2019 REGULAR SESSION |
GENERAL BUSINESS |
TRACKING SHEET |
UPDATED WITH MARCH 12, 2019 ACTIONS (You can access a summary & text of the bill by clicking on the Bill Number) |
Bill Number | Bill Sponsor | Summary | Last Action |
SENATE BILLS | |||
M. Wise | Omnibus legislation relating to various aspects of school safety | 03/11/19 - signed by Governor | |
R. Stivers II | Allow appointment of a special judge in certain civil actions | 03/04/19 - returned to Judiciary (H) | |
J. Schickel | Omnibus changes to SBDM councils including limiting teacher reps and addressing principal hiring | 02/06/19 - to Education (H) | |
R. Stivers II | Require disclosure of executive agency lobbyist compensation and prohibit executive agency lobbyist compensation contingent on awarding of a government contract | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed | |
R. Stivers II | Pro-business reforms to employment law | 03/12/19 - passed 51-45 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3) | |
S. West | Teacher tribunal reform | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
R. Alvarado | Constitutional amendment to limit noneconomic damages | 01/09/19 - to State & Local Government (S) | |
A. Kerr | Make it unlawful for an employer to fail to accommodate an employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition | 03/12/19 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | |
J. Carroll | Authorize and regulate sports wagering | 01/09/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Require special purpose governmental entities to get approval of fees and taxes by governing body | 03/12/19 - returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
R. Alvarado | Ban use of tobacco at schools | 01/08/19 - to Education (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Require local official notice of hazardous waste violations. | 03/12/19 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | |
R. Alvarado | Mandate insurance coverage for genetic testing related to cancer prevention | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
J. Schickel | Remove protections against employment discrimination based on smoking | 01/08/19 - to Judiciary (S) | |
S. West | Require a stop-loss provision of 1% in the performance funding models for fiscal years 2020-2021 through 2022-2023. | 01/10/19 - to Education (S) | |
S. Meredith | Give Finance Secretary ability to settle contingency fee legal personal service contract disputes | 03/07/19 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019 | |
R. Thomas | Increase minimum wage | 01/09/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
W. Westerfield | Allows for a notary name change | 03/12/19 - taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day | |
J. Higdon | Broadens felony expungement | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (2) withdrawn | |
J. Schickel | Exempt from sales tax admissions by nonprofit educational, charitable, or religious institutions and the fundraising activities done by nonprofit institutions | 01/10/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
D. Seum | Authorizes and regulates marijuana | 01/10/19 - to Health & Welfare (S) | |
J. Higdon | Regulates virtual high school completion programs | 03/04/19 - to Education (H) | |
R. Alvarado | Relates to employees that work at sheltered employers and the supports they receive from Medicaid | 01/11/19 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) | |
P. Clark | Requires appeals process for drug-free workplace programs | 02/05/19 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) | |
R. Alvarado | Abatement and remediation of methamphetamine contaminated property | 03/12/19 - 3rd reading, passed 100-0 | |
M. Wilson | Establish the Work Ready Kentucky Scholarship; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the scholarship; define eligibility requirements for the scholarship | 03/06/19 - posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019 | |
M. Wise | Relating to direct shipment of wine to consumers | 02/19/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) | |
B. Smith | Net metering reform | 03/01/19 - posted for passage for receding from House floor amendment (1) | |
M. McGarvey | Constitutional amendment relating to expanded gaming. | 02/08/19 - to State & Local Government (S) | |
A. Kerr | Mandated coverage for medically necessary fertility preservation services. | 02/08/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
M. McGarvey | Omnibus reforms to notaries including remote online notarization | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) filed | |
R. Alvarado | Scholarship tax credits | 02/08/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
P. Hornback | Omnibus changes to 811 | 02/26/19 - recommitted to Natural Resources & Energy (S) | |
R. Girdler | Apply Workers Comp fee schedule for PIP | 02/08/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
J. Higdon | Omnibus regulation of PBMs related to networks, claims and payments | 02/25/19 - returned to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
D. Carroll | Remove the ability of Lifeline providers to bill and collect the CMRS service charge levied under the section from end user | 03/07/19 - floor amendments (1), (2) and (3-title) filed | |
M. Wilson | Prohibit governmental bodies from contracting with a contractor who engages in boycotting a person or entity with which Kentucky can enjoy open trade | 03/12/19 - Bill passed 32-5 | |
C. McDaniel | Exempt from sales and use tax tangible personal property purchased by a person for incorporation into a structure | 02/27/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
E. Harris | Establish a $1000 voluntary relocation credit for teachers moving from a targeted school from an untargeted school | 02/11/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
W. Westerfield | Protect jails from drones | 03/12/19 - 3rd reading, passed 100-0 | |
