in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2017 SB 230: AN ACT relating to taxation. Amend KRS 139.105 to make a technical correction. To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HB 424: AN ACT relating to Kentucky promise zone tax incentives. Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from the definition of "adjusted gross income" wages received by an employee from a qualified Kentucky promise zone employer; define "Kentucky promise zone," "qualified Kentucky promise zone employer," and "services performed in the Kentucky promise zone"; amend KRS 141.310 to exempt Kentucky promise zone employers from deducting and withholding individual income tax imposed under KRS 141.020 from an employee's wages; require reporting by Kentucky promise zone employers and the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 139.570 to allow qualified Kentucky promise zone employers located in the Kentucky promise zone to deduct an amount of compensation equal to 75 percent of the tax due, provided the amount due is not delinquent at the time of payment; require the Department of Revenue to report information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190, 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to conform. To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HB 244: AN ACT relating to parking permits for persons with certain disabilities. Amend KRS 186.042 to allow physician assistants and chiropractors to authorize accessible parking plates for persons with certain disabilities; amend KRS 189.456 to allow physician assistants to authorize accessible parking placards for persons with certain disabilities; amend KRS 189.458 to allow physician assistants to authorize temporary accessible parking placards for persons with certain disabilities. To Transportation (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HJR 107: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to erect signs on the portion of Kentucky Route 536 in Kenton County that read the "Biz Cain Memorial Highway." To Transportation (H) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HB 436: AN ACT relating to income tax deductions for education expenses. Amend KRS 141.010 to exclude contributions to 529 plan or STABLE account or eligible education expenses from adjusted gross income; amend KRS 164A.370 to subject excess contributions to and refunds of 529 plans to income tax; create new sections of KRS Chapter 164A to require reporting of information relating to deductions for 529 plan or STABLE account contributions to Department of Revenue and Legislative Research Commission; define terms relating to STABLE accounts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms relating to eligible education expenses; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to disclose information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend various KRS sections to conform. To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HCR 120: Call upon Attorney General Andy Beshear to defend all laws enacted by the General Assembly. To State Government (H) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HB 420: AN ACT relating to minimum wage for tipped employees. Amend KRS 337.275 to increase the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $3 per hour; provide that beginning on July 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, this minimum shall be increased by the lesser of $0.95 or the amount necessary to bring the wage to 70% of the hourly minimum wage for non-tipped employees; amend KRS 337.010 to exclude from the definition of "employee" those employed by service industry businesses with annual gross sales of less than to $500,000. To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2017 SB 225: AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission. Amend KRS 278.180 to allow ratepayers to petition the Public Service Commission for a rehearing of cases that increase electric rates; require 10% of residential customers to sign petition; set requirements for a public hearing; allow appeal to Franklin Circuit Court. Amend KRS 278.180 to require all PSC commissioners to stand for retention in each regular election; all ratepayers of a regulated utility eligible to vote. To Natural Resources & Energy (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HB 475: AN ACT relating to members of the General Assembly. Create a new section in KRS Chapter 6 to permit every member of the General Assembly who so chooses, to have at least one bill of his or her choice, heard on the floor of the house in which he or she is a member; establish procedures for the bill to be heard. To State Government (H) Track
in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 21, 2017 SB 243: AN ACT relating to medical marijuana for palliative or end of life care. Amend KRS 218A.010 to define "medically necessary marijuana" and amend the definition of "marijuana" to allow physicians to recommend, transfer, dispense, or administer certain types of cannabidiol or CBD; establish the Implementation Task Force on the Palliative and Hospice Use of Medical Marijuana, select members, and establish the requirement to prepare legislation and present it before the 2018 General Assembly and establish issues to be discussed. To State & Local Government (S) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HJR 119: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to honor Olivia Prewitt by placing signs declaring Danville as "Home of Olivia Prewitt, 2017 Miss Kentucky Teen USA." To Transportation (H) Track
in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 21, 2017 HB 509: AN ACT relating to local government. Amend KRS 67.160 to specify that it is the county judge/executive who may rent temporary county office space. To Local Government (H) Track