memorializing - HR 81
High
school diplomas, awarding of - HB 60
school diplomas, awarding of to Vietnam veterans - SB 82; HB 230
Hughes, Specialist Jonathan A., memorializing - HR 201
Hunting and fishing licenses, state park passes, provided free to certain veterans - HB 441
Kentucky
National Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - SB 161; HB 191, 222
Retired Veterans Day, designation of - SB 80
Langley,
Lance Corporal Sean M., memorializing - HR 83
Lance Corporal Sean M., resolution memorializing - SR 14
Motor vehicle renewals, allow voluntary contribution to Veterans' Trust Fund - HB 40: HFA(1)
National
Guard and Reserve, federal active duty, death benefits - HB 222: HFA(1)
Guard Lexington armory, MJ John Russell Groves, Jr. - HR 136
Guard special license plate, require $5 Veterans Trust Fund fee upon annual renewal - HB 40: HFA(2)
Notary
public fees, waived for veterans of armed services - HB 108
public, waived for veterans of armed services - HB 108: HCS
Otey,
Lance Corporal DeShon E., memorializing - HR 85
Lance Corporal DeShon E., resolution memorializing - SR 31
POW/MIA flag, require to be flown at rest areas - HB 443
Rentschler,
Staff Sergeant George S., memorializing - HR 79
Staff Sergeant George S., resolution memorializing - SR 18
Special license plates, add $5 extra fee for veterans' trust fund upon renewal of certain plates - HB 134: SCS
Thompson, Lance Corporal Lance M., memorializing - HR 184
Tuition fees, reimbursement for - HB 55
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, services, recruit and inform of - HR 63
Veterans from Lyon County and Marshall County, name US 62 in memory of - HJR 76
Veterans' license plates, increase renewal fee for selected categories - HB 40
Women veterans, services and benefits for - HB 62
Veterinarians
Breathitt Veterinary Center, funds earmarked for - HB 267: SCA(1)
Wages and Hours
Garnishment,
child support, lump sum payment, definition of - HB 155: HFA(1)
child support, lump sum payment, reporting of - HB 155: HCS
Labor organizations, mandatory membership or financial support prohibited, penalty - SB 205; HB 82
Minimum
wage revision - HB 105; HB 105: HCS
wage, study of its effect on Kentucky workers - HB 105: HFA(1)
wage, title change, study request for - HB 105: HFA(2)
Pay equity, provisions for - HB 288; HB 288: HCS
Prevailing wage, repeal of - HB 162
Unemployment
insurance, benefits eligibility for military spouse - SB 33
insurance, military spouse benefits eligibility - HB 293
Waste Management
Cabinet, data sharing with LRC - SB 52
Environmental testing laboratories, certification and accreditation of - HB 372
Metropolitan Issues Task Force, creation of - HCR 56
On-site sewage disposal system permits, 15-day requirement to respond to requests for - HB 190
Plastic beverage containers, codes, make changes to - HB 483
Waste water treatment facilities, benefits for certain workers - HB 130
Water pollution permits, authorize state to issue for fill material - SB 175
Water Supply
Environmental testing laboratories, certification and accreditation of - HB 372
Kentucky River Authority, water use fee, limit authorization for assessment - HB 137
Section
404 Water Permits, feasibility study, requirement for - SB 175: HFA(2)
404 Water Permits, state regulatory program for - SB 175: SFA(1)
Water
districts, letting of work by bid - HB 264
supply projects, plans for, engineer's seal not required if $10,000 or less - HB 264: HFA(1)
utility, automatic adjustment of rates, Public Service Commission action on - HB 427
Waterways and Dams
Building permits, local governments may issue in flood area - HB 471
Environmental testing laboratories, certification and accreditation of - HB 372
Kentucky River Authority, water use fee, limit authorization for assessment - HB 137
On-site
sewage disposal system with service discharge, 15-days to respond to permit request - HB 190
sewage system involving surface discharge, approve or deny within 20 days - HB 190: HFA(1)
Section 404 Water Permits, feasibility study, requirement for - SB 175: HFA(2)
State assumption of permitting process, cabinet to report on - SB 175: HFA(6); HB 175: HFA (2)
Surface mines, overburden disposal in state waters, prohibited - HB 509
Water
Pollution Control Act state permit requirements, no more or less stringent than federal - SB 175: HFA(1)
pollution permits, authorize state to issue for fill material - SB 175
Weights and Measures
Metrology
lab and tobacco moisture testing devices, fees for - HB 358: HFA(1)
lab, fees for - HB 358: HCA(1)
Tobacco moisture-testing devices, regulation of - HB 358
Wills, Trusts, and Estates
Bonding of guardians and conservators, exemptions - HB 381
Death certificates, access to - HB 58
Trust administration, technical correction to remove gender-specific language - HB 284
Withdrawn Legislation
WITHDRAWN - SB 36, 53, 54, 81, 87, 104, 168, 187, 196, 210, 219; SJR 65; SR 153, 171; HB 6, 15, 34, 87, 124, 143, 185, 198, 212, 214, 255, 279, 307, 324, 352, 354, 363, 412, 474; HJR 28; HCR 31, 34, 39; HJR 66, 120
Women
Abortion,
anesthesia requirement for 20 week or older fetus - SB 98
federal constitutional prohibition of - HCR 15
Appointments to boards and commissions, Governor permitted to achieve gender equity in making - HB 328
Breach of promise to marry, tort of - HB 286
Breast
cancer tax refund checkoff program - HB 7
cancer, special license plate proceeds to research and education trust fund - HB 43
Child sexual abuse, damages, extend time limitations - HB 488
Definition of marriage - HCR 12
Health data advisory committee, Office of Women's Health member as member of - SB 108
In vitro fertilization, prohibit the fertilization of more than one egg during the process of - HB 145
Marital property and debt - HB 115; HB 115: HCS, HFA (1)
Marriage, definition of - HCR 12: HFA(1),(2)
Myositis Awareness Day, September 21 of each year recognized as - HB 366
Parental interference, civil remedy for - HB 27
Pay equity, provisions for - HB 288; HB 288: HCS
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, October 15, 2005, declared as - HR 177
Sexual
Assault Awareness Month, declare March as - HR 107
Assault Awareness, declare March as - SR 47
Veterans, services and benefits for - HB 62
Workers' Compensation
Administrative
law judge appointment, A. Thomas Davis - SR 58
law judge appointment, Andrew F. Manno - SR 54
law judge, appointment, John W. Thacker - SR 51
law judge, reappointment, Richard M. Joiner - SR 50
Assessment penalty waiver, special fund assets determination, provisions for - HB 451
Black lung revisions - HB 106
Commissioner of Dept. of Workers' Claims, appointment, William Emrick - SR 75
KEMI
Board of Directors, appointment, Jon W. Ackerson - SR 77
Board of Directors, appointment, Lois Ann Disponett - SR 76
Board of Directors, appointment, William Paul Reed - SR 74
Prescription drug monitoring data, uses of - SB 176
Professional driver, exempted if owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle - HB 404
Self insured groups, financial standards and regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2004-835 - SB 86: SCS
Self-insured groups, financial standards and regulation of, confirm Exec. Order 2005-835 - SB 86
Vinyl chloride claims, statute of limitations for - HB 297
Workers' Claims, Executive Order 2004-731, confirmation of - SB 41: SFA(2)
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