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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: 01/31/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 to require a legislative timeout prior to a vote on an appropriation or revenue bill.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Licensing & Occupations (H) Bill Text
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force composed of seventeen members from the General Assembly, the Office of Charitable Gaming, charitable gaming licensees, and the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts, appointed by the Legislative Research Commission, to study the oversight of charitable gaming; require findings and recommendations to be reported to the Legislative Research Commission by November 3, 2008, for referral to the appropriate committee; authorize the Legislative Research Commission to alternatively assign the study to an interim joint committee or subcommittee thereof and to designate a completion date.
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Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 34-1 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) ; re Bill TextExpand and refine list of entities included in definition of "contracting body"; allow committee to determine definition of "governmental emergency"; refine definition of memorandum of agreement (MOA) and include grant and research agreements; allow committee to establish reporting schedule for exempt MOA's; correct references to universities and colleges and institutions of higher education; exempt MOA's over one million dollars, but require reporting of such agreements; require reporting of federal grant and research projects; refine definition of "personal service contract" (PSC) to specifically include contracts for personal or professional services and group health care for public employees; allow committee to establish reporting schedule for exempt PSC's; exempt health maintenance organization or Medicaid managed health care service contracts with the Cabinet for Health Services, but require reporting of such contracts; exempt contracts between postsecondary institutions and health [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text
Require the Legislative Research Commission to group monthly interim committee meetings for maximum efficiency and cost savings.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) Bill Text
Urge the Legislative Research Commission to appoint members of the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Tourism to a subcommittee to examine issues during the interim pertaining to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010; if the subcommittee is created, report the findings to the Legislative Research Commission before December 1, 2008, at which time the subcommittee will cease to exist.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Posting waived Bill Text
Create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the International Business Relations Committee as a permanent committee of the Legislative Research Commission; provide that the committee shall address efforts to attract and maintain international businesses in Kentucky and open foreign markets to Kentucky goods and services.
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 189) Bill Text
Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Legislative Branch Budget Memorandum have the force and effect of law; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 122) Bill Text
The Legislative Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund $52,712,900 for fiscal year 2008-2009 and $55,452,600 for fiscal year 2009-2010; appropriate from Restricted Funds $89,600 for fiscal year 2008-2009 and $217,000 for fiscal year 2009-2010;
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Health & Welfare (H) Bill TextAmend KRS 216.555 to require the cabinet to report to the Legislative Research Commission on the number and type of citations issued to long-term care facilities; amend KRS 216.557 to allow a facility assessed a federal civil monetary penalty to be subject to a Type A or Type B citation; increase the civil penalty for Type A citations to not less than $5,000 nor more than $25,000; increase the civil penalty for Type B citations to not less than $500 nor more than $1,000; amend KRS 216.560 to increase the civil penalty to $1,000 for Type A citations that are not corrected within the time specified for correction; delete the application for an extension of time to be granted by the cabinet when a licensee has made arrangements to correct a Type A or Type B citation; treble Type A and Type B citations when the subject matter was caused by or relates to a failure by the facility to maintain sufficient nursing or direct care staff; require any trebled fine to be reported by the facility's administrator [...] show full description
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Latest Legislation - View All
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Reauthorize the Tobacco Task Force to help resolve the problems facing the tobacco industry in the state.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Introduced in House; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Request the Legislative Research Commission to reestablish the Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Request the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources to study the impacts of cloned meat, dairy, and poultry on agriculture and the food supply system.
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text
Direct the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue to study the current system for reporting and paying local license and occupational taxes and report to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - To Education (S) Bill Text
Direct staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study options for changing Kentucky's student financial aid programs to ensure shared responsibility among students, families, state and federal governments, and postsecondary education institutions; require a workplan to be presented to the Interim Joint Committee on Education no later than September 1, 2008, with the study to be completed by September 1, 2009; require a written report with policy options to the Interim Joint Committee on Education and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by October 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Create a new section in KRS 6.905 to 6.935 to provide a timetable for the sunset of each tax increment financing, tourism development, and economic development program and require the Program Review and Investigations Committee of the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a systematic review prior to the expiration of each program; create a new section in KRS Chapter 65 to sunset tax increment financing provisions; create a new section in KRS Chapter 148 to sunset the Kentucky Tourism Development Act; create a new section in Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to sunset the various economic development programs; amend KRS 131.190 to allow Legislative Research Commission staff access to confidential data and impose the penalties for improper use or disclosure of the data as provided by KRS 131.990(2)(a) and (b).
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - WITHDRAWN Bill Text
Withdrawn
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - Taken from Rules; placed in the Orders of the Day Bill Text
Amend KRS 7.090 to provide that Legislative Research Commission employees shall receive the same retiree health coverage and benefits as state employees.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 7.112 to include documents as one of the informational items that public officers, agencies, or organizations of state or local government are required to furnish to the Legislative Research Commission without charge.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 7.103 to establish an Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and an Interim Joint Committee on Tourism; specify the standing committees contained in each joint committee.
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