HB 198 Kentucky House · 2018 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to government contracts. Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
Signed into Law
Apr 2018
Introduced Jan 16, 2018 Signed Apr 2, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Apr 2, 2018
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 87)
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed 57-36
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
lower
Mar 20, 2018
Committee
To Rules (H)
lower
Feb 20, 2018
Committee
To Judiciary (S)
upper
Feb 15, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed 52-40 with floor amendment (1)
lower
Feb 15, 2018
Introduced
Floor amendments (8) and (9) ruled out of order
lower
Feb 8, 2018
Lower · Passed
Floor amendments (10), (11), and (12) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Feb 7, 2018
Introduced
Floor amendment (8) filed to HFA 1 and floor amendment (9) filed to Bill
lower
Feb 5, 2018
Introduced
Floor amendments (4) and (6) filed to HFA 1 and floor amendments (5) and (7) filed to the Bill
lower
Feb 2, 2018
Introduced
Floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
lower
Jan 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted in committee
lower
Jan 18, 2018
Committee
To Judiciary (H)
lower
Jan 16, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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