KY Legislation | 2016 | Regular Session

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SB16PassCreate a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide civil immunity for damaging a vehicle to a person who enters a vehicle with the reasonable, good faith belief that a minor is in imminent danger of harm if not removed from the vehicle; encourage Tra...
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 52)
SB140PassAmend 164.540 to authorize the Council on Postsecondary Education to enter into the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement, for the purpose of authorizing a postsecondary institution located in another state to provide distance education to Kentuc...
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 60)
HB309PassAmend KRS 45A.030 and 45A.075 and create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A, the Kentucky Model Procurement Code, to provide an explicit framework for the use of public-private partnerships (P3s) as an alternative method of procurement, construction, a...
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 67)
HB281PassAmend KRS 61.637 to allow a mayor or member of a city legislative body who is not participating in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) prior to retirement, but who is eligible to retire from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) o...
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 68)
SB169Enroll

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Amend KRS 121.180 to delete duplicate paper copy filing requirement; amend KRS 116.095 to require county clerks to redact a registered voter’s Social Security number from any voter registration record that is requested by a citizen; amend KRS 116.0...
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2016-04-08
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
SB214PassAmend KRS 64.300 to remove fee limitations for certain acts.
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 46)
HB428PassAmend KRS 525.125 to make any person who knowingly owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, sells, or otherwise transfers a dog for the purpose of that dog or its offspring being used to fight for pleasure or profit guilty of cruelty to animals in the...
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 64)
SB54PassCreate a new section of KRS 367.650 to 367.670 to require proper labeling on donation boxes and donation drop-off sites when the donations do not qualify as charitable contributions for federal tax purposes; amend KRS 367.668 to require lettering to ...
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 56)
HB261PassAmend KRS 278.020 to require utilities to obtain insurance coverage sufficient to cover the replacement of any plant, equipment, property, or facility if destroyed; amend KRS 278.021 to specify notice of the abandonment of a utility to be 24 months p...
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 50)
SB141PassAmend KRS 96.530 and 96.740 to allow one board member of a municipal electric utility to reside outside the city limits.
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 61)
SB20PassCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms, and permit a provider that has exhausted an internal appeals process of a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) to be entitled to an administrative appeals hearing; require an MCO to send a f...
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2016-04-08
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 55)
HB423VetoAmend KRS 224.50-868 to extend the new motor vehicle tire fee until June 30, 2018; allow a one-half of one percent administrative fee to be paid to the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority for the administration of projects; notwithstand KRS 11A.211(5) ...
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2016-04-08
vetoed
HB149PassAmend KRS 337.285 to allow consolidated local governments and collective bargaining units to agree to an 80-hour work period over 14 consecutive days before triggering a rate of pay one and one-half times a peace officer's hourly wage; EMERGENCY.
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2016-04-06
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 43)
HB106PassAmend KRS 224.50-130 to delete references to gaps in information on the acute and chronic health effects of exposure to compounds used in chemical munitions; require that, after the compounds in chemical munitions are treated to specific treatment or...
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2016-04-06
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 44)
HB115Enroll

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Amend KRS 214.542 to include eligible underinsured individuals in the colon cancer screening program; direct the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations to develop a schedule of income-based fees that may be charged for ...
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2016-04-06
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
SB188Enroll

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Amend KRS 353.510 to add a definition for "stratigraphic test well"; amend KRS 353.570 to require a permit before drilling a stratigraphic test well and delete test holes from permitting requirement; amend KRS 353.590 to subject a permitted stratigra...
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2016-04-05
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
SB182PassAmend KRS 251.430 to change license renewal date for grain storage businesses; amend KRS 251.440 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 251.720 to change license renewal date for grain dealers; amend KRS 251.990 to change penalties relating to the ...
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2016-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 36)
HB497Enroll

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Create a new section of KRS 250.021 to 250.111 to declare the state's preemption in seed regulation; amend KRS 250.021 to define "blend" and "brand"; amend KRS 250.041 to clarify standards on seed coatings, mixtures, and varieties; amend KRS 250.051 ...
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2016-04-05
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
SB64PassAmend KRS 133.047 to define "reasonable fee" and "personnel time."
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2016-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 34)
HB38Enroll

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Amend KRS 247.232 to define "zipline"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to direct the Department of Agriculture to promulgate administrative regulations related to ziplines; require the department to establish administrative penalties and civi...
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2016-04-05
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
HB529Enroll

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Create a new section of KRS 151.100 to 151.460 to establish the 11-member Kentucky Water Resources Board; set initial appointments and identify the role and function of the board in developing water resource policy; attach the board to the Energy and...
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2016-04-05
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
SB225Enroll

