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State Legislature US Congress

All 14,689 Active 8,035 In committee 7,985 Passed 4,536 Signed 1,954 Failed 136

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 340: AN ACT relating to the oversight of tax expenditures and declaring an emergency. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 7A to define relevant terms; establish the Legislative Tax Incentive Review Committee; describe committee membership; outline committee responsibilities; require committee reporting; require committee make findings public; EMERGENCY.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HJR 145: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor Clarence "Soc" Clay by placing signs declaring South Shore, on United States Route 23, in Greenup County, as the "Home of Clarence 'Soc' Clay, 1984 Kentucky Poet Laureate."

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 313: AN ACT relating to the recording of wills. Amend KRS 394.300 to require the county clerk to keep only a copy of a will, and mandate return of the original to the circuit clerk; repeal KRS 394.110.

Posted in committee

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 344: AN ACT relating to the registration of motor vehicles. Amend KRS 186A.120 to require a motor vehicle dealer who handles the paperwork for a purchaser of a vehicle to be registered for the first time, to file the paperwork with the county clerk of the county of the purchaser's residence.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 337: AN ACT relating to taxation of prescription opioids and making an appropriation therefor. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 142 to impose a tax of one dollar per dose on opioids distributed in Kentucky; define relevant terms; allocate tax revenues to permanent pension fund; require registration for all persons distributing opioids in Kentucky; impose misdemeanor penalty for noncompliance; authorize the Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 42.205 to conform; APPROPRIATION.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 339: AN ACT relating to taxation of tobacco and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to establish the underfunded pension trust fund; amend KRS 138.140 to impose a surtax on cigarettes and other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes; amend KRS 138.130 to update definitions for chapter, including adding e-cigarettes to definition of tobacco products; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HJR 146: Rename the William Natcher Parkway as the William Natcher Expressway upon its upgrade to an Interstate 65 spur.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HJR 143: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 72 in Harlan County in memory of Bird Hensley Jr. and erect the appropriate signage.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 330: AN ACT relating to citations. Amend KRS 431.015 to allow a peace officer to issue a citation when the officer has probable cause to believe that a misdemeanor was committed outside of his or her presence.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 333: AN ACT relating to official documents. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability of the Act to notarial acts performed on or after January 1, 2019; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal or online appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to register with the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations to implement this Act; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with this Act; state that a portion of this Act may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to state that a paper copy of an electronic record shall satisfy a law requiring a tangible document; create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to create the Kentucky Notarization and Recording Standards Commission; amend KRS 423.200 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; amend KRS 62.065 to allow a surety to cover more than one required bond; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, 423.200, and 423.990; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 338: AN ACT relating to a pension surcharge on state contracts to be applied to the Kentucky Retirement Systems unfunded liability, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 61.510 to 61.705 to create a five percent surcharge on state contracts for personnel hired in lieu of hiring a state employee; require the surcharge to be paid to the unfunded liability trust fund created under KRS 61.706 to be applied to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System nonhazardous pension fund; apply to all participating employers and for all memoranda of agreement and personnel service contracts, as defined in KRS 45A.690 of the Model Procurement Code.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 12, 2018

HB 335: AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for legislators. Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members as of the effective date of the Act; prohibit current legislators from participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan on or after the effective date of the Act; provide that current and future legislators shall only participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for any service to the General Assembly occurring on or after the effective date of the Act.

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