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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

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 88: AN ACT relating to pesticide application notice requirements. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; require state or local government entities that engage in or direct the application of pesticides in residential areas to give notice to local officials and to the public no later than 48 hours prior to the application; require additional public notice every 7 days that the application continues; require state or local government entities to coordinate so that only one provides the required notices.

To Agriculture (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 68: AN ACT relating to the disclosure of private cellular phone numbers. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the marketing, sharing, or selling of wireless phone numbers of subscribers without express written consent of the subscriber; amend KRS 367.990 to create a penalty between $1,000 and $10,000 for each violation.

To Small Business & Information Technology (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 41: AN ACT relating to the independence and transparency of the board of trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 12.028 to prevent the Governor from effecting any reorganization of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees; amend KRS 63.080 to prevent the Governor from removing trustees of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, except upon conviction of a felony or for a finding of an ethical violation as provided under KRS 61.645; amend KRS 61.645 to change the composition of the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees to eight elected trustees and five appointed trustees, removing one gubernatorial appointment and the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet from the board; limit the definition of "investment experience"; provide that a vacancy of an elected trustee shall be filled upon a vote of a majority of the remaining elected trustees and that the vacancy shall be filled within 90 days; place the Kentucky Retirement Systems under the Model Procurement Code; establish that any raises to Kentucky Retirement Systems staff be no higher than KRS Chapter 18A employees; require disclosure of all holdings, fees, and commissions by individual investment managers, require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to report returns net of fees; require disclosure of all contracts or offering documents and contract disclosure of investment contracts to the board, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Government Contract Review Committee; establish a ban on placement agents; amend KRS 61.650 to impose on the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees, staff, and contract investment advisors the CFA Institute Codes of Conduct; amend KRS 12.020 and 18A.035 to make technical and conforming amendments; provide a delayed effective date for the changes to the board composition, direct the Kentucky Retirement Systems to hold elections and prescribe the initial terms of office for the new elected members; EMERGENCY.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 37: AN ACT relating to the property tax on unmined coal. Amend KRS 132.820 to exempt unmined coal reserves from state and local property taxation if on January 1 of any tax year the owner or lessee of the reserve does not hold a valid permit from both the state and federal governments to mine coal from the reserve, and does not anticipate that coal will be mined from the reserve at any point during the tax year; amend KRS 131.190 to conform; make technical corrections; apply to property assessed on and after January 1, 2018.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 30: AN ACT relating to public procurement. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set forth findings of the General Assembly and establish policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; define "manufactured in Kentucky," "manufactured in the United States," "Kentucky," and "United States"; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts; provide for a waiver of the Kentucky preference requirement; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States if the Kentucky waiver is granted; provide for a waiver of the United States preference requirement; establish a short title of "Kentucky Buy American Act"; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.080, and 424.260 to require compliance with the Kentucky Buy American Act.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 56: AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information. Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the disclosure, upon request, of the retirement benefit information of current and former members of the General Assembly, including their name, status, and projected or actual retirement benefit payments and benefits from Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 51: AN ACT relating to a reduction of motor vehicle property tax rates for certain disabled veterans. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to reduce the property tax rate levied on and after January 1, 2018, by the state and by local taxing jurisdictions on motor vehicles owned by totally disabled veterans, whose disability is service-connected, to 50 percent of the tax rate levied on other motor vehicles by the relevant taxing jurisdiction, except in the case of historic motor vehicles.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 83: AN ACT relating to elder abuse prevention in brokerage-financial accounts. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to grant civil and administrative immunity to broker-dealers or investment advisers who, with reasonable belief and in good faith, report suspected financial exploitation of eligible adults to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions.

To Banking & Insurance (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 76: AN ACT relating to criminal histories of job applicants. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; title the Act: "Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act."

To Small Business & Information Technology (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 57: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board of trustees. Amend KRS 161.250 to increase the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board membership from nine members to 11 by adding two elected trustees who are retired members; amend KRS 161.300 to conform; provide that the election of the two new retired members shall occur so that the initial term of office will begin July 1, 2017.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HJR 14: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge in Allen County in memory of Titus Elijah Morris and erect the appropriate signage.

To Transportation (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 53: AN ACT relating to unclaimed life insurance policies. Amend 304.15-420 to clarify the retroactive application of the Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act.

To Banking & Insurance (H)