Kentucky Bills

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 39: AN ACT relating to jailers and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 441.245 to require fiscal courts to detail the duties and compensation of the jailer for the upcoming year; require a quarterly report by the jailer of the duties performed; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 67)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 163: AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 11.068 to remove responsibility of state government organization analysis from the Office of the State Budget Director; amend KRS 18A.030 to require the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet to be responsible for state government organization analysis; confirm Executive Order 2016-734.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 53)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 293: AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet. Amend KRS 12.020 and 336.020 to rename divisions within the Labor cabinet, move the Division of Workers' Compensation Funds to the Department of Workers' Claims, move the Office of General Counsel from the Department of Workers' Claims to the Labor Cabinet's Office of General Counsel, and abolish the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; amend KRS 336.164, 336.165, 342.120, 342.122, and 342.382 to conform; amend KRS 342.215 and 342.230 to exempt Workers' Compensation Board members, department employees, and administrative law judges from the classified service; repeal KRS 342.0012, relating to the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; confirm Executive Order 2016-855.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 082)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 50: AN ACT relating to administrative regulations. Amend KRS 13A.010 to amend the definition of "administrative regulation" and to define "last effective date"; amend KRS 13A.040 to require the regulations compiler to maintain a list of all administrative regulation numbers and their corresponding last effective dates; amend KRS 13A.220 and 13A.222 to make conforming changes to enable the renewal of an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.310 to provide that, beginning July 1, 2017, an ordinary administrative regulation shall expire 7 years after its last effective date; provide that an administrative regulation that has a last effective date prior to July 1, 2012, shall expire on July 1, 2019; establish duties of regulations compiler; and establish requirements for an administrative body that does not want an administrative regulation to expire.

Signed by Governor

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 384: AN ACT relating to mine safety. Amend KRS 351.090 and 351.140 to reduce the required number of inspections of underground mines; specify reduced number of required inspections for both annual mine inspections and annual full electrical inspections.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 72)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 8: AN ACT relating to the use of public resources. Amend KRS 311.715 relating to funding prohibitions to prohibit state and local funds from being used, granted, paid, or distributed to an entity, organization, or individual that provides abortion services; establish a funding priority for the distribution of federal funds that places state, county, and local community health clinics and federally qualified health centers first; amend KRS 311.720 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 64)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 38: AN ACT relating to timber theft. Amend KRS 364.130 to specify that a person, regardless of state of mind or whether the person believes to be authorized or not, is liable for three times the stumpage value of the timber and three times the cost of any damages to property when he or she takes the timber of another without legal right or color of title.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 66)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 304: AN ACT relating to the nurse licensure compact. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to enact and enter into the Nurse Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for registered nurses or practical nurses; permit the Kentucky Board of Nursing to limit or revoke the multistate licensure privilege of any nurse to practice in Kentucky; establish application requirements; require reporting of any actions taken by the Kentucky Board of Nursing to the home state of the licensee; require compact states to participate in a coordinated licensure information system and provide for interchange of information; establish the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators; provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or agents of a party state's nurse licensing board who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; prohibit amendment of the compact unless the amendment has been enacted into the laws of all party states; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance; repeal KRS 314.470, which set forth the prior version of the Nurse Licensure Compact; EFFECTIVE December 31, 2018, or upon adoption of compact by 26 states, whichever is earlier.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 084)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 197: AN ACT relating to the transfer of contract staff providing services to the Department of Criminal Justice Training and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to transfer certain contract employees of Eastern Kentucky University who are engaged in providing instructional and support services to the Department of Criminal Justice Training to state employee status within the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; require that all employees retain salaries and leave balances; require the employees to participate in KERS nonhazardous; amend KRS 18A.115 to transfer Eastern Kentucky University contract employees who are engaged in providing instructional and support services to the Department of Criminal Justice Training to the personnel system under KRS Chapter 18A; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 58)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 299: AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission. Amend KRS 342.213 to abolish the Workers' Compensation Nominating Commission; create the Workers' Compensation Nominating Committee; set the number and experience of members; describe the duties and responsibilities of the committee; amend KRS 12.020, 336.020, and 342.228 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-319.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 083)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 21, 2017

SB 238: AN ACT relating to construction and declaring an emergency. Provide authorization for the renewal of the Capital Plaza in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, including authorization under KRS 45.763; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 103)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 21, 2017

HB 226: AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 12.020 to change the Office of Policy and Budget to the Office of Finance and Budget in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and add the Office of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs; amend KRS 194A.030 to assign responsibilities of these offices; confirm Executive Order 2016-892.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 092)