passed · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018 SR 24: Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Arnitha Howell Spencer. Adopted by voice vote Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018 SB 46: AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the Class A felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 620.030 to provide that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a victim of female genital mutilation, then that person shall immediately make an oral or written report to the appropriate authorities. To Judiciary (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018 SB 33: AN ACT relating to the security of personal information and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 367.363 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.3645 to provide for a free security freeze in the event a protected person has been notified of a security breach pursuant to the Act and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 367.365 to require consumer reporting agencies to encrypt electronic data contained in consumer files and consumer reports; allow for security freezes to be requested by methods established by the consumer reporting agency; allow consumers to request a replacement personal identification number or password in the same manner as the original security freeze request; remove the expiration of a credit freeze after seven years; include gender-neutral language; to prohibit a credit reporting agency from charging a fee for security freeze in the event a consumer has been notified of a security breach; require that consumer reporting agencies notify consumers of security breaches in compliance with KRS 365.732(4) to (7) and provide five years of credit monitoring; allow for a security freeze placed at one nationwide consumer reporting agency to be sent and applied to other nationwide consumer reporting agencies; require third-party agents to notify consumer reporting agencies of security breaches; require consumer reporting agencies to comply with KRS 365.732(3); prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; amend KRS 365.730 to extend definitions to KRS 365.732; to conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; amend KRS 365.732 to define "encrypt" and "security breach"; provide an exemption for consumer reporting agencies subject to this Act; prohibit electronic or substitute notice from being sent to electronic and email accounts involved in the security breach; provide for the request for three consumer reports from each nationwide consumer reporting agency by consumers affected by a security breach; prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; require certain information holders to encrypt personally identifiable data; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.931 to exempt certain persons from the definition of "nonaffiliated third parties"; conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.932, KRS 61.933, 61.934,171.450, 42.722, and 42.726 to conform; EMERGENCY. To Banking & Insurance (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018 SB 17: AN ACT relating to wages. Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on July 1, 2018, to $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2019, to $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2020, to $11.00 per hour on July 1, 2021, to $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2022, to $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2023, to $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2024, and to $15.00 per hour on July 1, 2025, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $2.13 per hour on the effective date of the Act, to $3.05 per hour on July 1, 2019, to $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2020, and to $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2021; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage. To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018 SB 22: AN ACT relating to sports wagering and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to institute a sports wagering system; amend KRS 230.210 to define "exempt sports contest," "sports wagering," and "sports wagering facility"; amend KRS 230.215 to declare it the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the conduct of wagering on sporting events, when allowed by federal law, and to vest forceful control over sports wagering in the racing commission; include consideration of members of professional and collegiate sports organizations in the Governor's appointments to the commission; amend KRS 230.240 to allow the director of the racing commission to take personnel action relating to sports wagering; amend KRS 230.260 to include promotion of fair sports wagering among the purposes of the racing commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish licensing requirements and establish a licensing fee of $250,000; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require the racing commission to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the manner in which sports wagering shall be conducted; provide minimum criteria; prohibit participants from wagering on a sporting event; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish a 20 percent tax on the total amount wagered at sports wagering facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the sports wagering distribution trust fund and appropriate moneys from that fund; amend KRS 230.320 to include sports wagering among the activities that are regulated by the racing commission; amend KRS 230.360 to include sports wagering among the activities that are not subject to local control; amend KRS 230.990 to establish penalties for tampering with the outcome of a sporting event and participant wagering on a sporting event; EFFECTIVE UPON CONTINGENCY: Act takes effect only if the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is repealed by Congress or is rendered void by the United States Supreme Court. To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Track
passed · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018 HR 1: Establish the membership of the 2018 Kentucky House of Representatives. Adopted by voice vote Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018 HB 34: AN ACT relating to electric utility billing. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to place a cap on the amount that an electric utility can bill for a basic service charge. To Natural Resources & Energy (H) Track
passed · Kentucky · Senate Jan 2, 2018 SR 4: Appoint a committee to wait upon the Governor. Adopted by voice vote Track
passed · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018 HR 3: Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2018 Regular Session with prayer. Adopted Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018 HCR 9: Urge Congress to encourage all state and local governments to participate in the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) program administered by the United States Census Bureau. To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Track
passed · Kentucky · Senate Jan 2, 2018 SR 3: Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2018 Regular Session with prayer. Adopted by voice vote Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018 HJR 12: Apply to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraint on the federal government and that limit the powers and jurisdiction of the federal government; to state that the application be aggregated with the applications of other states limited for the purposes identified in the applications; state that the application be a continuing application until a convention is called or until the application is withdrawn by the Kentucky General Assembly. To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Track