SB241

SB241 Sponsored by Julie Denton
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Amend KRS 29A.040 to place persons holding state personal identification cards on the master juror list of a county; amend KRS 29A.070 to prevent the release of personal identifying information on juror qualification forms.

SB227

SB227 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

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Amend KRS 15.245 to make technical correction.

SB214

SB214 Sponsored by Ray S. Jones
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Amend KRS 510.155, relating to using a communications system to procure a minor to engage in sexual offenses, to add to "minor" "any individual the person has reason to believe is a minor" to the elements of the offense; amend KRS 508.130 to include in the definitions used for Kentucky's stalking offenses stalking activity that is done electronically; amend KRS 531.010 and 531.300 to include live images transmitted over the Internet within material subject to the standards of Kentucky's obscenity laws; amend KRS 17.500 to create definitions for "electronic identity or online membership information" and "substantial change in appearance" and amend the definition of "registrant information" to require registrants on the sex offender registry to disclose more information; amend KRS 17.510 to require a new photograph of registrant if there is a substantial change in appearance; create provisions governing when a registrant changes or creates an electronic identity or online membership; amend [...]

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Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Received in Senate

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Amend KRS 406.011, relating to presumption of paternity, to update language regarding evidence in paternity cases; amend KRS 406.021, relating to determination of paternity, to clarify how paternity may be determined and add references to Family Court; amend KRS 406.035, relating to written orders of paternity, to include Family Court Judges; amend KRS 406.051 to include references to Family Court and clarify how an appeal is to be made; amend KRS 406.151, relating to venue in paternity cases, to include the county where the child resides.
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)

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Amend KRS 17.131 to require all criminal justice system participants, certain state agencies, the Courts of Justice, and the Administrative Office of the Courts to participate in the state-wide e-warrant system; provide that any entity that fails to participate as required shall be denied access to state and federal grants.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to define when a defendant has a severe mental disorder which prevents the defendant from assisting in his or her post-conviction defense, or to make a rational decision to forgo or terminate post-conviction defense; provide procedure for determination of prisoner's disability; prohibit execution if disability is determined; require resentencing to non death penalty option.

SB188

SB188 Sponsored by Julie Denton
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 187)

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Amend KRS 620.220 to permit use of electronic records from court clerks to citizen foster care review boards.

SB185

SB185 Sponsored by Julie Denton
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Amend KRS 620.220 to permit court clerks to provide electronic notification of court commitment orders to the Citizen Foster Care Review Board Program.

HB615

HB615 Sponsored by Greg Stumbo
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 130)

Bill Text
Repeal KRS 386.180 restricting compensation of trustees; amend KRS 386.490, 387.111, and 387.760 to conform.

HB599

HB599 Sponsored by Adam Koenig
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

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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: 03/12/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Amend KRS 29A.040 to allow persons who have reached age 72 to have their names removed from the master list of prospective jurors; amend KRS 29A.090 to allow automatic exemption from jury service for a prospective juror who has reached age 72 who has elected to have his or her name removed from the master list of prospective jurors.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to create definitions; to restrict certain uses by agencies of a person’s Social Security number and prohibit the inclusion of a person’s Social Security number in documents filed or recorded with an agency, subject to certain exceptions, and to establish a procedure to request redaction of a Social Security number shown in official records on an agency’s Internet Web site subject to certain exceptions, and to delay the effective date to July 1, 2009; to require an agency to give notice to a person whose personal information was acquired in a security breach subject to certain exceptions, to make a waiver void and unenforceable, and to require an agency to take certain measures to safeguard against security breaches subject to certain exceptions; to declare that the provisions regarding use of Social Security numbers, security breach notices, and safeguarding against security breaches do not limit the power to enforce criminal or civil statutes or [...]

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HB581

HB581 Sponsored by Rob Wilkey
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee

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Amend KRS 21.580 to establish prerequisites for entry into the senior status judge program and establish a sunset date of July 1, 2012; make technical corrections.
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules

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Amend KRS 61.315 to give the Department of Military Affairs the authority to promulgate administrative regulations and conduct administrative hearings regarding eligibility for death gratuity benefits; exempt from probate fees the estates of people whose families would be eligible for the death gratuity benefits.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to create definitions related to identity theft; restrict certain uses by businesses of a consumer's Social Security number subject to certain exceptions, to delay the effective date to July 1, 2009, and to make a violation subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; require a business to give specified notice to a person whose personal information was acquired in a security breach subject to certain exceptions, to make a waiver void and unenforceable, and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; require a business to take certain measures to safeguard against security breaches subject to certain exceptions and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; declare that the provisions regarding business use [...]

