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Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

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Amend KRS 121.120 and 121.180 to require the Registry of Election Finance to accept the electronic filing of a campaign finance report as the official version of the report, if the candidate or slate of candidates so chooses; allow the registry to accept electronic reports that are submitted on optical or magnetic disks; delete the requirement that candidates and committees file with the county clerk duplicate paper copies of reports submitted electronically; allow the registry to require filers accepting free filer-side software to use the electronic filing system; clarify provision making electronic filing available to all candidates, committees, and others required to file reports.

HB548

HB548 Sponsored by Jeff Hoover
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Health & Welfare (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 72.465 to require the Coroner to report to the local registrar any death certificate changes needed following an autopsy; amend KRS 212.245 to allow county, city-county, and district health departments to issue certificates of death and provisional certificates of death and to provide copies of the certificates for 30 days upon request; amend KRS 213.036 to require the local registrar to receive and process a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the county pursuant to KRS 213.076; amend KRS 213.076 to require that a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the Commonwealth be filed with the local registrar in the county where the death occurred; provide that the local registrar shall file the certificate with the cabinet or as otherwise directed by the state registrar prior to final disposition; amend KRS 213.078 to provide that the local registrar shall call attention to defects [...]

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Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to require that divorce, child custody, child support, and similar records not be released with information identifying the address, Social Security number, telephone number or similar information relating to a party to the proceeding; provide exemptions for public agencies and court-ordered disclosure of the information.

HB31

HB31 Sponsored by Rob Wilkey
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to allow persons convicted of one Class D felony or a series of Class D felonies arising out of a single event to petition to have their records expunged; amend KRS 431.078, relating to misdemeanor expungements, to change the application fee from $25 to $50 dollars and to begin the five-year waiting period from the date of adjudication of the offense; amend KRS 527.040 to exempt individuals who have had their records expunged from the statute on a felon in possession of a firearm; create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to keep a confidential index of expungement orders for utilization in the preparation of presentence investigations.
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Reassigned to Judiciary (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to require hospitals and other health care facilities that offer emergency services to report gunshot wounds, powder burns, and bullet wounds, and to report stab wounds if not inflicted by the victim; provide that failure to report is a violation.
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 17 to ratify the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, which would organize an electronic information-sharing system among the federal government and contracting states to exchange criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes authorized by federal or state law; amend KRS 17.140 to conform.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 170)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 304.13-380, relating to fire call reports and monthly summaries, redirecting submission of reports and summaries from the State Fire Marshal to the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education.
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Repeal KRS 14.080 requiring the Secretary of State and the Finance and Administration Cabinet to report interest on state bonds.

SB78

SB78 Sponsored by Dan Seum
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 382 to adopt the provisions of the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; define "document," "electronic," "electronic document," "electronic signature," "paper document," "person," and "state"; require county clerks to comply with standards established by the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; create the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; require the Governor to appoint seven members to the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; require that a majority of the commission members be county clerks; provide that county clerks may use the program starting January 1, 2009.

HB36

HB36 Sponsored by Hubert Collins
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare

Bill Text
Amend KRS 213.041 to allow certificates required under KRS Chapter 213 to be signed in black or blue ink; amend KRS 213.076 to require the state registrar to send an incomplete or unsatisfactory certificate of death to the appropriate funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner responsible for the entry to complete or correct the certificate; require the state registrar to notify the entity who submitted the certificate of death that it was returned to the funeral director, physician, dentist, chiropractor, or coroner for completion.

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HB750

HB750 Sponsored by Jim Wayne
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Amend KRS 48.010 to add definitions related to the economic development and tourism project expenditure report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to require, no later than October 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, the publication of a state economic development and tourism project expenditure report by the Office of State Budget Director and submission of that report to the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to require the Department of Revenue to provide data to the Office of State Budget Director on development tax expenditures and tax expenditures annually; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the department to disclose the information; create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require the submission of data by Cabinet for Economic Development to the Office of State Budget Director; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 to require the submission of data by the Commerce Cabinet to the Office of State Budget Director.

HB696

HB696 Sponsored by Will Coursey
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 160)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 189.635 to clarify that accident reports are not public records; allow a limited exemption to the prohibition on commercial distribution of accident reports to allow sharing with entities that collect vehicle accident data to give consumers a means of determining a vehicle's accident history and allow contracting with an entity to provide electronic accident reports to some entities also are eligible to receive them; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding fees for accident reports provided under this section.
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

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Amend KRS 154.20-150 to require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to make available on-line to the public the written status reports that are submitted to the Legislative Research Commission.

HB548

HB548 Sponsored by Jeff Hoover
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Health & Welfare (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 72.465 to require the Coroner to report to the local registrar any death certificate changes needed following an autopsy; amend KRS 212.245 to allow county, city-county, and district health departments to issue certificates of death and provisional certificates of death and to provide copies of the certificates for 30 days upon request; amend KRS 213.036 to require the local registrar to receive and process a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the county pursuant to KRS 213.076; amend KRS 213.076 to require that a certificate of death and a provisional certificate of death for each death which occurs in the Commonwealth be filed with the local registrar in the county where the death occurred; provide that the local registrar shall file the certificate with the cabinet or as otherwise directed by the state registrar prior to final disposition; amend KRS 213.078 to provide that the local registrar shall call attention to defects [...]

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Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 17 to ratify the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, which would organize an electronic information-sharing system among the federal government and contracting states to exchange criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes authorized by federal or state law; amend KRS 17.140 to conform.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 170)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 304.13-380, relating to fire call reports and monthly summaries, redirecting submission of reports and summaries from the State Fire Marshal to the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education.
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 121.120 and 121.180 to require the Registry of Election Finance to accept the electronic filing of a campaign finance report as the official version of the report, if the candidate or slate of candidates so chooses; allow the registry to accept electronic reports that are submitted on optical or magnetic disks; delete the requirement that candidates and committees file with the county clerk duplicate paper copies of reports submitted electronically; allow the registry to require filers accepting free filer-side software to use the electronic filing system; clarify provision making electronic filing available to all candidates, committees, and others required to file reports.
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Repeal KRS 14.080 requiring the Secretary of State and the Finance and Administration Cabinet to report interest on state bonds.

HB308

HB308 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - 3rd reading; floor amendment (2) ruled not germane ; defeated 47-49

Bill Text
Amend KRS 186.531 to provide for one free identification card for a person who does not have a fixed, permanent address.

SB78

SB78 Sponsored by Dan Seum
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 382 to adopt the provisions of the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act; define "document," "electronic," "electronic document," "electronic signature," "paper document," "person," and "state"; require county clerks to comply with standards established by the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; create the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; require the Governor to appoint seven members to the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission; require that a majority of the commission members be county clerks; provide that county clerks may use the program starting January 1, 2009.