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in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 251: 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.

To Judiciary (H)
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 9, 2017

SB 142: AN ACT relating to survivor protection. Repeal and reenact KRS 14.260 as a new section in KRS Chapter 196 to require the director of the Division of Parole and Victim Services to operate the address protection program; allow a sworn statement to be used to prove eligibility for the program; require the program to issue a document to a participant to prove the individual's county of residence; repeal and reenact KRS 14.300 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196; repeal and reenact KRS 14.302 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the director of the Division of Parole and Victim Services to create a crime victim address protection program; repeal and reenact KRS 14.304 as a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to allow an individual participating in the address protrection program to vote; repeal and reenact KRS 14.306, 14.308, 14.310, 14.312, 14.314, 14.316, and 14.318 as new sections of KRS Chapter 196; amend KRS 23A.208 and 24A.178 to allow an administrative fee for a crime found to have an underlying factual basis of domestic violence or abuse; amend KRS 186.412 to require a circuit clerk to accept a participant's verified substitute address for an operator's license application; amend 209A.030 to define "application assistant" and exempt that individual from certain reporting requirements; clarify that an application assistant shall continue to report instances of abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and children.

To Judiciary (S)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 198: AN ACT relating to military surplus vehicles. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to allow the titling of military surplus vehicles; set provisions for titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations pertaining to the titling of these vehicles; amend KRS 186A.115 to require military surplus vehicles to be inspected prior to titling; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to inspection and modifications; require the Transportation Cabinet to create a new inspection form for military surplus vehicles; make technical corrections; amend KRS 186.010 to define "military surplus vehicle"; specify that a military surplus vehicle is a motor vehicle.

To Transportation (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 196: AN ACT relating to misclassification of employees in the construction industry. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to set forth legislative findings and declarations behind employee misclassification problems; provide definitions; set forth determination of misclassified workers; set forth investigation process and violations; establish court remedies; require notice by an employer; grant commissioner authority to promulgate administrative regulations; require agencies to share the information of a misclassifying employer to other interested state agencies; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.485 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for two years; amend KRS 131.190 to require the Department of Revenue to provide copies to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to require the Office of Employment and Training to provide copies of orders to three other state agencies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to require the commissioner to provide copies to three other state agencies.

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 199: AN ACT relating to emergency personnel. Amend KRS 61.315 and 164.2841 to make the survivors of emergency medical services personnel and rescue squad members who are killed in the line of duty eligible for the state lump-sum death benefit and exemption of matriculation or tuition fees; amend KRS 164.2842 to include the spouse or child of permanently and totally disabled emergency medical services personnel in the exemption of matriculation or tuition fees.

To State Government (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 240: AN ACT relating to public construction. Create a new section in KRS Chapter 343 to require contractors and subcontractors for public works estimated to cost over $1,000,000 to participate in applicable apprenticeship programs; prohibit members of public authorities from voting for the award of a public work contract estimated to cost over $1,000,000 unless the contractor participates in the applicable apprenticeship programs; amend KRS 343.010 to define "public authority" and "public works."

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 179: AN ACT relating to wages. Amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2018; EFFECTIVE IN PART July 1, 2019.

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
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