Kentucky Bills

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 102: 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 amount of the homestead exemption from the current inflation-adjusted amount of $36,900 to the full assessed value of the property for totally disabled veterans of the United States Armed Forces whose disabilities are service-connected; add the continued biennial inflation indexing of the homestead amount; make various typographical changes of a nonsubstantive nature; state ballot question; submit to voters.

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

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 105: AN ACT relating to the protection of rights. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to define "protected activities," "protected activity provider," "protected rights" " place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement, " and " standard goods or services" ; provide legislative intent; prohibit any statute, regulation, ordinance, order, judgment, of other law or action by any court, commission, or other public agency from impairing, impeding, infringing upon, or otherwise restricting the exercise of protected rights by any protected activity provider; prohibit a protected activity provider from being fined, imprisoned, held in contempt, or otherwise punished or found liable for actions or inactions related to providing or refusing to provide protected activities unless a court finds that the complaining person or the government proved by clear and convincing evidence that a compelling governmental interest in infringing upon the act or refusal to act existed and the least restrictive means was used.

To Judiciary (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HJR 16: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 1482 in Clay County as the "Amon Couch Memorial Highway."

To Transportation (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 107: AN ACT relating to sanitation districts. Amend KRS 220.110 to limit a sanitation district's power to tax to the direct use of sanitary or storm sewers; prohibit the taxation of indirect or imputed benefits; amend KRS 220.135 to define "consumption" to include only the direct use of sanitary or storm sewers; amend KRS 220.250 to prohibit a district from adopting a financing plan that taxes indirect use of sanitary or storm sewers; amend KRS 220.510 to prohibit a district from collecting a tax on an indirect use or an imputed benefit.

To Local Government (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HJR 20: Designate the Jack Reno Memorial Overpass in Boone County.

To Transportation (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 115: AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 14.025 to abolish the Division of Administration and the Division of Business Filings in the Office of the Secretary of State; create the Office of Administration, Office of Business, and Office of Elections, and describe duties of the offices; confirm Secretary of State Executive Order 2015-01.

To State Government (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 117: AN ACT relating to the unemployment tax credit. Amend KRS 141.065 to allow an income tax credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, but before January 1, 2021, equal to $1,000 for employers who hire certain unemployed individuals, if the individual was employed in the coal industry immediately prior to becoming unemployed; limit the current unemployment tax credit to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2021; define the purpose of the tax credits and data required to determine if the tax credits achieve the purpose; require the Department of Revenue to provide information on these credits to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190, 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to make various conforming changes.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 101: AN ACT relating to the regulation of firearms and ammunition by local governments. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow 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 Local Government (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 126: AN ACT relating to students' rights. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require public postsecondary education institution governing boards to adopt regulations defining a student code of conduct and the disciplinary process, and penalties for violations of the code; repeal KRS 164.370, which deals with the suspension or expulsion of students.

To Education (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HJR 17: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 80 in Leslie County as the "Corporal Gordon Jones Memorial Bridge."

To Transportation (H)

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 111: AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 99, 124, and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to a Judge of the County Court. Amend Sections 99, 124, and 144 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit a county that has completely merged with a city government from electing a Judge of the County Court, beginning in 2022, if the city was the only incorporated city in the county at the time of the merger; provide short title.

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

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HCR 15: Urge the Governor to request the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to designate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a medically underserved population in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

To Health and Family Services (H)

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