passed · Kentucky · House Feb 22, 2018 HR 181: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Lloyd Cress. Adopted by voice vote Sponsor Diane St. Onge (R) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2018 SJR 214: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate twin bridges on United States Highway 460 in Pike County in honor and memory of Harrell Caudill and erect the appropriate signage. To Transportation (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2018 SB 180: AN ACT relating to an earned income tax credit. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 and amend KRS 141.0205 to establish a refundable earned income tax credit. To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Sponsors Reggie Thomas (D) , Morgan McGarvey (D) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2018 SB 176: AN ACT relating to planning and zoning in consolidated local governments. Amend KRS 100.137 to clarify powers of certain cities within a consolidated local government in regards to home rule powers and planning and zoning. To State & Local Government (S) Sponsor Morgan McGarvey (D) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2018 SB 165: AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to elections of members of the General Assembly. Propose to amend Sections 30 and 31 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the number of years in a term for a Senator from four to six years and to increase the number of years in a term for a Representative from two to four years beginning with the regular election in November 2020; submit to the voters for approval or disapproval. To State & Local Government (S) Sponsor Steve Meredith (R) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2018 SB 179: AN ACT relating to corrections. Amend KRS 196.731 to specify that calculations and reports are to be quarterly; amend KRS 196.732 to require deposits to be made quarterly; amend KRS 196.736 to conform; amend KRS 532.100 to grant accredited jail facilities priority in the receipt of state prisoners subject to jail detention. To Judiciary (S) Sponsor Jimmy Higdon (R) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2018 SCR 215: Recognize the need to lower the rate of cesarean delivery in the Commonwealth. To Health & Welfare (S) Sponsor Julie Adams (R) Track
passed · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2018 HR 174: Urge the Governor to exempt Family Resource and Youth Services Centers from budget cuts through fiscal year 2019-2020. Adopted by voice vote Sponsors Jill York (R) , Rick G. Nelson (D) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2018 HB 31: AN ACT relating to firearms. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of a firearm. Posted in committee Sponsors Jim Wayne (D) , Kelly Flood (D) , Mary Lou Marzian (D) , George Brown (D) , Jason Nemes (R) +2 more Track
passed · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2018 SR 43: Honor Kentucky farmers and recognize February 18 to 24, 2018, as Food Checkout Week. Adopted by voice vote Sponsor Paul Hornback (R) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2018 HB 155: AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death penalty. Posted in committee Sponsors Tom Burch (D) , Derrick Graham (D) , Jim Wayne (D) , Kelly Flood (D) , Rob Rothenburger (R) +14 more Track
passed · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2018 SR 113: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Colonel Robert Ernest Spiller. Adopted by voice vote Sponsors David Givens (R) , Mike Wilson (R) Track