HB764

HB764 Sponsored by Tanya Pullin
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 61.315 to establish the amount of death gratuity benefits available to the survivors of any police officer, firefighter, or member of the military killed in the line of duty, by linking it to the federal death gratuity amount; provide that the state will pay this amount if the survivors are not eligible for payments from the federal government; provide that the amount apportioned to any surviving children less that 18 years of age shall be partially placed in trust; direct the Department of Military Affairs to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the death gratuity; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009.

HB726

HB726 Sponsored by Carl Rollins
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to create definitions, to require the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations and confer with the county board of elections; to require the county board of elections to make a report to LRC and to the Secretary of State.
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - Posting waived

Bill Text
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to provide for comprehensive statutory coverage of notaries public, including provisions relating to the purpose of the regulation, definitions, commissioning, applications, electronic notarizations, bonding, privacy, notarial authority, notarial prohibitions, fees, journals and record keeping, notarization forms, signing by mark, official seals, seal vendors, verification of notarial authority, resignations, deaths, misconduct, liability, notarial crimes, and grandfathering; provide for a delayed effective date of March 1, 2009; amend KRS 423.010, 423.110, and 423.200 to conform; repeal KRS 64.300, 423.020, 423.050, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, and 423.990.

SB199

SB199 Sponsored by Ray S. Jones
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 55)

Bill Text
Amend sections of KRS Chapter 342 to adopt the fifth edition, rather than the most recent edition, of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.

HB638

HB638 Sponsored by John Tilley
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 156)

Bill Text
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 324, relating to real estate brokers, to allow an out-of-state broker to practice in Kentucky relative to commercial real estate through a cooperation agreement with a Kentucky real estate broker; define "commercial real estate," "cooperation agreement"; "Kentucky cooperating broker," "out-of-state principal broker," and "out-of-state licensee," require that out-of-state licensees be licensed with and work under the direct supervision of an out-of-state principal broker; set out minimum contents of cooperation agreements, to include terms of compensation, description of the parties, and the start and end date of the agreement; mandate that, for transactions that fall within the scope of the cooperation agreement, out-of-state brokers work under the supervision and control of the Kentucky cooperating broker and supply the commission with an affiliation notice and insurance certification; include licensure status and other disclosures; limit types of transactions [...]

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Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 95)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.472 to redefine "durable medical equipment" to include a definition for "repair and replacement parts" for same; amend KRS 139.781 to define "taxability matrix"; amend KRS 139.795 to limit purchaser's liability if based upon erroneous data provided by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 139.110 include various definitions found throughout Chapter 139; amend KRS 139.025, 139.210, 139.215, 139.240,139.340, 139.470, 139.486, 139.518, 139.536, 139.538, 139.735, 139.990, 68.200, 132.200, and 154.27-070 to conform; repeal KRS 139.020, 139.030, 139.040, 139.050, 139.060, 139.070, 139.080, 139.090, 139.095, 139.100, 139.110, 139.120, 139.140, 139.150, 139.160, 139.170, 139.180, 139.190, 139.487, 139.488, 139.5381, 139.5382, 139.5383, 139.5384, 139.5385, 139.5386; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute

Bill Text
Repeal and reenact KRS 138.130 and 138.140; provide that the legislation shall apply to tax periods beginning on or after June 1, 2006; notwithstand the provisions of KRS 446.145 to the extent that any provision included in Section 1 or 2 of the Act is determined to be new language.

HB599

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

Bill Text
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.

HB569

HB569 Sponsored by Don Pasley
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Posting waived

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax feed for the members of the genus camelus; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
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 [...]

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Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 138.130 to redefine "cigarette" and "other tobacco products"; define "little cigars" and "small cigars"; amend KRS 138.165 to subject little cigars or small cigars that are improperly labeled to seizure and forfeiture unless cigarette tax evidence is attached; amend KRS 365.270 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.472 to exempt over-the-counter drugs purchased for the treatment of a human being effective August 1, 2008; amend KRS 139.570 to limit the amount of vendor compensation to $1,500 per reporting period, EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt genus camelus from the sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Reassigned to Judiciary (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 15.380 to require certain correctional officers employed by local governments to be certified as peace officers, amend KRS 15.400 to grandfather existing correctional officers; amend KRS 15.420 to exclude correctional officers from the definition of police officer as applicable to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.

HB472

HB472 Sponsored by Steve Riggs
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.472 to exempt durable medical equipment including repair and replacement parts from sales and use tax; define terms; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.

HB464

HB464 Sponsored by Rob Wilkey
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 136.602 to redefine "gross revenues" to exclude the sale of communications service to a communications provider that is buying the service for sale or incorporation into a communications service for sale; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2010.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.110 to exclude from the definition of "retailer" auctioneers that make sales at charitable auctions; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.

