Kentucky House Bill 385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 11 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-11 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 89)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 351.010, relating to mine safety, to add definitions for "probation" and "final order of the commission"; amend KRS 351.120 to establish notification requirements for failure of an alcohol or drug test required for certification or licensing relating to mining; provide for notice of right to appeal of certification or licensing suspension; allow for deferral from certification or licensing revocation for medical treatment; establish consequences for failure to appeal or complete the deferral program; amend KRS 351.122 to require the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources to impose analogous sanctions against the Kentucky licenses or certifications of a miner who has violated corresponding drug and alcohol testing requirements in reciprocal states with Kentucky; amend KRS 351.182 to replace methaqualone with buprenorphine in the panel urine test required to establish drug-free status; allow the Mine Safety Review Commission to set additional panels for the urine test by order; amend KRS 351.183 to conform; amend KRS 351.184 to conform; establish the rights of appeal or deferral for certification denial for failure of a drug or alcohol test; provide for consequences for failure to appeal or successfully complete deferral; amend KRS 351.990 to establish penalties for first, second, and third offenses for failure of a drug or alcohol test required for a mining certification or license.

AN ACT relating to coal mine safety.

Rep. Hubert Collins [D]	Rep. Tim Couch [R]	Rep. Jim Gooch [R]	Rep. Keith Hall [D]
Rep. Marie Rader [R]	Rep. John Short [D]	Rep. Kevin Sinnette [D]	Rep. Fitz Steele [D]
Rep. Jim Stewart [R]	Rep. Wilson Stone [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-11		signed by Governor (Acts ch. 89)
2012-03-30		delivered to Governor
2012-03-30		enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2012-03-27		enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2012-03-27		received in House
2012-03-26		3rd reading, passed 36-0
2012-03-26		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 26, 2012
2012-03-08		2nd reading, to Rules
2012-03-07		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2012-03-05		to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2012-03-01		received in Senate
2012-02-29		3rd reading, passed 98-0
2012-02-27		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 29, 2012
2012-02-24		2nd reading, to Rules
2012-02-23		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2012-02-13		posted in committee
2012-02-13		to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
2012-02-09		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB385.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB385/bill.doc