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All 14,689 Active 8,035 In committee 7,985 Passed 4,536 Signed 1,954 Failed 136

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018

SB 40: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation. Propose an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky increasing the homestead exemption from the current inflation-adjusted amount of $37,600 to the full assessed value of the property for owners with a permanent and total one hundred percent service-connected disability rating by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; make the exemption transferrable upon the veteran's death to the surviving spouse; add the continued biennial inflation indexing of the homestead exemption amount; make various typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature; state ballot question; submit to voters.

To State & Local Government (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018

SB 46: AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the Class A felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 620.030 to provide that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a victim of female genital mutilation, then that person shall immediately make an oral or written report to the appropriate authorities.

To Judiciary (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018

SB 33: AN ACT relating to the security of personal information and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 367.363 to include additional definitions; amend KRS 367.3645 to provide for a free security freeze in the event a protected person has been notified of a security breach pursuant to the Act and to make technical corrections; amend KRS 367.365 to require consumer reporting agencies to encrypt electronic data contained in consumer files and consumer reports; allow for security freezes to be requested by methods established by the consumer reporting agency; allow consumers to request a replacement personal identification number or password in the same manner as the original security freeze request; remove the expiration of a credit freeze after seven years; include gender-neutral language; to prohibit a credit reporting agency from charging a fee for security freeze in the event a consumer has been notified of a security breach; require that consumer reporting agencies notify consumers of security breaches in compliance with KRS 365.732(4) to (7) and provide five years of credit monitoring; allow for a security freeze placed at one nationwide consumer reporting agency to be sent and applied to other nationwide consumer reporting agencies; require third-party agents to notify consumer reporting agencies of security breaches; require consumer reporting agencies to comply with KRS 365.732(3); prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; amend KRS 365.730 to extend definitions to KRS 365.732; to conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; amend KRS 365.732 to define "encrypt" and "security breach"; provide an exemption for consumer reporting agencies subject to this Act; prohibit electronic or substitute notice from being sent to electronic and email accounts involved in the security breach; provide for the request for three consumer reports from each nationwide consumer reporting agency by consumers affected by a security breach; prohibit requirements that consumers waive rights or submit to arbitration; require certain information holders to encrypt personally identifiable data; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.931 to exempt certain persons from the definition of "nonaffiliated third parties"; conform the definition of "personally identifiable information"; make technical corrections; amend KRS 61.932, KRS 61.933, 61.934,171.450, 42.722, and 42.726 to conform; EMERGENCY.

To Banking & Insurance (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 3, 2018

SB 17: 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, to $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2019, to $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2020, to $11.00 per hour on July 1, 2021, to $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2022, to $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2023, to $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2024, and to $15.00 per hour on July 1, 2025, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $2.13 per hour on the effective date of the Act, to $3.05 per hour on July 1, 2019, to $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2020, and to $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2021; 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 3, 2018

SB 22: AN ACT relating to sports wagering and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to institute a sports wagering system; amend KRS 230.210 to define "exempt sports contest," "sports wagering," and "sports wagering facility"; amend KRS 230.215 to declare it the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the conduct of wagering on sporting events, when allowed by federal law, and to vest forceful control over sports wagering in the racing commission; include consideration of members of professional and collegiate sports organizations in the Governor's appointments to the commission; amend KRS 230.240 to allow the director of the racing commission to take personnel action relating to sports wagering; amend KRS 230.260 to include promotion of fair sports wagering among the purposes of the racing commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish licensing requirements and establish a licensing fee of $250,000; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require the racing commission to promulgate administrative regulations prescribing the manner in which sports wagering shall be conducted; provide minimum criteria; prohibit participants from wagering on a sporting event; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish a 20 percent tax on the total amount wagered at sports wagering facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the sports wagering distribution trust fund and appropriate moneys from that fund; amend KRS 230.320 to include sports wagering among the activities that are regulated by the racing commission; amend KRS 230.360 to include sports wagering among the activities that are not subject to local control; amend KRS 230.990 to establish penalties for tampering with the outcome of a sporting event and participant wagering on a sporting event; EFFECTIVE UPON CONTINGENCY: Act takes effect only if the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is repealed by Congress or is rendered void by the United States Supreme Court.

To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 34: AN ACT relating to electric utility billing. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to place a cap on the amount that an electric utility can bill for a basic service charge.

To Natural Resources & Energy (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HCR 9: Urge Congress to encourage all state and local governments to participate in the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) program administered by the United States Census Bureau.

To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HJR 12: Apply to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraint on the federal government and that limit the powers and jurisdiction of the federal government; to state that the application be aggregated with the applications of other states limited for the purposes identified in the applications; state that the application be a continuing application until a convention is called or until the application is withdrawn by the Kentucky General Assembly.

To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HJR 8: Apply to Congress Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government and that limit the powers and jurisdiction of the federal government; state that the application be aggregated with the applications of other states and limited for the purposes identified in the applications; state that the application be a continuing application until a convention is called or until the application is withdrawn by the Kentucky General Assembly.

To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HJR 5: Direct the Public Service Commission to reexamine the electric rates charged to certain ratepayers to determine if they remain fair, just, and reasonable.

To Natural Resources & Energy (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 82: AN ACT raising revenue for pensions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 243.884 to increase the wholesale sales tax rate for beer, wine, and distilled spirits to 14 percent; amend KRS 243.890 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to establish the underfunded pension trust fund to fund pension plans; create a new section of KRS Chapter 243 to forbid local governments from imposing a regulatory license fee on the sale of alcoholic beverages; amend KRS 242.1292 to conform; amend KRS 244.440 to require that every distiller, rectifier, winery, and nonresident wholesaler make its brands available to any wholesaler and not grant the distributing rights of any particular brand to only one wholesaler exclusively; amend KRS 243.170 to require that alcohol wholesalers make deliveries to retailers on a timely basis and no later than one week after the order date; amend KRS 243.180 to require that alcohol distributors make deliveries to retailers on a timely basis and no later than one week after the order date; amend KRS 243.200 to permit a quota retail package licensee or a nonquota malt beverage package licensee to transport alcoholic beverages between stores of common ownership if the licensee derives not less than 90 percent of his or her cash receipts from the sale of alcohol and pays the annual license fee; amend KRS 243.030 to create the supplemental transporter's license and establish a $100 annual fee; amend KRS 244.040 to allow a brewer or distributor to extend credit on malt beverages sold to retailers for up to 30 days; create a new section of KRS Chapter 81A to allow standing to any person who owns property in a territory to file suit against a city that annexes any territory; amend KRS 235.125 to require that vessels documented by the Coast Guard display a number and validation sticker; amend KRS 235.210 to require documented vessels to register with the county clerk; amend KRS 235.230 to remove the requirement that owners of a marina hold the title for a boat moored there for longer than 24 hours; amend KRS 376.270 to prohibit marinas from interfering with a boat owner's right to take possession of the boat; amend KRS 243.110, 243.157, and 243.360 to make conforming changes; repeal KRS 243.075, 243.886, and 376.272; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY; provide a January 1, 2019, delayed effective date for certain sections.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 37: AN ACT relating to speech-language pathologists or audiologists, and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 157.397 to require local boards of education to provide an annual salary supplement to qualified speech-language pathologists or audiologists; APPROPRIATION.

To Education (H)