passed · Kentucky · Senate Jan 24, 2018 SR 117: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles Ford "Chili" Ishmael. Adopted by voice vote Sponsor Ralph Alvarado (R) Track
passed · Kentucky · Senate Jan 24, 2018 SR 119: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Dwight L. Blackburn. Adopted by voice vote Sponsor Ralph Alvarado (R) Track
passed · Kentucky · Senate Jan 24, 2018 SR 93: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Sophia Garrard Stivers. Adopted by voice vote Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 24, 2018 HB 228: AN ACT relating to physician assistants. Amend KRS 311.856 to permit physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances; amend KRS 311.858 to permit physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to establish the Physician Assistants Controlled Substance Monitoring Committee. To Health and Family Services (H) Sponsors Jim Wayne (D) , Mary Lou Marzian (D) , Ruth Ann Palumbo (D) , Daniel Elliott (R) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 24, 2018 HCR 100: A Concurrent Resolution of the House urging the U.S. government and Army Corp of Engineers to maintain the summer pool water level in Kentucky Lake from Memorial to Labor Day. To Natural Resources & Energy (H) Sponsors Linda Belcher (D) , Jason Petrie (R) , Suzanne Miles (R) , Richard Heath (R) , Myron Dossett (R) +4 more Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 24, 2018 HB 222: AN ACT relating to liability for damage to property adjacent to Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission-managed lands. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "adjacent landowner" and "commission-managed lands"; waive the sovereign immunity of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and establish the department's liability when the operations of commission-managed lands results in damages to property of an adjacent landowner; provide that a claim for damages shall be brought in the county in which the adjacent landowner's property is located, and the action shall not be removed to Franklin Circuit or District Court; provide that the Kentucky Claims Commission does not have jurisdiction over an adjacent landowner's claim for damages. Reassigned to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) Sponsor Suzanne Miles (R) Track
passed · Kentucky · Senate Jan 24, 2018 SR 7: Honor Kellie Clark upon being named 2018 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. Adopted by voice vote Sponsor John Schickel (R) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 24, 2018 HB 229: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gaming. Amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define and permit casino gaming; provide for the oversight and control of casino gaming by an administrative body funded by license fees and taxes levied on casino gaming; prior to July 1, 2038, require 100% of the casino gaming proceeds, in excess of the amount used to pay for an oversight administrative body of casino gaming, to go to the retirement systems. To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Sponsors Adam Koenig (R) , Scott Wells (R) , Sal Santoro (R) , Diane St. Onge (R) , C. Wesley Morgan (R) +7 more Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 24, 2018 SB 105: AN ACT relating to student loans. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to forbid a licensing agency from considering the nonpayment of student loans when issuing, renewing, revoking, or suspending any license; amend KRS 164.769 and 164A.240 to conform; repeal KRS 164.772. To Education (S) Sponsor Reggie Thomas (D) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 24, 2018 SB 103: AN ACT relating to school safety. Amend KRS 520.070 to include school marshals as persons exempt from the prohibition against possession of a firearm on school property if authorized by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to allow for the appointment of a school marshal by a local school board or governing body of a private or parochial school; specify that a person authorized and appointed under this section is designated as a school marshal and enumerate restrictions on school marshal's powers; provide that persons certified to act as peace officers under KRS 15.380 are exempt from restrictions; establish requirements of eligibility for a school marshal's appointment; enumerate board's or governing bodies' responsibilities; require that schools designated as school marshal sites collaborate with the Kentucky State Police and local law enforcement on safety procedures prior to appointment of a school marshal; provide limits on liability for school boards or governing bodies that appoint school marshals; establish limits on the possession, transport, deposit, or carrying of firearms by a school marshal while on school property; limit liability for school marshals for acts or omissions undertaken pursuant to this section; provide that the school marshal is responsible for expenditures related to the purchase of a firearm, ammunition, or any other associated costs; allow that a local school board or governing body may pay compensation for expenses incurred undertaking school marshal's duties or appointment requirements; specify that otherwise lawful possession of a firearm as provided under KRS 527.070 or any other state or federal law is not restricted; exclude postsecondary or higher education institutions from coverage; require that any board of a local public school district or governing body of a private or parochial school that appoints a school marshal adopt guidelines to carry out school marshal's requirements. To Education (S) Sponsors Steve West (R) , Steve Meredith (R) , Ralph Alvarado (R) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 23, 2018 HB 72: AN ACT relating to legislative procedures for state fiscal measures. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require roll call votes on any state fiscal measure, including an appropriation or revenue-raising measure, voted upon in the Senate or House of Representatives or a committee thereof; require identification of any state fiscal measure by the director of the Legislative Research Commission, or upon a determination by the Senate or House of Representatives or a committee of either; require separate votes for any state fiscal measure. Posted in committee Sponsors C. Wesley Morgan (R) , Kim King (R) Track
passed · Kentucky · Senate Jan 23, 2018 SR 12: Honor Julia Pile upon receiving the inaugural Beverly Nickell Raimondo Leadership Award. Adopted by voice vote Sponsor John Schickel (R) Track