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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 186) Bill Text
Amend KRS 431.540 relating to the setting of the uniform schedule of amounts of bail by the Supreme Court to permit the court to set a uniform schedule of bail for nonviolent Class D felonies in addition to the current misdemeanors and violations.
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Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and require the court with jurisdiction over a person sentenced to death to sentence the person to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole; amend KRS 24A.110, 27A.430, 431.060, 431.215, 431.510, 439.265, 506.010, 506.030, 506.040, 506.080, 507.020, 509.040, 520.120, 527.200, 532.030, 532.040, 532.050, 532.100, 532.140, 533.010, 610.265, 635.020, 635.090, 640.040, 17.173, 17.176, 507A.020, and 422.285 to conform; repeal KRS 422.287, 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309, relating to the death penalty.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Bill Text
Request the Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide basic and in-service training for attorneys serving as guardians ad litem.
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 190) Bill Text
Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum have the force and effect of law.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Budget and Financial Administration, Conference Committee Reports, Court of Appeals, Courts, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Effective Dates, Emergency Latest Action: 04/18/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128) Bill TextThe Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds totaling $373,860,900 in fiscal year 2008-2009 and $417,579,800 in fiscal year 2009-2010; provide a five percent salary adjustment in each fiscal year for non-elected court personnel, Justices, and Judges; include funds for salaries of circuit clerks as contained in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation; provide funds for salary adjustments for all elected and non-elected officials; provide funds for drug court sites; provide funds to reinstate 157 positions; provide funds for an additional family court judgeship in both the Sixth and Fifteenth Circuits; provide funds for e-filing; provide funds to support retirement payouts for Judicial Branch employees; provide funds for the Carlisle County Judicial Center; provide funds for an Administrative Office of the Courts Building; provide funds for the expansion of the Madison County Family Court; provide funds to compensate local governments [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Constitution, Ky., Counties, Counties, Courts, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, General Assembly, Judges and Court Commissioners, Public Officers and Employees Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Propose to amend Section 118 of the Constitution of Kentucky, relating to judicial nominating commissions, to delete the authority of the Governor to appoint lay members and require the President of the Senate, the Minority Floor Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives to each appoint one member; delete reference to majority and minority political party representation; limit term of office to four years; submit question to the voters for approval.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Civil Actions, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Domestic Relations, Judges and Court Commissioners, Parental Rights, Parental Rights
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 relating to juvenile proceedings to request the Chief Justice to adopt administrative procedures relating to protecting parents; create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A relating to the Supreme Court to request the Supreme Court to create a pilot project for a limited opening courts of in three to seven jurisdictions when handling dependency, needy, neglect, and abuse cases involving children and termination of parental rights, to set parameters, and require reporting to the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 615 relating to juvenile procedure to permit pilot project courts to open proceedings which otherwise would be closed.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 26A relating to courts to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to install security systems in homes of District Judges, Circuit Judges, and Family Court Judges who have been threatened or believe their lives or the lives of their spouse or children residing in the judge's home are at risk; limit expenditure to a one-time $5,000 expenditure; requite all other costs to be borne by the judge.
