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State Legislature US Congress

All 14,689 Active 326 In committee 5,859 Passed 4,038 Signed 1,952 Failed 158

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 37: AN ACT relating to the property tax on unmined coal. Amend KRS 132.820 to exempt unmined coal reserves from state and local property taxation if on January 1 of any tax year the owner or lessee of the reserve does not hold a valid permit from both the state and federal governments to mine coal from the reserve, and does not anticipate that coal will be mined from the reserve at any point during the tax year; amend KRS 131.190 to conform; make technical corrections; apply to property assessed on and after January 1, 2018.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 17: AN ACT relating to expungement. Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200.

To Judiciary (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 34: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to compensation for members of the General Assembly. Propose to amend Section 42 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit members of the General Assembly from receiving legislative pay for a special session that has been called by the Governor because the General Assembly adjourned without passing a state budget; submit to the voters with ballot question.

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

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 30: AN ACT relating to public procurement. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set forth findings of the General Assembly and establish policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; define "manufactured in Kentucky," "manufactured in the United States," "Kentucky," and "United States"; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts; provide for a waiver of the Kentucky preference requirement; require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States if the Kentucky waiver is granted; provide for a waiver of the United States preference requirement; establish a short title of "Kentucky Buy American Act"; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.080, and 424.260 to require compliance with the Kentucky Buy American Act.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 56: AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information. 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 payments and benefits from Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, Legislators' Retirement Plan, and the Judicial Retirement Plan.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 51: AN ACT relating to a reduction of motor vehicle property tax rates for certain disabled veterans. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to reduce the property tax rate levied on and after January 1, 2018, by the state and by local taxing jurisdictions on motor vehicles owned by totally disabled veterans, whose disability is service-connected, to 50 percent of the tax rate levied on other motor vehicles by the relevant taxing jurisdiction, except in the case of historic motor vehicles.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 83: AN ACT relating to elder abuse prevention in brokerage-financial accounts. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 292 to grant civil and administrative immunity to broker-dealers or investment advisers who, with reasonable belief and in good faith, report suspected financial exploitation of eligible adults to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions.

To Banking & Insurance (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 76: AN ACT relating to criminal histories of job applicants. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; title the Act: "Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act."

To Small Business & Information Technology (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 57: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board of trustees. Amend KRS 161.250 to increase the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board membership from nine members to 11 by adding two elected trustees who are retired members; amend KRS 161.300 to conform; provide that the election of the two new retired members shall occur so that the initial term of office will begin July 1, 2017.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HJR 14: Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a bridge in Allen County in memory of Titus Elijah Morris and erect the appropriate signage.

To Transportation (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 66: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors. Amend KRS 198B.706 to remove the standards of practice of the National Association of Home Inspectors from the list of standards of practice approved by the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors; add the standards of practice of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors to the board's list.

To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 3, 2017

HB 84: AN ACT relating to patient quality of life. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms; establish the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and create provisions and requirements; establish the Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program within the cabinet and create provisions and requirements; require all health facilities to establish systems for identifying patients or residents who could benefit from palliative care and provide information by 2020 and allow the cabinet to require action plans and impose fines for those in violation.

To Health and Family Services (H)