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Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text
Amends and creates various sections of KRS Chapter 311 to modify Kentucky's partial birth abortion law to mirror the provisions of federal law relating to partial birth abortions; EMERGENCY.
Also tagged in: Children and Minors, Civil Actions, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Effective Dates, Emergency, Health and Medical Services, Licensing, Local Mandate, Men, Physicians and Practitioners, Reproductive Issues, Title Amendments, Women
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Discharge petition filed Bill Text
Amend KRS 311.720 to redefine "abortion" and to add definitions of "reasonable judgment," "unborn child," and "woman"; create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require physician to perform an obstetric ultrasound and show images to the woman seeking an abortion; create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to provide for an exemption to the ultrasound in case of an emergency and require placing the reason for the emergency in medical records; amend KRS 311.990 relating to penalties to provide a fine of not more than $100,000 for a first offense and not more than $250,000 for each subsequent offense and provide for referring incident to Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure for action and discipline.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 12.070 to allow the Governor, when appointments to boards and commissions are made from lists submitted to him, to appoint a male or female so as to achieve as much gender equity as possible.
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 63) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 205.510 to 205.645 to expand Medicaid coverage to offer benefits to uninsured women who are under age 65, have been diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer or precancerous conditions through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program or the state program implementing that program, and who are not otherwise covered by insurance; require the Department for Medicaid Services to request federal approval of this expansion within three months after funding becomes available; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - To Judiciary (H); posting waived Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 relating to child custody and visitation to provide a procedure for relocation of the principal residence of a child, provide for objection to relocation; amend KRS 403.270 relating to custodial issues to specify what court order for relocation of a child shall contain; amend KRS 403.340 relating to modification of a child custody decree to require notice of proposed relocation to be mailed to all parties entitled to notice.
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit sex-based wage discrimination on jobs of comparable worth; and define "comparable worth" as the value of work based on skill, effort, and responsibility; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posting waived Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 411 relating to loss of consortium to include actions by the surviving spouse, provide that the consortium claim is brought as part of the wrongful death action and not as a separate lawsuit, that the damages recoverable are separate from other damages and payable only to the surviving spouse, and the bill applies retroactively to wrongful death causes of action.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 403.720 to include dating partners among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders; amend KRS 431.005 to reference the definition of "unmarried couple" in KRS 403.720.
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 403.735 to require each court to designate at least one day per week for domestic violence hearings; amend KRS 403.740 to require an emergency protective order to remain in effect until the full domestic violence hearing occurs; require the date, time, and place of the full hearing to be noted on the emergency protective order upon service to the adverse party; require notice to be sent to the petitioner; amend KRS 403.745 to require a summons for a domestic violence hearing to remain in effect until the hearing occurs; require the date, time, and place of the full hearing to be noted on the summons upon service to the adverse party; require notice to be sent to the petitioner.
Also tagged in: Civil Actions, Courts, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Crime Victims, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Domestic Relations, Men, Women
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 403.725, relating to issuance of domestic violence orders, to specify that if the petition is filed in a county other than the county of usual residence, then the petition shall also include the name of the county of usual residence; provide that when an emergency protective order is issued other than in the county in which there is a pending domestic relations action, that the action be transferred to the county in which the domestic relations action was filed for a full hearing; amend KRS 403.765, relating to certification of domestic violence orders, to provide that either party to an existing domestic violence order may apply to have the case transferred to the court in which an action under KRS Chapter 403 is pending.
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Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 relating to loss of consortium to include actions by the surviving spouse, provide that the consortium claim is brought as part of the wrongful death action and not as a separate lawsuit, that the damages recoverable are separate from other damages and payable only to the surviving spouse.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit the involuntary implantation of tracking devices in humans; amend KRS 344.990 to set the penalty for violations of the Act as a Class B misdemeanor.
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Received in Senate Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to establish the Office on Racial Disportionality within the cabinet secretary's office; specify duties of the office to include training, targeted recruitment and employment efforts, data collection, and strategic planning; require the department and its contractors to collect an analyze data by race, evaluate and implement a plan to address disportionality; require annual report to the Governor, Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare, and the public each year.
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 231 to establish a fee to be imposed on sexually oriented businesses; define the terms "nude" and "sexually oriented business"; establish a fee of $10 for each entry by each customer to the sexually oriented business; require the sexually oriented business to record and maintain records of each entry; require use of the $10 fee to create a fund for women; and, make an appropriation therefor for the Kentucky Commission on Women.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To House Floor; adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Recognize March 2008 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Adopted by voice vote Bill Text
Recognize March 2008 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To House Floor Bill Text
Recognizing March 2008 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
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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: 01/29/2008 - To Judiciary (H); posting waived Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 relating to child custody and visitation to provide a procedure for relocation of the principal residence of a child, provide for objection to relocation; amend KRS 403.270 relating to custodial issues to specify what court order for relocation of a child shall contain; amend KRS 403.340 relating to modification of a child custody decree to require notice of proposed relocation to be mailed to all parties entitled to notice.
Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - To State & Local Government (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit sex-based wage discrimination on jobs of comparable worth; and define "comparable worth" as the value of work based on skill, effort, and responsibility; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2009.
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