J. Higdon | Require the Department of Highways to report monthly to the General Assembly through the LRC on activity from the Highway Construction Contingency Account | 03/12/19 - Bill passed 37-0 | |
M. McGarvey | Statewide fairness ordinance | 02/13/19 - to Judiciary (S) | |
S. West | Regulation of medicinal marijuana | 02/26/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
R. Mills | Unemployment Insurance reforms | 02/14/19 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) | |
D. Givens | Revisions to school accountability system | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute | |
D. Parrett | Add a nonprofit business which is at least 51 percent unconditionally controlled by a veteran to the definition of | 03/12/19 - returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
S. West | Notary reform without remote notarization | 02/15/19 - to Judiciary (S) | |
W. Westerfield | Relating to security of connected devices. | 02/19/19 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) | |
R. Girdler | Kentucky Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act | 02/19/19 - to Judiciary (S) | |
T. Buford | Relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. | 02/26/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) | |
S. West | Makes various housekeeping reforms to administrative regulations | 02/19/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) | |
R. Stivers II | Require a court to decide all questions of law in the judicial review of final orders rendered by state agencies without deference to the agency`s determination | 02/19/19 - to Judiciary (S) | |
R. Thomas | Require CHFS to establish training and education requirements for employees of long-term care facilities | 02/26/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) | |
W. Westerfield | Prohibit telecommunications companies from disclosing or transmitting to a third party any location data derived from a cellular phone without the consent of the customer. | 02/19/19 - to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) | |
D. Carroll | Economic development cleanup bill | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed, floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4) filed, floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute | |
S. Meredith | Restrict the sale of tobacco and vapor products to persons under the age of 21 | 02/22/19 - returned to Agriculture (S) | |
J. Adams | JCPS reforms from principal hiring to review of small purchases | 03/12/19 - passed 54-42 | |
M. McGarvey | Related to state government procurement of technology services | 02/19/19 - to State & Local Government (S) | |
C. McDaniel | Makes technical correction to KY Wired statute | 02/19/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
B. Smith | PSC housekeeping bill related to utility rates | 02/19/19 - to Natural Resources & Energy (S) | |
B. Smith | PSC cleanup bill | 03/07/19 - floor amendment (1) filed | |
R. Stivers II | Relating to the state accepting donations in aid of the construction or maintenance of roads, to include corporations | 02/19/19 - to Transportation (S) | |
SENATE RESOLUTIONS | |||
SCr6 | R. Alvarado | Urge all private health insurance providers doing business in Kentucky to study the potential impacts of implementing programs similar to the Kentucky Employees` Health Plan`s Diabetes Value Benefit plan and Diabetes Prevention Program and to implement similar programs if the results of their studies indicate a likelihood of cost savings or improved client health outcomes. | 01/08/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) |
SCr100 | J. Higdon | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; identify areas to be studied and task force membership; and require findings and recommendations to be reported by December 1, 2019. | 02/15/19 - to Education (S) |
HOUSE BILLS | |||
J. Carney | Omnibus legislation relating to various aspects of school safety | 01/11/19 - to Education (H) | |
D. Osborne | Medicaid and Public Assistance reforms, including drug testing | 02/26/19 - posted in committee | |
K. Upchurch | Various changes to Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee and the legislative review of administrative regulations | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) | |
A. Hatton | Net neutrality for KentuckyWired contracts | 01/10/19 - to Small Business & Information Technology (H) | |
M. Dossett | Expand electronic advertising to services offered off premises | 02/05/19 - to Transportation (H) | |
K. Moser | Ban use of tobacco at schools | 03/12/19 - passed 85-11 with floor amendments (2) and (5) | |
D. Keene | Authorizes and regulates sports wagering | 01/10/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
C. Harris | Omnibus changes to utility ratemaking including adding affordability as a criteria in ratemaking | 01/10/19 - to Natural Resources & Energy (H) | |
D. Keene | Exempt admissions to events held by nonprofit organizations from sales tax | 01/10/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
D. Osborne | Exempts admission to nonprofit events from sales tax | 01/10/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
R. Goforth | Clarifies renewal timelines of drivers license and ID documents | 01/10/19 - to Transportation (H) | |
L. Bechler | Prohibits sanctuary cities and universities | 02/11/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Nemes | Include psychological injuries for workers` compensation for first responders. | 01/10/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
J. Jenkins | Require employers to give employees a written good-faith estimate of the employee`s work schedule at the time of hire | 01/10/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
J. Jenkins | Require employers to provide leave from employment for crime victims. | 01/10/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
D. Keene | Creates a drug treatment and prevention fund | 01/10/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
T. Branham Clark | Relating to the misclassification of employees in the construction industry. | 01/10/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
