Kentucky Bills

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2017

SB 159: AN ACT relating to civics education in public schools. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require all public high school students to pass a civics test in order to receive a regular diploma; direct the Kentucky Department of Education to prepare or approve the test with 100 questions drawn from the test administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens, and to disseminate the test to all public school districts; allow students the opportunity to retake the test as often as needed in order to pass; set the passing score at 60% of the total questions answered correctly; make these requirements subject to the accomodations for special needs students with individualized education programs as defined in KRS 158.281 or Section 504 Plans as defined in KRS 156.027.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 109)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2017

HB 350: AN ACT relating to the veteran designation on license plates. Amend KRS 186.041 to add members of the National Guard or a Reserve component, who have retired or completed a minimum of 20 years of service, to those eligible for the veteran license plates and reflect the change in the federal active-duty service requirement from 24 months to 180 days.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 137)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2017

HB 395: AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Finance and Administration Cabinet. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 42 to establish the Division of Special Investigations within the Office of Inspector General; establish the duties of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs; amend KRS 12.020 and 42.0145 to establish the Office of Inspector General and the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs within the Office of the Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; delete references to the Office of Public Information; amend KRS 131.020 to create within the Department of Revenue, the Office of Tax Policy and Regulation and the Division of Protest Resolution, the heads of which shall report directly to the commissioner; abolish the Division of Protest Resolution within the Office of Processing and Enforcement; confirm Executive Order 2016-602.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 131)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2017

SB 177: AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 18A.025 to add the Division of Technology Services, Division of Human Resources, and Division of Financial Services to the Office of Administrative Services in the Office of the Secretary; rename the Office of Diversity and Equality the Office of Diversity, Equality, and Training; rename the Center for Strategic Innovation the Office of Public Affairs; abolish the Division of Technology Services in the Department of Human Resources Administration; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-555.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 111)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2017

HB 314: AN ACT relating to controlled substance monitoring. Amend KRS 218A.202 to require certain hospitals to report positive toxicology screens to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; permit federal prosecutors and agents to use KASPER; permit practitioners or pharmacists to review KASPER reports of birth mothers of potentially drug-exposed infants; remove a pilot program relating to real-time electronic monitoring; make other technical corrections; amend KRS 218A.240 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 138)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2017

HB 184: AN ACT relating to overweight and overdimensional vehicles. Amend KRS 189.2715 to allow the transportation of metal commodities to exceed a gross weight of 80,000 pounds, but not exceed a gross weight of 120,000 pounds; define "metal commodities"; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the transportation of metal commodities; amend KRS 189.222 to provide a 10% weight tolerance to vehicles exclusively transporting items listed in KRS 189.222(2)(a), (b), and (c).

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 146)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2017

SB 248: AN ACT relating to radiation. Amend KRS 211.862 to amend the definition of Naturally-occurring radioactive material (NORM); add the definition of Technologically-enhanced naturally-occurring radioactive material (TENORM); amend KRS 211.863 to add provisions relating to TENORM; exempt certain drill cuttings from wells from regulation as TENORM; authorize the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to regulate TENORM.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 116)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2017

HB 274: AN ACT authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state which have been duly audited and approved according to law, and have not been paid because of the lapsing or insufficiency of former appropriations against which the claims were chargeable, or the lack of an appropriate procurement document in place, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the Commonwealth; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 140)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2017

HB 378: AN ACT relating to the Labor Cabinet. Omnibus provisions relating to the Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 189.635 to allow accident reports to be given to OSHA investigators without a subpoena; amend KRS 336.020 to rename divisions and change method of nomination for commissioner and director; amend KRS 337.010 to update ways that an employee may receive wages and prohibit activation fees for wages on a debit card; amend KRS 336.050 to give the secretary discretion to prosecute a violation of a wage and hour law; amend KRS 337.070 to provide that a statement of wages may be paper or electronic as long as employees have access to a computer and printer; amend KRS 342.0011 relating to the definition of commissioner; amend KRS 342.122 to change the names of Labor Cabinet divisions; amend KRS 342.213 and 342.228 to change the procedure for nominating commissioners; amend KRS 342.230 to make changes to the commissioner's authority; amend KRS 342.347 relating to exemptions under open records laws; amend KRS 12.020 to move and rename divisions; repeal the following: KRS 336.140, 336.151, 336.152, 336.153, 336.156, 336.162, 336.164, 336,165, 336,1221, 336,1662, 336,1663 and 336.1664.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 134)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2017

SB 135: AN ACT relating to nonprofit health service corporations. Amend KRS 304.32-130 to remove the requirement that dues may not result in excess reserves; and to establish alternative criteria for the determination of member or subscriber dues for nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical, dental, or other health service plan.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 127)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 27, 2017

SB 224: AN ACT relating to civil actions involving sexual misconduct. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to extend the civil statute of limitations for an illness or injury suffered as a result of an act or series of acts against a person 18 years or older that meets the criteria of an offense under KRS Chapters 510, 529, 530, or 531 to five years unless the civil defendant was convicted of the offense, in which case there is no statute of limitations.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 114)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 27, 2017

HB 161: AN ACT relating to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to set aside a minimum of 3% of the value of all state contracts for goods and services for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses; require that when an item has been designated as a set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, that the invitations for bids shall be confined to those qualified small businesses; if fewer than three qualified bids are submitted for an item and if the cabinet determines that the bids received are not cost effective, then the cabinet may open bidding to other businesses.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 147)