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HB546

HB546 Sponsored by John Tilley
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 403.725 to provide that a domestic violence protective order may be obtained in the county of temporary or permanent residence or the county where the act occurred; amend KRS 403.765 to provide that protective order issued in one jurisdiction may be transferred to another jurisdiction where a domestic relations action is pending.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Conference Committee appointed in House

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 322, relating to engineers and land surveyors, to state that any person or business entity engaging in unauthorized practice consents to the personal, subject matter, and disciplinary jurisdiction of the board; authorize the board to conduct investigations and hearings and impose sanctions against the person or business entity as if the person or business entity held a license or permit granted by the board; allow the board to ask the Franklin Circuit Court to enjoin the practice of engineering or land surveying by any person, business entity, or both; amend KRS 322.180 to permit the board to levy the maximum disciplinary fine separately for each individual violation of the chapter; amend KRS 322.290 to delete board injunctive powers that are superseded by the newly created section of KRS Chapter 322; amend KRS 322.990 to include business entities in the penalty section; specify that the maximum fine may be levied separately for each individual violation.

HB451

HB451 Sponsored by Bill Farmer
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 199.585 to limit attorney fees to $750 for international adoptions involving children who are not granted citizenship upon entry to the United States.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Repeal and reenact KRS 615.030 to replace the existing interstate compact relating to the placement of children with the new interstate compact for the placement of children; effective when the 35th state ratifies the compact or upon July 1, 2008, whichever is later; provide that until such time, KRS 615.030 shall remain in effect.

HB419

HB419 Sponsored by Thomas Kerr
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 62.020 relating to who may administer an oath to include retired and senior status justices and judges.

HB405

HB405 Sponsored by Rob Wilkey
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 21)

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Amend KRS 205.721 to establish annual fee, pursuant to federal law, in child support collection actions; amend KRS 186.570 to require suspension of operator's license upon notice of excessive arrearage; amend KRS 205.712 to reduce amount of child support arrearage necessary to commence process for suspension of passports; and amend KRS 413.090 to provide for tolling of statute of limitation in child support arrearage actions.
Latest Action: 04/18/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128)

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The Judicial Branch Budget: appropriate from the General Fund, Restricted Funds, and Federal Funds totaling $373,860,900 in fiscal year 2008-2009 and $417,579,800 in fiscal year 2009-2010; provide a five percent salary adjustment in each fiscal year for non-elected court personnel, Justices, and Judges; include funds for salaries of circuit clerks as contained in the Judicial Branch Budget Recommendation; provide funds for salary adjustments for all elected and non-elected officials; provide funds for drug court sites; provide funds to reinstate 157 positions; provide funds for an additional family court judgeship in both the Sixth and Fifteenth Circuits; provide funds for e-filing; provide funds to support retirement payouts for Judicial Branch employees; provide funds for the Carlisle County Judicial Center; provide funds for an Administrative Office of the Courts Building; provide funds for the expansion of the Madison County Family Court; provide funds to compensate local governments [...]

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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Propose to amend Section 118 of the Constitution of Kentucky, relating to judicial nominating commissions, to delete the authority of the Governor to appoint lay members and require the President of the Senate, the Minority Floor Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives to each appoint one member; delete reference to majority and minority political party representation; limit term of office to four years; submit question to the voters for approval.

SJ80

SJ80 Sponsored by Gerald A. Neal
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64)

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Create a commission to study and reform the Kentucky Penal Code; set commission membership; require report to the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2011.

HJ83

HJ83 Sponsored by Harry Moberly
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 190)

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Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum have the force and effect of law.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor

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Amend KRS 198B.020 to add a new member representing the Kentucky Building Material Association to the Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction.
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor

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Amend and create various provisions within the Unified Juvenile Code to establish requirements for the detention of status offenders, establish a process to notify the Department for Community Based Services when a status offender has been detained, and make technical corrections; amend KRS 31.200, 31. 110, 164.2847, 605.090, 610.080, 610.255, 610.330 and 620.155 to conform.
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 403.750 to provide that the court, in a domestic violence order, may prohibit a respondent from possessing firearm while the order is in effect; provide for confiscation of firearms in possession of the defendant and for confiscated firearms to be turned over to the office of the sheriff for custody; provide for return of firearms or alternate disposition of firearms upon expiration or vacation of the domestic violence order.
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee

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Amend KRS 360.040, relating to interest on judgments, to delete the 12 percent interest requirement and replace it with the interest rate provided in KRS 131.183(1) and create a minimum interest rate of 6 percent.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 15.3971, relating to court security officers, to allow grandfathered officers two years to complete the high school diploma/GED requirement for certification.
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 514.160 relating to identity theft to increase the number of pieces of identifying information, include use of false identification to deprive a person of money, obtain employment, hide one's true identity, cause another person to suffer economic loss, defraud another person, or attempt, solicit, or conspire to commit identity theft; create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to require pretrial release officers to obtain place of birth, citizenship, and related information from prisoners in jail and report the information to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security and Administrative Office of the Courts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 39G to expand the duties of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security with regard to immigration, customs, and other homeland security matters; create a new section of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 to permit local and state law enforcement agencies to enter into agreements with the federal government for local enforcement of immigration [...]

