Kentucky Bills

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2017

HB 329: AN ACT relating to securities fraud. Amend KRS 292.991 to specify felony charges for violations of KRS 292.320 based on the amount of the fraud; amend criminal penalties for general violation provisions of KRS Chapter 292 to include only violations of KRS 292.330, 292.332, 292.240, 292.440, 292.450, or 292.500.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 41)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2017

HB 191: AN ACT relating to insurance. Amend KRS 329A.070 to exempt certain individuals employed by an insurance company from the Kentucky Private Investigators Licensing Act; amend KRS 304.9-430 to exempt individuals employed by an insurance company to investigate fraudulent claims from licensure requirements of a staff adjuster, and delete an expired subsection; amend KRS 304.20-020 to provide that any insured named in the policy, rather than the named insured, may reject uninsured motor vehicle coverage and provide that if a named insured rejected coverage, in addition to coverage provided in or supplemental to renewal, the insurer is not required to provide coverage supplemental to a reinstatement, substitute, replacement, or amended policy issued to the same named insured by the same insurer or its affiliates; amend KRS 304.39-230 to specify the method for determining the date for when the last reparation payment is made; amend KRS 304.9-295 and 304.9-436 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 34)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2017

HB 93: AN ACT relating to assaults on animals utilized for the principal purpose of law enforcement. Amend KRS 525.200 to remove the requirement that a service animal be unable to return to work from the elements of the offense of first degree assault on a service animal, and add levels of injury and criminal intent to the elements.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 29)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2017

HB 265: AN ACT relating to overdimensional vehicle loads and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 189.010 to define the term "nondivisible load"; EMERGENCY.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 35)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2017

HB 312: AN ACT relating to student financial assistance. Amend KRS 164.7531 to end the Best in Class, Best in Care, and Best in Law programs by June 30, 2018; amend KRS 164.769 to allow teacher scholarship recipients who teach dual credit coursework in a high school to receive two semesters of teacher scholarship promissory note cancellation for each semester spent teaching.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 40)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 20, 2017

SB 101: AN ACT relating to the administration of immunizations by pharmacists. Amend KRS 315.010 to permit a pharmacist to administer any immunization to children ages 9 to 17 years; amend KRS 315.205 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 44)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 20, 2017

HB 289: AN ACT relating to reorganization. Confirm Executive Order 2016-902, dated December 19, 2016, reorganizing the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet's Department of Criminal Justice Training; amend KRS 15A.020 and KRS 15A.030 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 38)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 17, 2017

SB 79: AN ACT relating to health care providers. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define "direct primary care membership agreement"; establish conditions for services under a direct primary care membership agreement; exempt from KRS Chapter 304.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 25)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 16, 2017

SB 151: AN ACT relating to franchises. Amend KRS 337.010, 338.021, 341.070, 342.690, and 344.030 to provide that neither a franchisee nor an employee of a franchisee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; provide that neither a franchisor or employee of a franchisor shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisee for purposes of KRS Chapters 337, 338, 341, 342, and 344, respectively; define "franchisee" and "franchisor.”

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 24)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 239: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners. Amend KRS 320.280 to require the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners to establish an annual license renewal fee through administrative regulation.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 20)

signed · Kentucky · Senate Mar 16, 2017

SB 42: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 23)

signed · Kentucky · House Mar 16, 2017

HB 237: AN ACT relating to donations of food and grocery products. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define "apparently fit grocery product," "apparently wholesome food," "donate," "food," "gleaner," "grocery product," "intentional misconduct," "nonprofit organization," and "person"; establish legal immunity protections related to apparently wholesome or fit food and grocery product donations to nonprofit organizations; extend protections to those who allow the collection or gleaning of products for donation to nonprofit organizations; allow nonprofit organizations to recondition certain donated food or products; repeal KRS 413.247 and 413.248.

Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19)