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Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Otto Wilson Goff. Comment on Bill HB699
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 416.610 to provide that the condemnor of agricultural land that is under fence shall, in addition to any compensation awarded, reconstruct fencing to protect the adjoining land, or animals thereon, prior to the removal of existing fencing; make retroactive to March 28, 2006 with six month limitation, from effective date, on filing claim. HB691
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish that proof of a person's intent to commit an unlawful act shall not be required in a civil or administrative proceeding to show that the person acted knowingly in respect to Medicaid fraud; establish unlawful acts related to Medicaid; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide the Attorney General with access to all documentary materials for the investigation of Medicaid fraud; identify individuals to whom the Attorney General may disclose documentary material; provide immunity for individuals providing access to documentary material to employees of the Attorney General and other state and federal authorities involved in the investigation of Medicaid fraud; require the cabinet to establish by administrative regulation sanctions for a provider found liable for Medicaid fraud; subject licensed professions found liable for Medicaid fraud to disciplinary action by their respective licensure boards; provide [...] show full description SB248
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 64.092, relating to compensation of sheriffs and court security officers, to increase salary from $8 per hour to $9 per hour on July 1, 2008 and to $11 per hour on July 1, 2009; EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2008. SB241
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text 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. HB593
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text 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. HB586
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create various new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A and amend KRS 32A.2065 and 24A.1765 to impose a $5 fee on all civil and criminal cases to be used to fund a pay supplement for deputy circuit court clerks through the justice administration trust fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to administer the justice administration trust fund. SB174
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 114) Bill Text Amend KRS 510.140 to make gender neutral. HB581
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text 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. HB567
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules Bill Text 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. HB558
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 29A.320 relating to duties of the jury after the case is submitted to the jury to specify that a jury is required to be sent out for further deliberation in specified situations. HB553
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text 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 [...] show full description HB508
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Conference Committee appointed in House Bill Text 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. SB144
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 23A.040 and 23A.045 to increase by one each the number of circuit judges allocated to the Sixth (Daviess) and Fifteenth (Carroll, Grant, and Owen) Judicial Circuits. SB139
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 44 to permit convicted felons who were wrongfully incarcerated to bring a claim in the Board of Claims for wrongful incarceration; place limits on damage awards. RETROACTIVE. HB421
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 relating to juvenile proceedings to request the Chief Justice to adopt administrative procedures relating to protecting parents; create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A relating to the Supreme Court to request the Supreme Court to create a pilot project for a limited opening courts of in three to seven jurisdictions when handling dependency, needy, neglect, and abuse cases involving children and termination of parental rights, to set parameters, and require reporting to the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 615 relating to juvenile procedure to permit pilot project courts to open proceedings which otherwise would be closed. HJ83
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State (having become law) (Acts Ch. 190) Bill Text Provide that any mandates, directives, and initiatives in the 2008-2010 Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum have the force and effect of law. SB119
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 23A.205 relating to court costs in criminal cases in Circuit Court to increase costs from $100 to $125; amend KRS 24A.175 relating to court costs in criminal cases in District Court to increase costs from $100 to $125; amend KRS 42.330 relating to disposition of court costs to provide that $25 from each court cost go to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide supervised visitation in cases where a court requires supervised visitation. HB408
Latest Action: 04/18/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128) Bill Text 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 [...] show full description HB399
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. HB384
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text 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. HB383
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. HB385
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 198B.020 to add a new member representing the Kentucky Building Material Association to the Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction. HB353
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text 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. HB332
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text 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. SB92
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 186) Bill Text Amend KRS 431.540 relating to the setting of the uniform schedule of amounts of bail by the Supreme Court to permit the court to set a uniform schedule of bail for nonviolent Class D felonies in addition to the current misdemeanors and violations. HB320
