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Latest Action: 12/18/2008 - Approve as prefiled Bill Text
Amend KRS 189.125 to require that a child under age 8 years and between 40 and 57 inches in height be secured in a child booster seat; amend KRS 189.990 relating to penalties for traffic offenses to specify that child restraint seat and booster seat fines are not subject to court costs, additional costs, or fees; specify that seat belt violations are not subject to additional costs or fees.
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Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text
Amend KRS 118.245 to eliminate the runoff primary for gubernatorial slates; amend various sections to conform.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Education Bill Text
Direct the commissioner of education to convene a work group to review Holocaust curricula developed by other states and review the Kentucky core content to determine places where the study of the Holocaust may be included; require the work group to develop a curriculum guide that teachers may use to teach the history of the Holocaust; require the work group to submit a final report and curriculum guide to the commissioner of education and the Kentucky Board of Education no later than March 1, 2009; require the changes to the Kentucky core content be disseminated to local schools to be incorporated into the school curriculum for the 2009-2010 school year; specify that the Department of Education shall disseminate the final report and the curriculum guide to local districts and schools prior to the 2009-2010 school year.
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Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Local Government Bill Text
Amend KRS 90.220 to restrict employees in the classified service in cities of the first class activities involving ballot initiatives during work hours and using public resources; amend KRS 67C.317 to restrict police officers covered by the merit system and probationary officers from participating in activities involving ballot initiatives while on duty, in uniform, and using public resources.
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.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Transportation Bill Text
Extend "The Purple Heart Trail" past Fort Knox and Fort Campbell.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Campaign Finance, Contracts, Corrections Impact, Effective Dates, Emergency, Elections and Voting, General Assembly, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Local Mandate, Piggybacked Bills, Secretary of State, Treasurer
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
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Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare Bill TextAmend KRS 334A.020 to define "interim license," "provisional license," and "temporary license"; amend KRS 334A.035 to establish new requirements for an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist and a speech-language pathology assistant; require a person with an interim license to practice as a speech-language pathologist who fails the national examination to submit documentation of preparation for the examination as required by the board; permit the applicant to continue to practice under the interim license with supervision as required in accordance with KRS 334A.035 for a period not to exceed 24 months, unless an extension is granted by the board; require a speech-language pathologist applicant with an interim license to apply for permanent licensure within 30 days of the completion of postgraduate professional experience; exempt speech-language pathologists and audiologist, employed by the public schools in certified positions and who hold teacher certification in [...] show full description
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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: 02/25/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute Bill Text
Amend KRS 227.555 to require the retailer to furnish weather radios in manufactured housing sold after the effective date of this Act; establish criteria for furnished radios; include new provisions in notification requirements; provide that local governments shall not pass contrary requirements; include violation of weather radio requirement within the penalty section.
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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: 03/18/2008 - Floor amendment (3) filed Bill Text
Amend KRS 157.360 to provide for growth districts to request an adjustment mid-year due to growth in adjusted average daily attendance of 3% or more from the prior year; describe how the calculated state portion of the support education excellence in Kentucky is determined.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text
Amend KRS 157.621 to include authorization for the growth nickel that was originally authorized by the 2003 budget; provide that levy of the growth nickels are not subject to recall or voter approval; include equalization funding for the growth nickel authorized under KRS 157.621, as well as equalization funding originally included in the 2005 and 2006 budgets; include noncodified language expressing the intent of the General Assembly to affirm actions taken in the 2003, 2005, and 2006 budget bills.
Also tagged in: Education, Finance, Effective Dates, Emergency, Escheats, Fiscal Note, Highways, Streets, and Bridges, Taxation, Taxation, Income--Corporate, Tobacco Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132) Bill Text
Amend KRS 136.392 to codify several court decisions; amend KRS 138.195 to clarify that manufacturers are to submit to the department monthly reports of all shipments of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or snuff to persons within this state; amend KRS 141.160 to clarify that income tax returns of cooperatives are to be made on September 15 in each year, unless the return is prepared on a fiscal year basis; amend KRS 160.6156 to provide that a utility service provider shall not be entitled to a refund or credit of taxes paid, unless the provider refunds or credits its related customers the amount of overpayment made to the department; amend KRS 160.6157 to allow the department to issue a penalty on a utility service provider who erroneously bills a customer after being notified by the department of the error in an amount equal to $25 per subsequent error, not to exceed $10,000 per month; amend KRS 160.6158 to allow the penalty to be waived based on reasonable cause.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text
Amend KRS 164.785 to include in the list of schools in which a student can enroll and receive a Kentucky tuition grant an approved out-of-state postsecondary education institution licensed by the Council on Postsecondary Education to operate in Kentucky; allow students eligible for a Kentucky tuition grant to continue to be eligible in schools accredited by a regional accrediting association recognized by the United States Department of Education until June 30, 2013; beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, require postsecondary education institutions to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or be reviewed and approved by the Council on Postsecondary Education to remain eligible as an institution in which a student may receive Kentucky tuition grant.
Also tagged in: Effective Dates, Emergency, Fiscal Note, Property Valuation Administrators, Taxation, Taxation, Income--Corporate, Taxation, Income--Individual, Taxation, Inheritance and Estate, Taxation, Property, Taxation, Sales and Use, Taxation, Severance Latest Action: 03/21/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 131.183 changing the interest rate accrued on taxes payable to the prime rate plus 2%; change the interest rate on overpayments to the Commonwealth to the prime minus 2%; apply to bills and refunds as of May 1, 2008; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Attorney General, Cities, Second Class, Insurance, Motor Vehicles, Police, City and County, Police, State, Prosecutors, Technical Corrections, Wages and Hours Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 56) Bill Text
Amend 15.705, relating to the Prosecutors Advisory Council, to make a technical correction.
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Received in House; to Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 40.325 to require the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to operate veterans' nursing homes.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State, Corrections Impact, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Fees, Jails and Jailers, Police, State, Probation and Parole, State Agencies Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 158) Bill Text
Amend KRS 439.320 to replace the two part time members of the Parole Board with two full time members; amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to review the parole application of a Class C felon without a hearing; include noncodified effective date of July 1, 2008; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Administrative Regulations and Proceedings, Appropriations, Education, Elementary and Secondary, Energy, Fiscal Note, Public Buildings and Grounds, Taxation, Taxation, Income--Corporate, Taxation, Income--Individual, Technical Corrections Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 139) Bill TextAmend KRS 56.770 to define "cabinet," "high-performance building," "high-performance building standards," and "public building"; amend KRS 56.772, 56.774, 56.775, 56.778, 56.783, and 56.784 to conform; amend KRS 56.775 to require that all construction or renovation of public buildings for which 50% or more of the total capital cost is paid by the Commonwealth be designed and constructed or renovated to meet the high-performance building standards; require that all buildings leased by the Commonwealth or any of its agencies meet the high-performance building standards; require incorporation of ENERGY STAR-qualified products to the extent feasible; create a new section of KRS 56.770 to 56.784 to create a High-performance Buildings Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations and develop standards and criteria; amend KRS 56.782 to require the Finance and Administration [...] show full description
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