Kentucky House Bill 198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 2 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-02 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 87)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform.

AN ACT relating to government contracts.

Rep. Jason Nemes [R]

Rep. Jim Gooch [R]

2018-03-22 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 394 (Y: 57 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2018-03-19 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/SCS 1 RSN# 562 (Y: 26 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-15 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 143 (Y: 52 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2018-02-15 - House - House: Lay on the Clerks Desk RCS# 142 (Y: 36 N: 54 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [FAIL]
2018-02-15 - House - House: Adopt HFA 4 RCS# 141 (Y: 38 N: 52 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [FAIL]
2018-02-15 - House - House: Adopt HFA 6 RCS# 140 (Y: 35 N: 54 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-02	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 87)
2018-03-27	House	delivered to Governor
2018-03-27	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2018-03-22	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2018-03-22	House	passed 57-36
2018-03-22	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
2018-03-22	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
2018-03-22	House	taken from Rules (H)
2018-03-20	House	to Rules (H)
2018-03-20	House	received in House
2018-03-19	Senate	3rd reading, passed 26-12 with Committee Substitute (1)
2018-03-19	Senate	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
2018-03-19	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018
2018-03-16	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-03-15	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2018-02-20	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2018-02-16	Senate	received in Senate
2018-02-15	House	passed 52-40 with floor amendment (1)
2018-02-15	House	floor amendments (4) and (6) defeated
2018-02-15	House	floor amendments (8) and (9) ruled out of order
2018-02-15	House	3rd reading
2018-02-08	House	floor amendments (10), (11), and (12) filed to Committee Substitute
2018-02-07	House	floor amendment (8) filed to HFA 1 and floor amendment (9) filed to Bill
2018-02-07	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 8, 2018
2018-02-05	House	floor amendments (4) and (6) filed to HFA 1 and floor amendments (5) and (7) filed to the Bill
2018-02-02	House	floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
2018-02-01	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-01-31	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2018-01-22	House	posted in committee
2018-01-18	House	to Judiciary (H)
2018-01-16	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB198.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA2.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA3.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA4.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA5.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA6.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA7.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA8.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA9.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA10.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA12.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/HFA11.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB198/SCS1.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB198/vote_history.pdf