KY HB277 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 143)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 143)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amends KRS 15A.020 to add new divisions to the organization of the Department of Public Advocacy (DPA); amends KRS 18A.115 to transfer the employees of the Louisville and Jefferson County Public Defender Corporation (Louisville Metro Public Defender) to the state personnel system; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to transfer employees of Louisville Metro Public Defender to DPA on July 1, 2024, to provide employment and retirement benefits to the transferred employees based on their employment date with the Louisville Metro Public Defender, to define “membership date” for Louisville Metro Public Defender employees transferring to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS), to transfer leases and contracts in the name of the Louisville Metro Public Defender to DPA, and to waive liability of DPA under any legal theory or for any act, omission, or negligence by or on behalf of the Louisville Metro Public Defender; amends KRS 61.510 to change the definition of “membership date” in KERS as applied to Louisville Metro Public Defender employees transferring to DPA; and provides that the Act be RETROACTIVE to employees of the Louisville Metro Public Defender hired to leadership or supervisory roles within DPA between October 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
Title
AN ACT relating to the public defender system and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors
| Rep. Jason Nemes [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3133 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 171 (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 171 (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-09 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 143) |
| 2024-03-28 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 38-0 |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
| 2024-03-15 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-02-28 | House | 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-27 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 28, 2024 |
| 2024-02-27 | House | reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-23 | House | recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
| 2024-02-23 | House | taken from the Orders of the Day |
| 2024-02-09 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2024 |
| 2024-02-09 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-02-08 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2024-02-06 | House | to State Government (H) |
| 2024-01-16 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-01-16 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Actuarial Analysis
Attorneys
Effective Dates, Emergency
Fiscal Note
Personnel and Employment
Public Advocate
Reorganization
Retirement and Pensions
Retroactive Legislation
State Agencies
Attorneys
Effective Dates, Emergency
Fiscal Note
Personnel and Employment
Public Advocate
Reorganization
Retirement and Pensions
Retroactive Legislation
State Agencies