K. Moser | Allow KEES funds to be used for qualified workforce training programs | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
R. Rothenburger | Relating to tuition benefits for first responders | 03/07/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
M. Dossett | Exclude services taxed by KRS 139.200 from sales tax when being resold | 01/10/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
A. Hatton | Change requirements for workers` compensation | 01/10/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
K. Bratcher | Prohibit telephone solicitations which misrepresent the name or telephone number in caller ID services | 03/12/19 - to Rules (H) | |
D. Elliott | Mandated health insurance benefit for infertility treatment coverage. | 01/10/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
D. Elliott | Provide additional license renewal requirements for physician assistants with controlled substances prescriptive authority | 02/26/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Blanton | Omnibus bail reforms | 02/19/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Donohue | Require two-person crews on trains or light engines used in connection with the movement of freight | 02/26/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Raymond | Remove half-day allowance for kindergarten | 01/10/19 - to Education (H) | |
J. Raymond | Require school districts to provide full-day preschool; require all four year olds residing in the school district be eligible. | 01/10/19 - to Education (H) | |
C. McCoy | Relating to distillery local option elections. | 01/11/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Tipton | Prohibit an occupational licensing authority from suspending or revoking a license it issued because the licensee is in default or delinquent on a student loan or work-conditional scholarship | 03/11/19 - signed by Governor | |
J. Tipton | Provide that no person shall use a personal communication device while operating a motor vehicle | 01/10/19 - to Transportation (H) | |
K. Moser | Prohibit insurers and MCOs from setting requirements or using certain utilization reviews for certain prescription drugs used to treat opioid use disorde | 02/14/19 - to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
J. Donohue | Establish a refundable income tax credit for the costs of mitigating noise from a commercial airport | 01/10/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
M. Dossett | Constitutional amendment relating to the election of judges on a partisan basis | 02/12/19 - posted in committee | |
P. Pratt | Public agencies shall not require or prohibit bidders to adhere to agreements with a labor organization relating to a public works project | 03/12/19 - delivered to Governor | |
D. St. Onge | Authorization and regulation of medical marijuana | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute | |
J. Sims Jr | Dealing with surprise billing by out of network providers | 01/10/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
K. Bratcher | KCEWS and EPSB Reorganization | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
R. Meeks | Allows for renewable energy generated by non-utility owned facilities to be leased and to subject to net metering arrangements | 01/11/19 - to Natural Resources & Energy (H) | |
J. Stewart III | Eliminate the deduction for transportation expenses from coal severance tax | 01/11/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
S. Santoro | Remove the requirement for golf carts to meet the federal safety standards for low-speed vehicles; establish new equipment standards for golf carts operating on roadways. | 03/05/19 - delivered to Governor | |
G. Brown Jr | Broaden offenses allowed for expungement | 02/05/19 - to Judiciary (H) | |
D. Meade | Omnibus changes to child welfare system including background checks for child care facilities | 03/07/19 - delivered to Governor | |
J. Petrie | Extends expungement to those whose charges were acquitted | 03/12/19 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
J. Petrie | Allows religious organizations to deny foster care or adoption services to a person if the action violates a sincerely held religious belief | 02/05/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
W. Thomas | Establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College endowment match fund and transfer $3 million annually to the fund | 02/05/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
M. Marzian | Statewide fairness law that would apply to various employment, housing, and financial transactions | 02/05/19 - to Judiciary (H) | |
J. Gooch Jr. | Allow the Energy and Environment Cabinet or an air pollution control district to establish an air quality fee structure | 03/05/19 - delivered to Governor | |
S. Santoro | Removes sports bets from prohibited lottery games | 02/15/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Donohue | Amend statutes related to state management of a local school district | 02/06/19 - to Education (H) | |
J. Stewart III | Eliminate the deduction for transportation expenses from the natural resources severance and processing taxes. | 02/06/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
A. Koenig | Omnibus bill related to gaming including sports betting and fantasy sports | 03/05/19 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute | |
A. Koenig | Require insurance surcharge rate changes bet made solely by the General Assembly | 03/12/19 - returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
A. Koenig | Make changes to GIA Council including surveyors | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day | |
A. Koenig | PPC professional licensing boards reorganization | 02/15/19 - posted in committee | |
M. Marzian | Increase minimum wage | 02/06/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
M. Marzian | Plastic bag, plastic straw, and ban on use of other plastic wastes | 02/13/19 - posted in committee | |
