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signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 16, 2017

SB 17: AN ACT relating to the expression of religious or political viewpoints in public schools and public postsecondary institutions. Amend KRS 158.183 to permit students to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in school assignments free from discrimination; require local boards of education to ensure that the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, and no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs; allow students to display religious messages on items of clothing, access public school facilities during noninstructional time as a religious student organization, use school media to announce student religious meetings, and meet as a religious student group during noninstructional time and before and after school to the same extent as students undertaking such actions in a nonreligious manner; permit public schools to sponsor artistic or theatrical programs that advance students' knowledge of society's cultural and religious heritage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a teacher to teach about religion with the use of the Bible or other scripture without providing religious instruction, and to teach about religious holidays in a secular manner; amend KRS 158.186 to require annual notification to local school boards, school-based decision making councils, and certified employees of statutes pertaining to religious freedom and expression in schools; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to ensure that students are permitted to voluntarily express religious or political viewpoints in assignments free from discrimination, the selection of student speakers is made in a viewpoint-neutral manner, the student's prepared remarks are not altered before delivery without the student's consent, religious and political organizations are allowed equal access to public forums on the same basis as nonreligious and nonpolitical organizations, no recognized religious or political student organization is discriminated against in the ordering of its internal affairs, and there are no restrictions on speech that occurs outdoors on campus and is protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, except for restrictions that are reasonable, justified without reference to speech content, narrowly tailored to serve governmental interest, and limited to provide alternative options for the communication of the information.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 15)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 223: AN ACT relating to interest. Amend KRS 360.040 to make the state interest rate for most civil judgments, including judgments for prejudgment interest, 6 percent; provide that the judgment interest rate for unpaid child support is 12 percent; provide that the judgment interest rate on a contract, promissory note, or other written obligation is the rate established in that contract, promissory note, or other written obligation; amend KRS 342.040 to establish a 6 percent interest rate for worker's compensation orders and settlements; allow the administrative law judge to raise the interest rate to 12 percent; amend KRS 360.010 to conform; specify that the new interest rates only apply to judgments, orders, and settlements entered after the effective date of this Act.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 17)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 16, 2017

SB 4: AN ACT relating to medical review panels. Establish KRS Chapter 216C; create within that chapter various new sections establishing a medical review panel system for use in civil litigation relating to health care providers, including sections setting out definitions, delineating covered health care facilities and providers, panel membership and formation, functions and deliberations of the panel, and utilization of panel results in civil actions; allow for the electronic filing of proposed complaints if the Cabinet for Health and Family Services establishes an electronic filing system.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 22)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 16, 2017

SB 117: AN ACT relating to alternative certification. Amend KRS 161.010 to include definitions for "provisional certificates," "professional certificates," and "college or university work of graduate grade"; amend KRS 161.048 to allow a veteran with a bachelor's degree in any area to be issued a provisional teaching certificate if other criteria are met; require a passing score on the GRE or its equivalent for certification of a person in a field other than education to teach in elementary, middle, or secondary programs; provide that after successful completion of the internship program candidates shall receive a professional certificate and be subject to the same renewal requirements as any other teacher with a professional certificate; amend KRS 161.095 to delete language that restricts continuing education related to maintaining a certificate.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 207: AN ACT relating to insurance. Create a new section of Subtitle 45 of KRS Chapter 304 to require independent directors of a risk retention group and an attorney-in-fact for a reciprocal insurer to adhere to the same standards; establish a one year waiting period to qualify as independent; establish standards for and approval by the commissioner of material service provider contracts; require adoption of written policy for board of director responsibilities in the plan of operation; require and establish standards for an audit committee; allow for a waiver by the commissioner of certain audit committee requirements; establish and require disclosure of governance standards; require reporting to the commisioner of material noncompliance with the provisions of the section for risk retention groups; amend KRS 304.45-020 to define "board of directors," "director," "material relationship," and "material service provider contract"; amend KRS 304.45-030 to require notice to the commissioner of any other subsequent material changes to a risk retention group's plan of operation or feasibility study and make technical corrections; amend KRS 304.45-040 and 304.45-060 to conform; repeal and reenact KRS 304.45-050 to adopt alternative model language from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2018.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 16)
signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 10, 2017

