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State Legislature US Congress

All 14,689 Active 326 In committee 5,859 Passed 4,038 Signed 1,952 Failed 158

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 98: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services. Amend KRS 311A.015 to attach the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative purposes; replace the first responder member of the board with an advanced emergency medical technician; preclude the citizen member of the board from having any financial interest in the practice or business regulated by the board; require one emergency medical services educator member of the board to be employed by a government operated training and education institute and one employed by a privately operated training institute; permit the Governor to remove members for cause; amend KRS 311A.020 to require all employees assigned to the board to be transferred from the KCTCS system to the KRS Chapter 18A personnel system; require new employees to be hired under provisions of KRS Chapter 18A; require the transfer of all moneys appropriated to and collected by the board to the Public Protection Cabinet; amend KRS 311A.010 to define "advanced emergency medical technician" "cabinet" and "emergency medical responder"; amend KRS 12.020 and 12.252 to conform; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to replace the term "first responder" with "emergency medical responder."

To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 29: AN ACT relating to kinship care. Amend KRS 605.120 to permanently establish a kinship care program.

To Health & Welfare (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 65: AN ACT relating to mail-in absentee ballot eligibility. Amend KRS 117.085 to allow voters who have a medical condition that prevents them from both voting in person at the polls on election day and casting an absentee ballot in person in the county clerk's office on all days absentee voting is conducted prior to election day to vote by mail-in absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.086 to conform.

To State & Local Government (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 115: AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights. Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of "victim"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.

To Judiciary (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 69: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of a felony, other than felonies designated by the General Assembly, the right to vote; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.

To State & Local Government (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 97: AN ACT relating to pastoral counselors. Amend KRS 335.605 to change the definition of "pastoral counseling;" amend KRS 335.620 to revise education requirements for licensure; amend KRS 335.630 to stipulate that no person shall engage in pastoral counseling unless licensed by the board.

To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 37: AN ACT relating to expungement. Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; allow the court to waive all or any portion of the fee if an applicant is indigent or financially unable to pay; amend KRS 431.078 to allow the court to waive all or any portion of the filing fee for misdemeanor, violation, or traffic infraction expungement if an applicant is indigent or financially unable to pay.

To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 63: AN ACT relating to civil rights. Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation," "gender identity," " local Commission," and " real estate-related transaction"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and KRS 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.680, 344.370, and 344.380, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments.

To Judiciary (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 77: AN ACT relating to personal identification cards. Amend KRS 186.470 to clarify that a parent or guardian's signature is not required to accompany the application of a minor for a personal identification card.

To Transportation (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 46: AN ACT relating to the regulation of firearms and ammunition by local governments. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow urban-county governments and consolidated local governments to regulate firearms and ammunition to reduce gun violence, except when state or federal law preemepts local governance; amend KRS 65.870 to conform.

To State & Local Government (S)

introduced · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SR 33: Honor Manfried Reid Sr. upon being awarded the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award.

Adopted by voice vote

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 33: 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, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2019, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2020, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.05 per hour on the effective date of the Act, $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2019, and $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2020; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.

To Appropriations & Revenue (S)