M. Hart | Exempts property used in the deployment of advanced broadband technologies from state and local ad valorem taxation | 02/06/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
D. Keene | Relating to the production and regulation of cannabis | 02/06/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
D. Keene | Authorizes expanded casino gaming | 02/06/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
S. Westrom | Make it a discriminatory employment action if an employer asks questions about previous salary or wages | 02/06/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
T. Moore | Prohibit governmental bodies from contracting with a contractor who engages in boycotting a person or entity with which Kentucky can enjoy open trade | 02/11/19 - posted in committee | |
R. Heath | Update the definition of industrial hemp | 03/12/19 - delivered to Governor | |
J. Gooch Jr. | Energy Environment Cabinet housekeeping bill relating to oil and gas. | 03/06/19 - delivered to Governor | |
J. Blanton | Creating the Kentucky Rural and Opportunity Zone Jobs Act. | 03/04/19 - floor amendment (1) filed | |
S. Sheldon | State Treasurer housekeeping bill including STABLE accounts | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
J. Carney | Scholarship tax credits | 03/04/19 - returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
J. DuPlessis | Authorize a capital project even though it is not specifically listed in a budget branch bill if the project is funded solely by non-general fund appropriations | 02/06/19 - to Education (H) | |
J. Carney | Require employees in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Inspector General, to sign a Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Statement | 02/06/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
M. Marzian | Requires usage of renewables by electric suppliers | 02/06/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
S. Maddox | Requires notification of local officials of any complaint, investigation or action against a solid waste facility | 02/26/19 - posted in committee | |
K. Moser | Requires durable medical equipment be covered and reimbursed under Medicaid. | 03/06/19 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules | |
K. Moser | Regulates advertising for legal services. | 02/12/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Gooch Jr. | Expand definition of key infrastructure assets for purposes of trespass statute | 03/01/19 - to Natural Resources & Energy (S) | |
B. McCool | Establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors | 03/07/19 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute | |
L. Yates | Relating to occupational licensure for members of the United States Armed Forces, to remove the active duty requirement. | 02/27/19 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) | |
R. Webber | Education and Workforce Development Cabinet reorganization | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) filed | |
M. Hart | Municipal Joint Action Authority for electric and natural gas | 02/14/19 - posted in committee | |
K. Upchurch | Relating to the regulation and operation of electric scooters | 03/06/19 - delivered to Governor | |
J. Nemes | Related to corporate duties for companies relocating a call center out of Kentucky | 02/19/19 - posted in committee | |
M. Cantrell | Allows for public employee collective bargaining | 02/07/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
S. Rudy | Amends 2018 biennial budget | 03/07/19 - Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate | |
J. Tipton | Omnibus early literacy and numeracy education bill | 03/04/19 - to Education (S) | |
J. Nemes | Expand the voluntary environmental remediation tax credit | 02/08/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
J. Sims Jr | Require the Department of Aviation to inspect and license only those airports that fall under the definition of a general aviation airport | 03/12/19 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1) | |
A. Bowling | Removes requirement for Department of Local Government to expand broadband | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
J. Tipton | Establish the Tax Expenditure Oversight Board | 02/27/19 - posted in committee | |
M. Cantrell | Change the definition of "employer" for discrimination purposes to include a person who has at least one employee in the state | 02/12/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
M. Cantrell | Make the termination of employment without cause unlawful; establish amount that may be recovered for wrongful discharge | 02/12/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
M. Cantrell | Allow local governments to pass an ordinance setting employees` minimum wages | 02/12/19 - to Local Government (H) | |
M. Cantrell | Prohibit the operator of a motor vehicle from operating the vehicle with personal listening devices covering or inserted into both ears | 02/12/19 - to Transportation (H) | |
J. Carney | Allow a student of chiropractic to engage in clinical practice under the supervision of a licensed chiropractor | 02/15/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Graviss | Relating to employer contribution rates for Kentucky Employees Retirement System for fiscal year 2019-2020 and making an appropriation therefor. | 02/12/19 - to State Government (H) | |
J. Graviss | Regulation of licensed certified professional midwives. | 02/12/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) | |
J. Nemes | Makes amendments to procedures for state takeover of a local school district | 02/12/19 - to Education (H) | |
R. Webber | Unemployment Insurance Reform | 03/12/19 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
J. Carney | Establish hospital rate improvement programs that require hospitals to pay an assessment into a fund to be used as state matching dollars for federal Medicaid funds | 03/12/19 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) | |
R. Adkins | Reforms to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board | 02/13/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) | |
