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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

signed · Kentucky · House Jan 9, 2017

HB 3: AN ACT relating to prevailing wage and declaring an emergency. Amend various KRS sections to delete prevailing wage provisions; abolish the Prevailing Wage Review Board; make conforming amendments; create new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit local governments from requiring employers to pay prevailing wage to employees; repeal KRS 337.505, 337.510, 337.512, 337.520, 337.522, 337.524, 337.525, 337.530, 337.540, 337.548, and 337.550, relating to prevailing wages in public works; apply this repeal to public works projects for which bids have not yet been awarded as of the effective date of the Act; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 003)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 34: AN ACT relating to juries. Amend KRS 29A.040 to add holders of personal identification cards issued within a county to the master list of potential jurors for that county.

To State & Local Government (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SCR 21: Recognize the importance of diversifying energy sources for generating electricity in Kentucky; encourage the development of a statewide energy strategy.

To Natural Resources & Energy (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 41: AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for currency and bullion. Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax sales or purchases of bullion or currency made on or after July 1, 2017, but before July 1, 2021.

To Appropriations & Revenue (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 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 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 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)

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)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 74: AN ACT relating to death benefits for social workers and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 61.315 to make social service workers eligible to receive benefits for death in the line of duty; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish criteria and procedures pertaining to the benefit; APPROPRIATION.

To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 88: AN ACT relating to the incorporation of cities in counties containing consolidated local governments. Amend KRS 67C.111 to remove the prohibition on incorporations of cities within consolidated local governments; amend KRS 81.050 and 81A.410 to conform.

To State & Local Government (S)