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signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 586: AN ACT relating to the maintenance of teacher certification. Amend KRS 161.095 to require the Education Professional Standards Board to extend the validity period of a certificate of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States of America by one year for each year the member is determined by the board to have been prohibited by military service or training from pursuing an advanced degree or completing professional development required to maintain certification; require the Education Professional Standards Board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application process and develop guidelines for the process by which education or professional development is considered to have been prohibited by military service.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 149)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 277: AN ACT relating to the licensing of motor vehicles and operators. Amend KRS 138.715 to establish a fee of $500 for any licensee who fails to make any report required in KRS 138.660 to 138.7291; amend KRS 186.018 to change the Kentucky Driver's License Information System look back time from 5 years to 10 years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to prohibit the masking of violations for a CDL holder from appearing on their CDLIS driver record; provide exemptions; amend KRS 281A.165 to change the time period of which the cabinet may waive a driving skills test for former military personnel, from 90 days of separation of service to one year; conform to federal regulation; amend KRS 281A.170 remove the requirement that a licensee's photograph be color; REPEAL KRS 138.670.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 135)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 475: AN ACT relating to caller identification services. Amend KRS 367.46955 to prohibit knowingly using a caller identification service or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent of defrauding or causing harm to another person or wrongfully obtaining anything of value; amend KRS 367.46999 to provide that any person who is found guilty of violating KRS 367.46955(9) must be fined no less than $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for any subsequent offense and also must pay restitution of any financial benefit secured through conduct proscribed by KRS 367.46955(9).

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 145)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Apr 10, 2018

SB 132: AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 12.020 to eliminate the Division of Kentucky Access in the Department of Insurance; change the name of the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs to the Office of Specialized Pediatric Services; establish the Kentucky Office of Health Benefit Exchange in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 18A.115 to change the name of the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service to Serve Kentucky; amend KRS 194A.030 to change the name of the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs to the Office of Specialized Pediatric Services; change the name of the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service to Serve Kentucky; create and establish the requirements of the Kentucky Office of Health Benefit Exchange; amend KRS 200.460, 200.470, 200.480, 200.490, 200.495, 200.497, and 200.499 to change the name of the Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs to the Office of Specialized Pediatric Services; amend KRS 304.2-020 to eliminate the Division of Kentucky Access from the Department of Insurance; amend KRS 304.17B-001 to add definitions for "division" and "office"; amend KRS 304.17B-003 to make the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Service chair and the commissioner of the Department of Insurance the vice chair of the Kentucky Health Care Improvement Authority and to move the authority from the Department of Insurance to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 304.17B-005 to move Kentucky Access from the Department of Insurance to the Kentucky Office of Health Benefit Exchange; amend KRS 304.17B-007, 304.17B-009, 304.17B-011, 304.17B-013, 304.17B-017, 304.17B-019, 304.17B-021, 304.17B-023, 304.17B-027, 304.17B-029, 304.17B-031, 304.17B-033, and 304.17A-005 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2017-269.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 114)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 527: AN ACT relating to the educational stability of children in out-of-home placements. Create a new section of KRS 199.800 to 199.805 to provide that the Department for Community Based Services shall place a foster child within the school district where the child was enrolled immediately prior to placement if practicable; require the department to make the determination on whether a foster child shall remain enrolled in the school of origin based upon a determination of the best interest of the child; provide that the cost of transportation shall not be a factor in the determination of the best interest of the child; require reasonable transportation to be offered if the department determines it is in the best interest of the child to remain enrolled in the school of origin after placement in a new school district; establish procedures for enrolling a foster child if changing the child's school of enrollment is in the best interest of the child; require the district in which the foster child is enrolled upon successful completion of high school graduation requirements to issue a diploma to the child.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 147)
signed · Kentucky · House Apr 10, 2018

HB 96: AN ACT relating to the investigation of fire related crimes. Amend KRS 15.310 to include definitions of "certified fire investigator" and "fire investigator"; amend KRS 15.334 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a course of training for fire investigators; amend KRS 15.380 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to certify fire investigators; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to list the minimum qualifications of a fire investigator; amend KRS 15.383 to require a certified fire investigator to annually meet marksmanship qualifications; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to revoke a fire investigator's certification; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to require a fire investigator to complete training of at least 275 hours; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to establish certification categories for fire investigators; amend KRS 15.388 to require the fire chief to notify the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council that the employee meets the precertification qualifications of a fire investigator; amend KRS 15.442 to specify that a fire investigator is not eligible to participate in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to define "fire investigator," and provide that the chief of a fire department may appoint a professional firefighter to be a fire investigator; amend KRS 15.382 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 128)
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