T. Moore | Relating to reciprocal occupational licensure for members of the United States military, reserves, National Guard, veterans | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
T. Moore | Allow certification as a disabled veteran-owned business by the US Department of Veterans Affairs to meet the criteria of veteran eligibility, ownership, and control. | 03/01/19 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) | |
R. Webber | Create a tax credit for residents that are employed in high-skill, high-demand industry sector positions | 02/14/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
M. Koch | Amends veterans preference for state hiring | 03/12/19 - passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day | |
M. Meredith | Omnibus housekeeping bill for city governments | 03/12/19 - delivered to Governor | |
S. Sheldon | Require that all prescriptions for controlled substances be submitted electronically except for certain conditions | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) | |
R. Rothenburger | Authorizes a local restaurant tax | 02/14/19 - to Local Government (H) | |
R. Webber | Require the Cabinet for Economic Development to file a biennial report concerning the collaboration of the state and local governments on plans for expansion or attraction of new businesses | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar | |
A. Gentry | Constitutional amendment relating to casino gaming. | 02/14/19 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) | |
A. Gentry | Establish a tax credit for small businesses that have an apprenticeship program | 02/14/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
A. Gentry | Changes to increase workers comp benefits | 02/14/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
D. Meade | Create extended weight unrefined petroleum products haul road system | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) | |
S. Rudy | Bill to make several tax corrections from last session, including non-profit admissions and marketplace language | 03/06/19 - Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate | |
M. Cantrell | Relating to misclassification of employees | 02/14/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
A. Gentry | Require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices | 02/14/19 - to Health and Family Services (H) | |
J. Fischer | Kentucky Asbestos Trust Claims Transparency Act | 02/15/19 - to Judiciary (H) | |
P. Pratt | Define and establish licensure for apprenticeships | 02/15/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) | |
A. Gentry | Requires insurers to pay for OEM repair parts | 02/15/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
D. St. Onge | Prohibits local governments from regulating drones | 02/19/19 - posted in committee | |
M. Cantrell | Require written notice of wage payment terms upon new employment | 02/15/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
J. Miller | Impose an excise tax and a floor stock tax on vapor products | 02/15/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
J. Petrie | Relating to public records for economic development. | 03/06/19 - floor amendments (6) and (7-title) filed to Committee Substitute | |
R. Webber | Create the earn and learn tax credit in an amount up to 25% of the costs incurred by an approved company for tuition or other educational expenses paid on behalf of a qualified employee | 02/19/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
R. Webber | Education and Workforce Development Cabinet reorganization | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill | |
B. Rowland | Relating to pharmacy reimbursement practices. | 03/06/19 - returned to Banking & Insurance (S) | |
A. Bowling | Conform association health plan statutes to match Federal law | 03/12/19 - posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) | |
D. Graham | repealing pension provisions enacted by the 2018 General Assembly that were declared unconstitutional and void by the Kentucky Supreme Court. | 02/19/19 - to State Government (H) | |
J. Petrie | Repeals various tax expenditures and tax credits | 02/22/19 - posted in committee | |
C. Booker | Require greater minority representation on superintendent screening committees in a high minority population school district | 02/19/19 - to Education (H) | |
M. Prunty | Allow an income tax credit for qualified home modification expenses incurred by an individual with a disability | 02/19/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
A. Koenig | Creates KY Gaming Commission and reorganizes charitable gaming, lottery, and horse racing commission underneath | 02/20/19 - to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) | |
S. Santoro | Sets forth the procedures for the closure of public railroad grade crossings; provide for an appeals process. | 02/20/19 - to Transportation (H) | |
A. Bowling | Update requirements for radon certifications | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) filed | |
S. Miles | Natural resources severance and processing tax changes | 02/20/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
S. Miles | Establish the renewable chemical production tax credit | 02/20/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
C. Stevenson | Mandated health benefit plan and MCO coverage of chronic pain treatments. | 02/20/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
C. McCoy | Require plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions to file a certificate of merit; repeal the 2017 Medical Review Panel Act. | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill | |
J. Blanton | Amends various economic development tax credits including KY Reinvestment Act | 02/20/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
C. Massey | Allow the Department of Education to continue to distribute state supplemental funds for a locally operated technology center to a district when the district enters a collaborative project agreement and moves the center as part of the agreement; | 03/12/19 - floor amendment (1) filed | |
