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State Legislature US Congress

All 14,689 Active 8,035 In committee 7,985 Passed 4,536 Signed 1,954 Failed 136

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 197: AN ACT relating to academic credit for military experience. Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to develop and implement a statewide policy for public postsecondary education institutions to provide academic credit for military service and training for active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves, and National Guard as well as veterans of the Armed Forces.

To Education (H)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Feb 9, 2017

SB 137: AN ACT relating to absentee ballots for voters. Amend KRS 117.075 and 117.085 to allow qualified voters of advanced age or with a disability or illness the means to vote by using a mail-in absentee ballot or by in-person absentee voting; make technical corrections.

To State & Local Government (S)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 213: 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.

To Judiciary (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 243: AN ACT relating to trespass. Amend KRS 511.070 to allow notice of trespass to be given through the placement of identifying purple paint marks on property; require any owner or lessee who marks his or her real property in such a manner to also provide clear written notice forbidding entry; provide that the written notice requirement will cease to be operative within one year of the effective date of this Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to require that the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resorces inform the public of these provisions.

To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 212: AN ACT relating to charity auctions. Amend KRS 139.496 to exempt from sales and use tax the gross receipts derived from a charitable auction held on or after July 1, 2017, but before July 1, 2021, by a nonprofit civic, governmental, or other nonprofit organization.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 219: AN ACT relating to the death penalty. Amend KRS 532.025 to add the murder of a victim aged 12 years old or younger or an adult as defined in KRS 209.020 as an aggravating circumstance for the death penalty.

To Judiciary (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 220: AN ACT relating to laws passed by the General Assembly. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to provide that the General Assembly shall not exempt itself or any state agency from general laws applicable to the general public or businesses.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 214: AN ACT relating to a tax credit for donated edible agricultural products. Amend KRS 141.392 to increase the amount of tax credit available for donating edible agricultural products to nonprofit food programs from 10% of the value of the donated products to 20%; extend the tax credit program four additional years; state the purpose of the credit; require reporting; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report information to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.135, 131.618, 131.650, 131.990, 141.389, and 131.020 to conform.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 178: AN ACT relating to wages. Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.80 per hour beginning on August 1, 2017, to $10.35 per hour beginning on August 1, 2018, to $11.90 per hour beginning on August 1, 2019, to $13.45 per hour beginning on August 1, 2020, and to $15.00 per hour beginning on August 1, 2021; amend KRS 337.010, relating to the definition of employees of retail stores and service industries, to increase the applicable threshold of business that applies to from $95,000 to $500,000.

To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 217: AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 14.025 to abolish the Division of Administration and the Division of Business Filings in the Office of the Secretary of State; create the Office of Administration, Office of Business, and Office of Elections, and describe duties of the offices; confirm Secretary of State Executive Order 2016-01.

To State Government (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 185: AN ACT relating to concealing a will. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 394 to prohibit the concealing of a will and establish a Class D felony penalty.

To Judiciary (H)

in committee · Kentucky · House Feb 9, 2017

HB 216: AN ACT relating to an income tax deduction for qualified tuition programs. Amend KRS 141.010 to allow contributions to a qualified tuition program (a "529 Plan") of up to $4,000 to be excluded from adjusted gross income.

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)