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All 14,689 Active 8,035 In committee 7,985 Passed 4,536 Signed 1,953 Failed 136

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 69: AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote. Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of a felony, other than felonies designated by the General Assembly, the right to vote; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.

To State & Local Government (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 97: AN ACT relating to pastoral counselors. Amend KRS 335.605 to change the definition of "pastoral counseling;" amend KRS 335.620 to revise education requirements for licensure; amend KRS 335.630 to stipulate that no person shall engage in pastoral counseling unless licensed by the board.

To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 37: AN ACT relating to expungement. Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; allow the court to waive all or any portion of the fee if an applicant is indigent or financially unable to pay; amend KRS 431.078 to allow the court to waive all or any portion of the filing fee for misdemeanor, violation, or traffic infraction expungement if an applicant is indigent or financially unable to pay.

To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 63: AN ACT relating to civil rights. Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation," "gender identity," " local Commission," and " real estate-related transaction"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and KRS 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.680, 344.370, and 344.380, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments.

To Judiciary (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 77: AN ACT relating to personal identification cards. Amend KRS 186.470 to clarify that a parent or guardian's signature is not required to accompany the application of a minor for a personal identification card.

To Transportation (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 46: AN ACT relating to the regulation of firearms and ammunition by local governments. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow urban-county governments and consolidated local governments to regulate firearms and ammunition to reduce gun violence, except when state or federal law preemepts local governance; amend KRS 65.870 to conform.

To State & Local Government (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 33: AN ACT relating to wages. Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on July 1, 2018, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2019, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2020, and to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.05 per hour on the effective date of the Act, $3.95 per hour on July 1, 2019, and $4.90 per hour on July 1, 2020; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.

To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 76: AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. Establish KRS Chapter 245 to regulate the cultivation, testing, processing, taxing, and sale of cannabis to persons aged 21 years and older; create, amend, and repeal various sections to conform.

To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 59: AN ACT relating to the security of personal information. Amend KRS 61.931 to include user name, e-mail address, and security questions with answers in the definition of "personal information" involved in a data security breach of information held by state and local government agencies; amend KRS 61.933 to allow a civil cause of action for actual damages, attorney's fees and court costs in Franklin Circuit Court against state and local government agencies who violate the investigation and notice procedures of KRS 61.931 to 61.934, waiving sovereign immunity; amend KRS 365.732, regarding data security breaches in businesses, to expand the definition of "breach of the security system" to include noncomputerized records as well as computerized records, records which are accessed as well as records which are acquired, and encrypted records when the key is also compromised; define "encryption" as meeting National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines; expand definition of "personally identifiable information" to mirror the definition of "personal information" in KRS 61.931; include third party agents who contract with information holders in the section's provisions; limit time frames for notice of breaches.

To Judiciary (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 74: AN ACT relating to death benefits for social workers and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 61.315 to make social service workers eligible to receive benefits for death in the line of duty; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to establish criteria and procedures pertaining to the benefit; APPROPRIATION.

To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 36: AN ACT relating to juries. Amend KRS 15.733 to allow the disqualification of a prosecuting attorney from the retrial of a case due to discriminatory jury selection practices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to collect and report data on the race, ethnicity, and sex of members of juries.

To Judiciary (S)

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 96: AN ACT relating to radon testing in child-care centers. Create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.8996 to require licensed child-care centers to be tested for radon at least once every five years as part of their initial licensure and license renewal; require the most current report to be posted in a public place within the child-care center.

To Health & Welfare (S)