Latest Action: 01/22/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 26A relating to courts to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to install security systems in homes of District Judges, Circuit Judges, and Family Court Judges who have been threatened or believe their lives or the lives of their spouse or children residing in the judge's home are at risk; limit expenditure to a one-time $5,000 expenditure; requite all other costs to be borne by the judge. HB285
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 relating to sex offenses to provide that a conviction of a felony offense under the chapter operates as an application for a restraining order prohibiting contact with the victim, unless the victim requests otherwise; provide defendant notice of right to request a hearing on the restraining order; provide for time of hearing; provide for contents of order; provide for modification of order upon petition of victim or defendant; provide for modification hearing; provide for entering order into KSP LINK computer system; provide civil and criminal immunity for law enforcement officers acting in good faith in enforcing an order; provide for nondisclosure of victim's personal information; violation of order is Class A misdemeanor. HB252
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 23A to increase by one the number of Circuit Judges and decrease by one the number of District Judges assigned to the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in Kenton County; amend KRS 23A.050 and 24A.060 to conform; repeal KRS 24A.070. Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit unsolicited faxes to a telephone facsimile machine; define telephone facsimile machine, unsolicited advertisement by a telephone facsimile machine, and established business relationship; provide exception for an established business relationship between the sender and recipient; require that fax transmissions contain an opt-out procedure for recipient; provide for a private cause of action in District or Circuit Court; amend KRS 367.46951 to conform; amend KRS 367.990 to impose a maximum penalty of $500 for each violation, except that the penalty for a willful violation shall be not more than $2,000. 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. 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. Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute Bill Text 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. SB61
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 403.200, relating to spousal maintenance, to provide that, for good cause shown, the court may provide for payment of court-ordered maintenance by wage assignment, bank draft, or other automatic payment method. HB173
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 360.040, relating to interest on judgments, to delete the 12 percent interest and replace it with the interest rate provided in KRS 131.183(1). HB96
Latest Action: 01/09/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A, relating to controlled substances, to create a registration system for persons convicted of felony controlled substances manufacture or trafficking; provide that a person with two or more convictions registers for life and a person with one conviction registers for maximum period of incarceration authorized for the offense; provide that the system is administered by Department of Kentucky State Police; provide for Internet and other access to information; provide penalties for failure to register and harboring an unregistered offender. HB199
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text 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. HB224
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text 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. HB124
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (2-title) ; received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committ Bill Text Amend KRS 323A.010 to revise title of the board; amend KRS 323A.040 to revise requirements for examination and licensing of applicants; amend KRS 323A.050 to restrict licensing by endorsement; amend KRS 323A.060 to specify fees to be established by administrative regulation; amend KRS 323A.070 to remove restriction on reexamination; amend KRS 323A.080 to remove restriction on seal design; amend KRS 323.090 to conform; amend KRS 323A.100 to provide for license reinstatement; create a new section of KRS 323A to create an inactive license; amend KRS 323A.110 to specify reasons for refusing to issue or renew a license, or place on probation, reprimand, or restrict a licensee; amend KRS 323A.120 to require the opportunity for a hearing in disciplinary matters; amend KRS 323A.200 to remove requirement for unanimous vote to revoke a license; amend KRS 323A.210 to revise title of the board or seal; amend KRS 323A.230 to allow the board to make application to county attorneys for action; amend KRS [...] show full description HB31
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text 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. HB103
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. Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text Amend KRS 403.200 to permit a court to provide for wage attachment and automatic electronic transfer of funds for payment of spousal maintenance; amend KRS 403.270 to add healthy environment for child as a factor for the consideration of awarding custody of children; amend KRS 530.050 to add ex-spouse; EMERGENCY Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 605, relating to juvenile proceedings, to require social service workers, child protective services workers, peace officers, and others interviewing a child alleged to be abused, needy, neglected, dependent, or delinquent to make a video or audio recording of the interview; specify to whom recordings of interviews are available; limit uses of recordings of interviews; provide for destruction of recordings when no longer needed. HB223
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 439.265, relating to shock probation, to deny shock probation to any person who has ever been convicted of an offense which would make the defendant a violent offender under KRS 439.3401, or who has been convicted on three or more previous occasions of a felony in Kentucky or another state, under federal law, or in a United States military court martial. SB13
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text Amend KRS 421.350, relating to the testimony of a child victim or witness, to include violent offenses; provide that the child witness, while being exempt from attendance at trial, shall be subject to being recalled during the course of the trial to give additional testimony under the same circumstances as with any other recalled witness, provided that the additional testimony is given utilizing the same closed circuit or video tape procedure as for the original testimony. |
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