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Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 121 to define terms; require a person making an independent expenditure to report it if the amount exceeds $500 in the aggregate in any one election; establish campaign contribution limits for candidates, slates of candidates, and candidate campaign committees; establish campaign contribution limits for caucus campaign committees, political issues committees, permanent committees, and executive committees; permit the establishment of a building account; establish campaign contribution limits for inaugural committees; establish campaign contribution limits for individuals; permit candidates, slates of candidates, committees, referendum committees, and individuals to utilize on-line credit and debit card transactions; provide for reporting exemptions for any candidate, slate, or political issues committee if a form is filed stating that contributions will not be accepted or expended in excess of $5,000 in any one election; require that referendum committees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to exclude a convicted felon from the right to vote until expiration of probation or final discharge from parole or maximum expiration of sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Attorney General, Conflict of Interest, Corrections Impact, Ethics, Ethics, Governor, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Public Officers and Employees, Secretary of State, Treasurer
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Amend KRS 11A.010 to define "legal defense trust" and "trustee"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 11A to require reporting requirements for a legal defense trust; amend KRS 11A.040 to prohibit a public servant or officer from accepting donations to a legal defense trust from any person or business who does business with the state; amend KRS 11A.050 to establish when financial disclosure statements are to be filed by a trustee of a legal defense trust; amend KRS 11A.990 to establish that violation of the donor limitations or filing requirements constitutes a Class D felony and the forfeiture of employment or constitutional or statutory office.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Propose to amend Sections 153, 91, 93, and 245 of the Constitution of Kentucky to abolish the office of Treasurer; submit to voters for approval or disapproval.
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Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make initiatives toward reducing the cost and increasing the support and quality of care for people suffering from asthma.
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - Recommitted to Licensing & Occupations (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 244.290, 244.480, 242.100, and 119.215 to permit local legislative bodies to determine whether the sale and transport of alcoholic beverages will be allowed on a special, primary, or regular election day.
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Propose an amendment to Sections 36 and 42 of the Kentucky Constitution to repeal annual sessions; provide ballot language for submission to voters.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study whether counties should be offered the option of conducting elections in centralized voting centers rather than in voting precincts.
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Propose to amend Sections 30 and 31 to the Constitution of Kentucky to extend the terms of State Senators from four years to six years beginning in 2010; submit to voters.
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Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 7, 2008 Bill Text
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to enact laws permitting the operation of up to seven casinos by horse racing tracks licensed as of January 1, 2008, and up to five other casinos; to establish the distribution of casino gaming moneys; to submit to the voters for approval or disapproval.
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Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Adopted 38-0 Bill Text
Confirm the appointment of Kristen Webb to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance for a term expiring August 15, 2011.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Attorney, County, Blind or Deaf Persons, Children and Minors, Commendations and Recognitions, Confirmation of Appointments, Corrections Impact, Courts, Circuit, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Disabilities and the Disabled, Diseases, Drugs and Medicines, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Education, Higher, Emergency Medical Services, Fiscal Note, Foods, General Assembly, Guardians, Health and Medical Services, Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Insurance, Labor and Industry, Licensing, Local Mandate, Medicaid, Memorials, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Motor Vehicles, Occupations and Professions, Parental Rights, Pharmacists, Physicians and Practitioners, Popular Names and Short Titles, Public Health, Public Officers and Employees, Public Utilities, Retirement and Pensions, State Agencies, State Employees, State Symbols and Emblems, Teachers, Technical Corrections, Title Amendments, Universities and Colleges, Veterans' Affairs, Workers' Compensation
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Urge the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make initiatives toward reducing the cost and increasing the support and quality of care for people suffering from asthma.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 119.205 to require candidates who hire transporters of voters to provide a written list with the names and addresses of those transporting voters to the polls to the Registry of Elections Finance; require transporters of voters to register with the candidate and to provide a list with the names and addresses of all persons and voters transported to the polls on the day of the election.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to require each candidate for Governor in the regular election to designate a running mate as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, rather than participating in the primary as part of a slate of candidates; amend KRS 121.015 to define "slate of candidates" to apply only to the regular election, not to the primary, and to include the candidate for Lieutenant Governor in the slate only after he or she has been designated as a running mate by the candidate for Governor; amend and create various sections of KRS Chapters 117, 118, 120, and 121 to conform; repeal KRS 118.227, relating to filings by slates of candidates, and KRS 118.227, which establishes the method of filling a vacancy in a slate of candidates before the primary.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to create definitions, to require the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations and confer with the county board of elections; to require the county board of elections to make a report to LRC and to the Secretary of State.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations (S) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits and wine and malt beverages at state resort parks, and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort and qualified state recreational parks in dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licenses fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform.
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit straight party voting; amend KRS 117.125 to conform.
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) Bill Text
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 118A to require voters in judicial elections, beginning with the election in 2014, to complete their ballots by ranking candidates in order of choice; eliminate primaries in judicial elections; require all judicial candidates to file petitions of candidacy; establish procedures for the State Board of Elections to follow in tabulating votes and determining the winners of judicial elections; repeal KRS 118A.060, 118A.080, and 118A.090, relating to judicial primaries and regular elections; EFFECTIVE IN PART ON NOVEMBER 6, 2013, AND IN PART ON JANUARY 1, 2014.
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 242 and 243 to permit the limited sale of distilled spirits and wine and malt beverages at state resort parks, and qualified state recreational parks; allow a local option election for state resort and qualified state recreational parks in dry territory; establish the conditions under which the election will be held; set forth what a state resort park license or qualified state recreational park license entitles the holder to do; amend KRS 243.030 to establish the licenses fee; amend KRS 243.050 to permit the office to establish the hours and days when a supplemental licensee shall be open; amend KRS 243.115 to permit patrons in a dining room in a state resort park to remove one container of partially consumed wine; amend KRS 243.117 to conform.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require secondary schools to provide information to twelfth grade students on how to register to vote, how to vote in an election using a ballot, and how to vote using an absentee ballot.
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