Kentucky Bills

in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 66: AN ACT relating to notaries public. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 423 to permit the Secretary of State and the county clerk in a county with a consolidated local government to institute a pilot program to record electronically transmitted documents with a notarial act and to allow a fee of no more than $10 to be charged yearly to a notary public who registers to participate in the pilot program.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 23: AN ACT relating to oaths. Amend KRS 6.072 to require witnesses appearing before a committee, subcommittee, or task force of the General Assembly to take an oath prior to giving testimony.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 68: AN ACT relating to the death penalty. Suspend death penalty executions until December 3, 2018, or until the Task Force on the Death Penalty submits a final report; direct the the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Task Force on the Death Penalty to study and develop reccomendations regarding the Commonwealth's use of the death penalty for capital offenses to be submitted no later than December 3, 2018.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 85: AN ACT relating to evidence in medical malpractice actions. Create a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to prohibit the introduction of expressions of sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence in medical malpractice actions.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 54: AN ACT relating to school councils. Amend KRS 160.345 to require the local school superintendent or designee to establish school policies, make personnel decisions, determine instructional materials, determine student support services, plan professional development, and fill principal vacancies; require superintendent to consult with principals and school councils; require the principal or principal's designee in a school containing any combination of grades K-5 to develop and implement a school wellness policy; amend KRS 158.197 to allow the principal or principal's designee to authorize the display of specific educational materials; amend KRS 158.153, 158.792, 158.844, 158.070, and 156.095 to conform.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 52: AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers. Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning in 2024; provide transitional calendar; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection. Provide ballot language.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 90: AN ACT relating to breast-feeding. Amend KRS 211.755 to establish that a mother breast-feeding a child or expressing milk in any location, public or private, where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be shall report any violations to the local health department, independent health department, or county health department, having jurisdiction for the county in which the violation occurred; provide that the local health department, independent health department, or county health department shall conduct an investigation of any reported violation; amend KRS 211.990 to establish a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense for any person or municipality that violates KRS 211.755(2) or (3).

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 70: AN ACT relating to charter schools. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; establish a charter school pilot project and identify charter school authorizer; define terms; describe the characteristics and the requirements of a charter school; identify the requirements and the components of a charter school application; describe the responsibilities of authorizers; describe charter school renewal and revocation processes; identify the components of a charter school annual report; identify the requirements for student enrollment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to identify student enrollment and withdrawal requirements to be followed by a charter school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify charter school staff as employees of the authorizer; specify that charter school employees are covered under any existing collective bargaining agreement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to specify the charter school funding process.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 64: AN ACT relating to state employee legal representation before the Personnel Board and Franklin Circuit Court. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to require the Legislative Research Commission to employ a nonpartisan attorney whose sole responsibility is to provide legal representation to executive branch employees for pretermination hearings and personnel actions appealed to the Personnel Board or Franklin Circuit Court should the attorney determine the appeal has merit; amend KRS 18A.095 to allow employees to use the services of this attorney; specify the parties to pay and receive fees and costs.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 72: AN ACT relating to expungement. Amend KRS 431.073 to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; amend KRS 431.076 to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; amend KRS 431.078 to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; amend KRS 431.079 to limit requirement of certification to convictions which have not been pardoned.

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in committee · Kentucky · Senate Jan 7, 2017

SB 93: AN ACT relating to the physician preceptor tax incentive program. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish an individual income tax credit for Kentucky-licensed physicians who as voluntary preceptors administer at least three core clinical rotations for certain medical students; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to require reporting of statistics; amend sections of KRS Chapters 131 and 141 to make conforming changes.

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in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 6, 2017

HB 118: AN ACT relating to early voting in-person absentee voting. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to establish that in-person absentee voting be conducted at least 12 working days, including two Saturdays, before the Sunday prior to election day and to permit a county board of elections to establish a longer period of time for in-person absentee voting; allow members of a county board of elections to work as precinct election officers without compensation during in-person absentee voting; amend KRS 117.085 to add electronic mail as an option when requesting an application for a mail-in absentee ballot; amend KRS 117.145 to require the county clerk to equip the in-person absentee voting machines with the necessary supplies, including a pencil or a pen for the purpose of write-in votes at least 5 days before the in-person absentee voting period begins and to increase from 15 to 45 the number of days the county clerk is required to have ballots and labels for a special election; amend KRS 117.0851, 117.087, 117.165, 117.235, 118.035, and 118.405 to conform; repeal KRS 117.088.

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