SB 2: AN ACT relating to retirement and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 21.530 to require Senate confirmation of the gubernatorial appointments to the Judicial Form Retirement System; amend KRS 21.540 to require the Judicial Form Retirement System, which administers the Legislators' Retirement Plan and the Judicial Retirement Plan, to post descriptive and financial information to the system's Web site, and to delineate that investment fee and commission reporting include profit sharing, carried interest, and partnership incentives; amend KRS 61.645 to narrow the definition of investment experience on the board of trustees, to specify that vacancies to elected positions be filled by majority vote of the remaining elected members, to require Senate confirmation of gubernatorial appointments to the board, and to delineate that investment fee and commission reporting requirements for the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall include profit sharing, carried interest, and partnership incentives; provide that the systems may not have to disclose contracts on a Web site if disclosure would result in a competitive disadvantage, but require those contracts to be released to the trustees, the State Auditor, and the LRC Govt. Contract Review Committee, subject to the redaction of otherwise exempted material; subject the Kentucky Retirement Systems to KRS Chapter 18A regarding personnel; cap the reimbursement rate for legal services at the Government Contract Review Committee maximum hourly rate; make technical amendments; amend KRS 161.250 to add two gubernatorial appointments to the board subject to Senate confirmation, to specify that investment fee and commission reporting requirements for the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System must include profit sharing, carried interest, and partnership incentives; provide that the Teachers' Retirement System may not have to disclose contracts on a Web site if disclosure would result in a competitive disadvantage, but require those contracts to be released to the trustees, the State Auditor, and the LRC Govt. Contract Review Committee, subject to the redaction of otherwise exempted material; cap the reimbursement rate for legal services to the Teachers' Retirement System at the Government Contract Review Committee maximum hourly rate; amend various KRS sections to place all state retirement systems under the Model Procurement Code regarding contracts and improve definition of placement agents to include nonemployees and subsidiary firms; amend KRS 7A.220 to increase the membership of the Public Pension Oversight Board; amend KRS 7A.255 to require annual reporting of the percentage of system assets being reported by external managers and partnerships; amend KRS 6.350 to declare noncompliant any actuarial analyses returning negligible or indeterminable cost results; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor
signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 10, 2017

SB 116: AN ACT relating to the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 311B.100 to require individuals licensed or certified in another state in the field of medical imaging and radiation therapy to be licensed by the board if they have graduated from a postsecondary institution, passed a national certifying examination, are licensed in good standing in another jurisdiction, have at least 5 years of experience, and have maintained continuing education requirements; allow the board to deny licensure for cause; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 10, 2017

HB 180: AN ACT relating to fictive kin. Repeal and reenact KRS 199.011 to include definition of "fictive kin"; amend KRS 199.462 to establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may approve fictive kin as a placement for a child; amend KRS 600.020 to establish a definition for "fictive kin" and to amend the definition for "out-of-home placement"; amend KRS 605.090, 610.125, and 620.140 to recognize fictive kin as a placement for a child by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Signed by Governor
signed · Kentucky · House Mar 10, 2017

HB 192: AN ACT relating to foster youth operator's license. Amend KRS 186.450 and 186.470 to allow a minor who is in the custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to sign an application for an operator's license; allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to request that a minor's license be canceled; amend KRS 186.590, relating to liability for negligence of the minor while driving a motor vehicle, to conform; amend KRS 605.102 to require the prudent parent standard be used to determine if a child is developmentally appropriate to apply for an operator's license, motorcycle operator's license, intermediate license, or any instruction permit.

Signed by Governor
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