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Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 421, relating to witnesses, to regulate the conduct of lineups by law enforcement agencies; provide instructions for witnesses; provide for suppression of evidence in cases in which the policies are violated; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009.

HB280

HB280 Sponsored by Mike Harmon
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 24A.230 and 24A.290 to increase the jurisdictional limit of the small claims division of the District Court from $1,500 to $5,000 for both claims and counterclaims.

HB260

HB260 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and require the court with jurisdiction over a person sentenced to death to sentence the person to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole; amend KRS 24A.110, 27A.430, 431.060, 431.215, 431.510, 439.265, 506.010, 506.030, 506.040, 506.080, 507.020, 509.040, 520.120, 527.200, 532.030, 532.040, 532.050, 532.100, 532.140, 533.010, 610.265, 635.020, 635.090, 640.040, 17.173, 17.176, 507A.020, and 422.285 to conform; repeal KRS 422.287, 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309, relating to the death penalty.

SB74

SB74 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
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.

SB72

SB72 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Department of Corrections to develop an intensive secured substance abuse recovery program for substance abusers seeking or utilizing pretrial diversion in certain circumstances; create a new section of KRS 431.510 to 431.550 to require pretrial screening of felony substance abuse offenders and allow testing and treatment as a condition of pretrial release; create a new section of KRS 533.250 to 533.260 to require felony substance abuse offenders to demonstrate suitable participation in and compliance with substance abuse treatment or recovery before being eligible for pretrial diversion; amend KRS 533.250 to allow referral of certain persons on pretrial diversion to the secured recovery program; amend KRS 532.120 to allow credit for time served in the secure treatment facility or a residential treatment facility; amend KRS 431.515 to conform; EMERGENCY.

HB253

HB253 Sponsored by Thomas Kerr
Latest Action: 01/25/2008 - Posted in committee

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Amend KRS 620.140 to permit the commitment of a child to the cabinet up until age 21 years if the child has a mental disability or mental illness which makes him or her unable to voluntarily consent to commitment.
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to require the Chief of Justice to establish rules of administrative procedure relating to juvenile and child protection and permanency cases; amend KRS 620.020 to define "court proceeding"; amend KRS 620.060 to require notice of right to counsel with summons and appointment of counsel no later than 48 hours before temporary removal hearing; amend KRS 620.070 to require summons to contain notice of right to counsel; amend KRS 620.080 to require time for counsel to consult with the parent and child if appropriate; require appointment of counsel and guardian ad litem prior to temporary removal hearing; specify that appointment includes actions through the first annual permanency review unless court replaces appointment, require a hearing if more than one guardian ad litem is appointed for a case; require service to all parties, including the Finance and Administration Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require the court to inform parents [...]

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HB224

HB224 Sponsored by Carl Rollins
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 29A.170, relating to juror compensation, to increase juror pay from five dollars to fifteen dollars and juror expenses from seven dollars and fifty cents to ten dollars.

SB28

SB28 Sponsored by Dick Roeding
Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Judiciary (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry to be called the Fatherhood Information System of Kentucky within Cabinet for Health and Family Services; require the cabinet to consider contracting to operate the registry; require the cabinet to provide public information on the registry including how to revoke a registration; prohibit a fee for registering; permit a putative father to register before or after the birth of a child; require the cabinet to date and file a submitted form; require the cabinet to attempt to notify a registered putative father if a search identifies him; permit persons with legitimate interest to request a search; permit the cabinet to charge a fee for conducting a search of the registry; require an affidavit of a search to be submitted with the petition for adoption; permit the cabinet to contact a putative father in circumstances other than an adoption if it is in the best interest of the child and the putative father has given [...]

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Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

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Amend KRS 439.580 to define "local government"; amend KRS 439.590 to require public notice and prior approval of the local legislative body when real estate will be used for a community residential correctional center.

SB25

SB25 Sponsored by Jack Westwood
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Discharge petition filed

Bill Text
Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation if the defendant has been convicted of KRS 507.040 involving driving under the influence or KRS 507.050 involving driving under the influence.

HB129

HB129 Sponsored by Brent Yonts
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 387.570 and 387.580 to allow a bench trial when the parties agree, there is no objection from interested parties, and the judge finds no cause to require a jury trial.

HB103

HB103 Sponsored by Dennis Keene
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor

Bill Text
Repeal certain Acts of the General Assembly establishing and relating to the powers of the Campbell County Court House District; require that all districts create a plan for dissolution with 60 days of the effective date of this Act; establish criteria for valid plan; require report of assets, liabilities, and plan of dissolution be made to fiscal court with 90 days of the effective date of this Act; mandate transfer of excess funds, property, and debt to fiscal court; require Governor's Office for Local Development to oversee dissolution of court house district; certify plan of dissolution of district, and approve all transfers and disposition of property and disbursements; require Auditor of Public Accounts to perform final audit of dissolution; abolish taxing authority of court house districts and provide that authority shall not pass to county or any local government; EMERGENCY.