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 21.580 to establish prerequisites for entry into the senior status judge program and establish a sunset date of July 1, 2012; make technical corrections.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish procedures for civil actions arising from exposure to silica or mixed dust; define related terms; require that a physical impairment be an essential element in a civil action based on exposure to silica or mixed dust; require a prima facie showing of a physical impairment before bringing or maintaining a civil action; provide for dismissal of civil actions for failure to establish a prima facie showing of a physical impairment resulting from exposure to silica or mixed dust; toll the statue of limitations on claims not barred by the effective date until such time as an individual discovers or should have discovered a physical impairment; distinguish claims for nonmalignant conditions from claims for silica or mixed dust related cancer; establish requirements for wrongful death claims; exempt a premises owner from liability unless the individual's exposure occurred while on the property of the owner, and extend liability exemption relating [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish procedures for civil actions arising from exposure to silica or mixed dust; define related terms; require that a physical impairment be an essential element in a civil action based on exposure to silica or mixed dust; require a prima facie showing of a physical impairment before bringing or maintaining a civil action; provide for dismissal of civil actions for failure to establish a prima facie showing of a physical impairment resulting from exposure to silica or mixed dust; toll the statue of limitations on claims not barred by the effective date until such time as an individual discovers or should have discovered a physical impairment; distinguish claims for nonmalignant conditions from claims for silica or mixed dust related cancer; establish requirements for wrongful death claims; exempt a premises owner from liability unless the individual's exposure occurred while on the property of the owner, and extend liability exemption relating [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 21.580 to establish prerequisites for entry into the senior status judge program and establish a sunset date of July 1, 2012; make technical corrections.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Bill Text
Request the Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide basic and in-service training for attorneys serving as guardians ad litem.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Civil Actions, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Domestic Relations, Judges and Court Commissioners, Parental Rights, Parental Rights
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 relating to juvenile proceedings to request the Chief Justice to adopt administrative procedures relating to protecting parents; create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A relating to the Supreme Court to request the Supreme Court to create a pilot project for a limited opening courts of in three to seven jurisdictions when handling dependency, needy, neglect, and abuse cases involving children and termination of parental rights, to set parameters, and require reporting to the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 615 relating to juvenile procedure to permit pilot project courts to open proceedings which otherwise would be closed.
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 190) Bill Text
Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum have the force and effect of law.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Appropriations, Budget and Financial Administration, Conference Committee Reports, Court of Appeals, Courts, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Effective Dates, Emergency Latest Action: 04/18/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128) Bill TextThe Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds totaling $373,860,900 in fiscal year 2008-2009 and $417,579,800 in fiscal year 2009-2010; provide a five percent salary adjustment in each fiscal year for non-elected court personnel, Justices, and Judges; include funds for salaries of circuit clerks as contained in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation; provide funds for salary adjustments for all elected and non-elected officials; provide funds for drug court sites; provide funds to reinstate 157 positions; provide funds for an additional family court judgeship in both the Sixth and Fifteenth Circuits; provide funds for e-filing; provide funds to support retirement payouts for Judicial Branch employees; provide funds for the Carlisle County Judicial Center; provide funds for an Administrative Office of the Courts Building; provide funds for the expansion of the Madison County Family Court; provide funds to compensate local governments [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Constitution, Ky., Counties, Counties, Courts, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, General Assembly, Judges and Court Commissioners, Public Officers and Employees Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Propose to amend Section 118 of the Constitution of Kentucky, relating to judicial nominating commissions, to delete the authority of the Governor to appoint lay members and require the President of the Senate, the Minority Floor Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives to each appoint one member; delete reference to majority and minority political party representation; limit term of office to four years; submit question to the voters for approval.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 186) Bill Text
Amend KRS 431.540 relating to the setting of the uniform schedule of amounts of bail by the Supreme Court to permit the court to set a uniform schedule of bail for nonviolent Class D felonies in addition to the current misdemeanors and violations.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 26A relating to courts to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to install security systems in homes of District Judges, Circuit Judges, and Family Court Judges who have been threatened or believe their lives or the lives of their spouse or children residing in the judge's home are at risk; limit expenditure to a one-time $5,000 expenditure; requite all other costs to be borne by the judge.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney General, Attorney, Commonwealth's, Attorneys, Attorneys, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Constitution, Ky., Constitution, U.S., Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State, Corrections Impact, Courts, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Deaths, Judges and Court Commissioners, Prosecutors, Public Advocate
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and require the court with jurisdiction over a person sentenced to death to sentence the person to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole; amend KRS 24A.110, 27A.430, 431.060, 431.215, 431.510, 439.265, 506.010, 506.030, 506.040, 506.080, 507.020, 509.040, 520.120, 527.200, 532.030, 532.040, 532.050, 532.100, 532.140, 533.010, 610.265, 635.020, 635.090, 640.040, 17.173, 17.176, 507A.020, and 422.285 to conform; repeal KRS 422.287, 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309, relating to the death penalty.
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