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signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 23, 2018

SB 30: 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.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 23, 2018

HB 177: AN ACT relating to certified public accountants. Amend KRS 325.220 to define "peer review" as designed to promote quality in "accounting and auditing services"; change "peer review committee" to " sponsoring organization"; amend KRS 325.301 to allow an out-of-state CPA firm to perform attest services within Kentucky; exempt out-of-state CPA firms from paying the initial application fee; require firms to grant the Accountancy Board access to peer review documents maintained in Facilitated State Board Access; allow the board to appoint a peer review oversight committee to monitor the peer review program; amend KRS 325.340 to allow the board to privately reprimand CPAs and CPA firms; allow CPAs and CPA firms to apply to have minor violations removed from their professional record after ten years; limit a licensee from having his or her record expunged more than once.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 24)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 23, 2018

HB 100: AN ACT relating to building industry licensure. Amend KRS 198B.650 to revise the definitions of "maintenance person or maintenance engineer," "major repair," and "routine maintenance of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning"; amend KRS 198B.658 to change the experience requirement from five years to two years for a master, and from four years to two years for a journeyman; amend KRS 198B.678 to permit a master HVAC contractor to represent more than one firm if specified criteria are met; create a new section of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased master HVAC contractor; amend KRS 318.054 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased master plumber; amend KRS 227.480 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a company to use the license of a deceased electrical contractor; amend KRS 227A.140 to require the department to grant a 180-day interim period to allow a business to use the license of a deceased master electrician.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 22)
D.J. Johnson (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 16, 2018

HB 136: AN ACT relating to microbreweries. Amend KRS 243.157 to require microbreweries to report and pay taxes on wholesale sales made directly to consumers to the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 243.882 to define "microbrewery" and to include retail sales made by a microbrewery directly to a consumer in the definition of "wholesale sale"; amend KRS 243.884 to include microbreweries selling malt beverages directly to consumers; amend KRS 243.886 to exempt microbreweries from the authorization to deduct one percent of the tax due; amend KRS 211.285 to include microbreweries.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 16)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 13, 2018

HB 64: AN ACT relating to traumatic brain injury treatment for veterans. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit eligible veterans to use hyperbaric oxygen treatment for treatment of traumatic brain injury; establish the conditions for use of hyperbaric oxygen treatment; prohibit sanctions of health care providers; clarify the duties of health care insurers regarding hyperbaric oxygen treatment; prohibit certain actions by state officials; provide that the Act may be known as the Colonel Ron Ray Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)
D.J. Johnson (R)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 13, 2018

HB 5: AN ACT regarding guardianship and conservatorship of partially disabled or disabled adults. Amend KRS 210.290, relating to public guardianship, to specify when the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may be appointed as a resident's limited guardian, guardian, limited conservator, or conservator; amend KRS 387.510 to provide that a guardian or limited guardian is to manage the personal affairs of a disabled person; amend KRS 387.540 to allow a physician assistant to be part of an interdisciplinary evaluation team; amend KRS 387.570 and 387.580 to retain the right to a jury trial in a guardianship competency hearing if demanded by or on behalf of any party; amend KRS 387.590 to clarify that the same individual, agency, or corporation may be both a guardian and a conservator; amend KRS 387.610 to allow an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant working within his or her scope of practice to verify a renewal petition for guardianship or conservatorship; amend KRS 387.660 to remove custody from a guardian's powers and duties; amend KRS 387.680 to clarify that a limited conservator or conservator may establish or place financial resources in a trust; amend KRS 387.670, 387.700, and 387.710 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 13)
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