Kentucky Bills

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HR 10: Expel Representative Jeff Hoover from the Kentucky House of Representatives.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 47: AN ACT relating to estheticians. Amend KRS 317B.025 to reduce from 1,000 to 700 the hours of instruction required for licensure as an esthetician; permit the instruction to be held in a school in another state if the school is licensed or approved by that state.

To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 63: AN ACT relating to telephone solicitation. Amend KRS 367.46955 to prohibit knowingly using a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent of defrauding or causing to another person or wrongfully obtain anything of value.

To Small Business & Information Technology (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 56: AN ACT relating to educational programs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop academic standards for a financial literacy program to be implemented by each public high school; require the financial literacy program to be completed for high school graduation; direct the department to determine the implementation date.

To Education (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 38: AN ACT relating to area development districts and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 147A.117 to require that the Auditor of Public Accounts' bill shall not exceed a quote given to an area development district by a certified public accountant for the same audit; EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2018.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 65: AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for legislators. Amend KRS 6.505 to close the Legislators' Retirement Plan to new members effective August 1, 2018; prohibit current legislators from participating in the Legislators' Retirement Plan on or after August 1, 2018; provide that current and future legislators shall only participate in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for any service to the General Assembly occurring on or after August 1, 2018.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HR 13: Encourage the efforts of the criminal justice system to divert drug offenders to treatment.

To Judiciary (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 27: AN ACT relating to the Public Service Commission. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require the Public Service Commission to reconsider previously issued orders that involve multistate transactions if the orders involve a multistate transaction that requires approval from another state public utility commission and the out-of-state public utility commission fails to approve the transaction or utility plan; require the Public Service Commission to review its previous order and determine whether the order is still in the public interest of Kentucky ratepayers; provide that the provisions of this Act shall apply retroactively to all Public Service Commission orders issued on or after July 1, 2013.

To Natural Resources & Energy (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 83: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. Amend KRS 532.090 to establish gross misdemeanors as a new category of misdemeanor offense and set penalty range; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 500, 530, 532, and 533 to conform; amend KRS 532.100 to ensure that custody of gross misdemeanants parallels that of Class D felons; repeal KRS 431.060; amend various sections to conform.

To Judiciary (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 42: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gaming. Propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to define and permit casino gaming; prior to July 1, 2029, require that proceeds be used to pay for oversight of casino gaming, and mandate that 100 percent of proceeds in excess of oversight costs go to retirement systems; after July 1, 2029, allow the General Assembly to allocate proceeds.

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

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 29: AN ACT relating to taxation. Amend KRS 140.130 to decouple from changes to the federal estate tax since 2003; amend KRS 141.010 to provide for a reduction and phase-out of the pension exclusion, disallow the domestic production activities deduction, establish a cap for itemized deductions, and define "taxpayer"; amend KRS 141.020 to provide for changes to income tax rates; amend KRS 141.066 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize and order changes in income tax credits; amend KRS 141.0401 to lower the exclusion threshold; amend KRS 141.120 to change apportionment methods to use a "throwback" rule and market-based sourcing for receipts; amend KRS 141.200 to require "combined" reporting for corporations; amend KRS 134.810, 136.310, 136.530, 141.040, 141.121, 141.206, and 141.420 to conform; amend KRS 141.205 to recognize "tax haven" foreign countries and tax all income apportioned or allocated to those countries; amend KRS 141.383, 148.544, and 148.546 to make the film industry tax credit nonrefundable and nontransferable; create a new section of KRS 6.905 to 6.935 to require review and sunset of all economic development tax credits; amend KRS 131.190 to allow LRC employees to review selected tax documents; amend KRS 138.270 to reduce motor fuels dealer compensation to one percent; amend KRS 132.020 to make the real property tax rate 12.2 cents per $100, remove the rate adjustment provision, and remove the recall provisions; amend KRS 132.260 to clarify requirements for reporting of rental space for mobile or manufactured homes, private aircraft, and certain boats or vessels; amend KRS 132.730, 132.751, 132.810, and 132.815 to clarify property tax treatment of manufactured homes; amend KRS 140.300 to clarify the treatment of agricultural valuation on inherited property; amend KRS 279.200, 279.530, 279.220, and 139.530 to repeal rural electric and telephone co-op taxes; amend KRS 132.097 and 132.099 to amend the exemption for personal property shipped out of state; amend KRS 139.105, 139.200, 139.220, 139.270, 139.340, and 139.740 to impose sales tax on selected services; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide for a refundable Kentucky earned income tax credit; amend KRS 243.0305 and 243.990 to recognize changes in the distilled spirits case tax; amend KRS 138.130, 138.140, and 138.143 to change the tax on cigarette rolling papers, to raise the tobacco taxes, to impose a floor stock tax, and to tax e-cigarettes; amend KRS 65.125, 65.674, 67.862, 67.938, 67A.843, 68.245, 68.248, 82.095, 97.590, 132.0225, 132.023, 132.024, 132.027, 132.029, 157.440, 160.470, 160.473, 67C.147, 78.530, 342.340, and 134.810 to remove provisions that allow for recall of certain tax rates and make conforming and technical changes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide for a refundable noise mitigation credit; repeal KRS 132.017, 132.018, 132.025, 132.720, 143A.035, and 243.710, relating to recall petitions and to various tax rates; provide that estate tax provisions apply for deaths occurring on or after August 1, 2018, sales tax provisions are effective for periods beginning on or after October 1, 2018, motor fuels compensation provisions are effective August 1, 2018, and property tax provisions are for assessments on and after January 1, 2019.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 2, 2018

HB 48: AN ACT relating to retirement benefit participation for members of the General Assembly and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 6.145 to 6.237 to allow individuals who become members of the General Assembly on or after April 1, 2018, to make a one-time irrevocable election to not participate in the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for their service to the General Assembly; allow members of the General Assembly who began contributing to the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System on or after December 31, 2014, but prior to April 1, 2018, to make a one-time irrevocable election by December 31, 2018, to discontinue participation in the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System for their service to the General Assembly and receive a refund of accumulated contributions; provide that the election to not participate or discontinue participation in the Legislators' Retirement Plan or the Kentucky Employees Retirement System applies to all future service of the General Assembly; amend KRS 6.505, 61.510, and 61.525 to conform; EMERGENCY.

To State Government (H)

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