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Amend KRS 194A.735 to expand eligibility, subject to sufficient funding, for the homelessness prevention project to individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness who have been admitted into hospital emergency departments at least 10 times annually...
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2016-04-05
filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
SB179PassAmend KRS 205.200 to disregard any amount in an ABLE account, any contributions to an ABLE account, and any distribution from an ABLE account for qualified expenses for the purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for a means-tested public...
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2016-04-05
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 35)
HB208PassCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 149 to establish definitions for "cabinet," "certified prescribed fire boss," "division," "prescribed fire," and "prescribed fire program" and require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to promulgate administrative ...
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2016-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 30)
HJR152PassDirect the Division of Water to meet with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation Service to determine procedures for developing water resources for agriculture; provide that the Division of Water shall report...
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2016-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 29)
HB272PassAmend KRS 211.9107 to exempt a residential building contractor installing vent pipes from radon mitigation certification requirements.
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2016-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 28)
SB46PassAmend KRS 65.156 to allow local government retirement systems created pursuant to KRS 67A.320, 67A.340, 67A.360 to 67A.690, 79.080, 90.400, 90.410, 95.290, 95.520 to 95.620, 95.621 to 95.629, 95.767 to 95.784, 95.851 to 95.884, or KRS Chapter 96 to p...
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2016-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 31)
SB120PassRepeal and reenact KRS 286.3-065 to apply the standards of conduct in KRS 271B.8-300 and 271B.8-420, respectively, to the directors and officers of a bank.
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2016-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 33)
SB155PassAmend KRS 151B.240 to correct the administrative location of the Statewide Independent Living Council.
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2016-04-04
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 32)
SB2Engross

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Amend KRS 21.540 to require the Legislators' Retirement Plan and Judicial Retirement Plan to follow the provisions of KRS Chapters 45, 45A, 56, and 57 regarding procurement of services, goods, and property; provide that no funds of the Legislators' R...
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2016-04-01
floor amendment (1) and (2) filed
SB74PassAmend KRS 186.045 to allow termination statments to be submitted by fax; hold county clerks harmless for fraudulent termination statements.
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 8)
HR244PassHonor the Franklin County Lady Flyers girls' basketball team for its runner-up finish in the 2016 St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen State Tournament.
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2016-04-01
adopted by voice vote
HB271PassCreate a new section of KRS 7A.200 to 7A.260 to require the state-administered retirement systems to disclose data on each member or recipient of a benefit, including a unique identification number which shall not be the member's Social Security numb...
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 27)
SB84PassAmend KRS 189.450, regarding the prohibition against stopping on a highway, to provide an exemption for vehicles operated by a collection service registered under KRS 224.43-315 or an Adopt-a-Highway Program, provided the vehicles are stopped for no ...
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19)
SB167PassAmend KRS 82.083, relating to the disposition of city property, to define "independent appraisal" and allow property to be transferred for the purposes of elimination of blight, traded toward the purchase of the same or similar property, sold for its...
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 22)
SR187PassHonor the Belfry High School football team on winning the 3A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl.
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2016-04-01
adopted by voice vote
SB96Engross

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Amend KRS 441.245 to set salary requirements for certain jailers, allow salary adjustment, require fiscal court action to determine compensation & duties, require jailer reporting on a quarterly basis.
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2016-04-01
floor amendment (3) and (4-title) filed
SR190PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Nancy Reagan.
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2016-04-01
adopted by voice vote
SB43PassAmend KRS 61.315 to make the survivors of emergency medical services providers who are killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2014, eligible for the state lump-sum death benefit; designate as the John Mackey Memorial Act.
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 15)
SR51PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Bill W. May.
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2016-04-01
adopted by voice vote
HCR139PassEstablish the South Central Kentucky Caucus within the Kentucky General Assembly.
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 20)
SB185PassCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Advisory Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders and create the Office of Autism; amend KRS 194A.135 to delete the requirement that the Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities appoint a...
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 18)
HB153PassAmend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to provide that creditable compensation shall exclude nominal fees paid to volunteers of a participating agency who begin participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the County Employees Retirement System...
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 25)
HB369Engross

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Amend KRS 210.575 to add the Arc of Kentucky to the Kentucky Commission on Services and Supports for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability and Other Developmental Disabilities.
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2016-04-01
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitutes (1) committee amendment (1-title)
SB45Engross

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Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the disclosure, upon request, of the retirement benefit information of current and former members of the General Assembly, including their name, status, and projected or actual retirement benefit payme...
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2016-04-01
floor amendment (3) and (4-title) filed
SB168PassAmend KRS 43.050 and 91A.040 to allow a special audit or examination of a city government or its agencies or departments to avoid a duplicative repository of audit records at the LRC; allow the Auditor to bill the city for the actual expense of the a...
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 17)
SR162PassDesignate June 27, 2016, as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day and June 2016 as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Month.
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2016-04-01
adopted by voice vote
SR61PassAdjourn in honor and loving memory of Geraldine "Boots" Smith.
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2016-04-01
adopted by voice vote
HB83PassAmend KRS 138.130 to define "reference tobacco products"; exclude reference tobacco products from the definition of "tobacco products" and "snuff"; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2016.
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2016-04-01
signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 14)
HR122PassHonor the McConnell Center on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2016.
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2016-04-01
adopted by voice vote
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