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State Legislature US Congress

All 14,689 Active 8,508 In committee 8,182 Passed 4,038 Signed 1,952 Failed 158

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 248: AN ACT relating to the physician preceptor tax incentive program. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an individual income tax credit for Kentucky-licensed physicians who as voluntary preceptors administer at least three core clinical rotations for certain medical students; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to require reporting of statistics; amend sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to make conforming changes.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 229: AN ACT relating to school curriculum requirements. Create a new section KRS Chapter 158 to require the memorization of multiplication tables in the third grade, a Kentucky history course in the sixth grade, and a United States history course in the seventh and eighth grades.

To Education (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 204: AN ACT relating to advanced practice doctoral programs at comprehensive universities. Amend KRS 164.295 to remove the maximum number of advanced practice doctoral programs that may be offered by the six comprehensive universities; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to review advanced practice doctorates consistent with its review schedule for all other academic programs; prohibit a comprehensive university from offering a terminal degree in veterinary medicine, chiropractic, or optometry or a primary degree in architecture.

To Education (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 197: AN ACT relating to academic credit for military experience. Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to develop and implement a statewide policy for public postsecondary education institutions to provide academic credit for military service and training for active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves, and National Guard as well as veterans of the Armed Forces.

To Education (H)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 9, 2017

SB 137: AN ACT relating to absentee ballots for voters. Amend KRS 117.075 and 117.085 to allow qualified voters of advanced age or with a disability or illness the means to vote by using a mail-in absentee ballot or by in-person absentee voting; make technical corrections.

To State & Local Government (S)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 213: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform.

To Judiciary (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 243: AN ACT relating to trespass. Amend KRS 511.070 to allow notice of trespass to be given through the placement of identifying purple paint marks on property; require any owner or lessee who marks his or her real property in such a manner to also provide clear written notice forbidding entry; provide that the written notice requirement will cease to be operative within one year of the effective date of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require that the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resorces inform the public of these provisions.

To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 212: AN ACT relating to charity auctions. Amend KRS 139.496 to exempt from sales and use tax the gross receipts derived from a charitable auction held on or after July 1, 2017, but before July 1, 2021, by a nonprofit civic, governmental, or other nonprofit organization.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 219: AN ACT relating to the death penalty. Amend KRS 532.025 to add the murder of a victim aged 12 years old or younger or an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 as an aggravating circumstance for the death penalty.

To Judiciary (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 220: AN ACT relating to laws passed by the General Assembly. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to provide that the General Assembly shall not exempt itself or any state agency from general laws applicable to the general public or businesses.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 214: AN ACT relating to a tax credit for donated edible agricultural products. Amend KRS 141.392 to increase the amount of tax credit available for donating edible agricultural products to nonprofit food programs from 10% of the value of the donated products to 20%; extend the tax credit program four additional years; state the purpose of the credit; require reporting; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to conform.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 178: AN ACT relating to wages. Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.80 per hour beginning on August 1, 2017, to $10.35 per hour beginning on August 1, 2018, to $11.90 per hour beginning on August 1, 2019, to $13.45 per hour beginning on August 1, 2020, and to $15.00 per hour beginning on August 1, 2021; amend KRS 337.010, relating to the definition of employees of retail stores and service industries, to increase the applicable threshold of business that applies to from $95,000 to $500,000.

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)