A. Koenig | Creates new exceptions in the workers comp law | 02/21/19 - posted in committee | |
D. Osborne | Allows for merger of LLC and corporations | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
T. Turner | Expand the certified rehabilitation tax credit cap to $30 million annually | 02/21/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
N. Kulkarni | Require Medicaid provide dental and optometric services | 02/21/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
C. Booker | Bail reform | 02/21/19 - to Judiciary (H) | |
A. Tackett Laferty | Require an employer to pay for workers comp medical benefits at the time of injury and thereafter during disability instead of 780 weeks | 02/21/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
C. McCoy | Various changes to combat controlled substance abuse | 03/12/19 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar | |
A. Gentry | Exclude certain levels of THC from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee`s bod | 02/21/19 - to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | |
S. Westrom | Licensing board reform | 02/22/19 - posted in committee | |
R. Rothenburger | PPC reorganization | 02/21/19 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) | |
R. Bridges | Amends various tax credits | 02/21/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
G. Brown Jr | Establish the rural hospital organization donation tax credit | 02/21/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
T. Moore | Reforms to surveyor board | 02/22/19 - posted in committee | |
J. Carney | Relating to the taxation of off-road vehicles. | 02/21/19 - to Transportation (H) | |
D. Bentley | Related to transparency of prescription drugs related to diabetes | 02/21/19 - to Banking & Insurance (H) | |
S. Lewis | Reforms to the Teachers` Retirement System. | 02/21/19 - to State Government (H) | |
D. Osborne | Increase the amount of bonding and clarify the form of bonds issued for KY Wired | 02/21/19 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
S. Santoro | Omnibus changes to increase funding for transportation | 03/04/19 - returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H) | |
K. Upchurch | Relating to the state accepting donations in aid of the construction or maintenance of roads, to include corporations | 02/21/19 - to Transportation (H) | |
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS | |||
HCr4 | D. Schamore | Urge the United States Department of Interior, the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Defense, and the United States Congress to consider ways to improve communications infrastructure, such as granting leasehold interests in federal land for the location of cell phone towers and other communication infrastructure in Kentucky. | 02/27/19 - received in Senate |
HCr7 | D. Schamore | Urge Governor Matthew G. Bevin, the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Transportation Cabinet, and the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to consider ways to improve communication infrastructure, such as granting leasehold interests in state land for the location of cell phone towers and other communication infrastructure in Kentucky. | 02/27/19 - received in Senate |
HCr54 | A. Koenig | Create the Mileage-Based Transportation Funding Task Force to develop and study the implementation of a mileage-based transportation funding mechanism; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2019 Interim and to submit any proposed findings or recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2019. | 02/06/19 - to Transportation (H) |
HJr71 | J. Gooch Jr. | Direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to create a task force to study the funding of water infrastructure projects in communities that lack traditional funding sources. | 02/11/19 - posted in committee |
HCr121 | K. Moser | Create the Medicinal Marijuana Task Force to study and make recommendations related to the medicinal use of marijuana in the Commonwealth; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least bimonthly during the 2019 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2019. | 03/04/19 - floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute |
HCr132 | J. Donohue | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study the feasibility of establishing a light rail system in Kentucky; require findings be reported to the Interim Joint Committees on Transportation and on Appropriations and Revenue by December 13, 2019. | 02/21/19 - to Transportation (H) |
HR144 | J. Gooch Jr. | Urge the Public Service Commission to consider all costs related to the importation of coal for electricity generation. | 03/12/19 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019 |
hr144 | J. Gooch Jr. | Urge the Public Service Commission to consider all costs related to the importation of coal for electricity generation. | 03/12/19 - posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019 |
HCr148 | S. Santoro | Urge the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to establish an Office of Intermodal and Freight Rail Advocacy. | 02/26/19 - to Transportation (H) |
HCr155 | S. Westrom | Urge the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet to establish reasonable, consistent standards for training providers in compliance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act before approval is given to a provider to be on the Kentucky Eligible Training Provider List and post graduation and job placement rates of training providers on its Web site by July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, so the information is available to all participants and the general public. | 03/04/19 - posted in committee |
HCr178 | C. Massey | Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Career and Technical Education Task Force to study career and technical education; require findings and recommendations to be reported by December 1, 2019. | 03/07/19 - to Education (H) |