HB390

HB390 Sponsored by Fred Nesler
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 138.130 to define "untax-paid cigarettes"; amend KRS 138.165 to require the Department of Revenue to promulgate an administrative regulation setting forth a protest and appeals procedure; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
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: 02/13/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amend KRS 227A.100 to change annual renewal of electrician and electrical contractor licenses to biennial renewal instead; establish biennial license renewal on or before the last day of the licensee's birth month of each odd-numbered year; maintain required level of continuing education, but double listed amount from 6 hours to 12 hours to reflect the change to biennial renewal; make effective January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
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.
Latest Action: 01/15/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax LP gas and natural gas used in commercial greenhouse or nursery; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.

SB82

SB82 Sponsored by Joey Pendleton
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.472 to exempt a drug purchased for the treatment of an animal, define "animal", EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Returned to Judiciary (S); reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitutes and (2), committee amendment (1-title) as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15; 3rd reading; Committee Substitute (1) w

Bill Text
Amend KRS 95.019 to expand the jurisdiction of the chief and officers of police departments in cities of the sixth class from within city limits to countywide.

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.

HB262

HB262 Sponsored by Jim Wayne
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Received in House; to Rules (H); posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) and (2)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 141.020 to increase the tax rate on income over $75,000; amend KRS 141.066 to establish a refundable earned income tax credit at 15 percent of the federal credit; amend KRS 140.130 to decouple from the federal estate tax phase-out; amend KRS 139.120, 139.200, and 139.480 to include a list of selected services as subject to sales tax; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize changes to income tax credits; make income tax provisions effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, make estate tax provisions effective for deaths on or after August 1, 2008; make sales tax provisions effective for billings on or after August 1, 2008.

SB76

SB76 Sponsored by Carroll Gibson
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 118)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 227.570 to include manufactured housing and previously-owned recreational vehicles within the installation regulations; require certified installers to apply for a certified installation sticker; establish power to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 227.491 to prohibit electrical inspection of manufactured or mobile homes lacking certified installation sticker; prohibit electrical inspection of previously-owned manufactured or mobile homes lacking B1 seal; prohibit utilities from energizing service to manufactured or mobile homes lacking a certified installation seal; prohibit utilities from energizing service to previously-owned manufactured or mobile homes lacking a B1 seal; make provisions of the Act effective January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Transportation (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to design and distribute an "In God We Trust" license plate; establish that the license plate be regularly issued in addition to the license plate required by KRS 186.240; establish the license plate design; authorize the license plate be issued at the request of the owner of a passenger vehicle; pick-up truck, or recreational vehicle upon payment of the appropriate fees; amend KRS 186.240 to conform; effective January 1, 2009.

SB18

SB18 Sponsored by Joey Pendleton
Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in Senate; to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 138.470 to exempt the transfer of vehicles to individuals that have been honorably discharged from active service and have been certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be 100 percent permanently disabled; make technical corrections; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in House; to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.050 to exempt delivery charges from sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.

HB207

HB207 Sponsored by Jim Gooch
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to require the Transportation Cabinet to design and distribute an "In God We Trust" license plate; provide that the license plate be regularly issued in addition to the license plate required by KRS 186.240; establish the license plate design; authorize the license plate be issued at the request of the owner of a passenger vehicle, pick-up truck, or recreational vehicle upon payment of the appropriate fees; amend KRS 186.240 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2009.
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.495 to exempt sales by churches for charitable fundraising events from sales and use taxes; amend 139.496 to comply; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.

HB60

HB60 Sponsored by Mike Denham
Latest Action: 01/08/2008 - Introduced in House; to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 139.480 to exempt straw, wood shavings, and sawdust from the sales and use tax when used in agricultural or equine pursuits; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 143)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 132.480 to require the property valuation administrator to update his or her address records to capture the in-care-of address; amend KRS 133.220 to require the property valuation administrator to consider the in-care-of address when notices are returned as undeliverable; and amend KRS 382.135 to require that a deed to real property include a statement indicating the in-care-of address to which the property tax bill may be sent.

HB9

HB9 Sponsored by Mike Cherry
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS 304.14-600 to 304.14-625 to require long-term care insurers to file rates with the executive director of the Office of Insurance for all long-term care insurance policies; require the insurer to submit a copy of the filing to the Attorney General; require the insurer to submit a new filing to reflect any material change to any previously filed and approved rate filing; require the insurer to submit an amendment to a previously approved rate filing for all other changes; provide that the executive director shall approve or disapprove the filing within 60 days after filing; permit the executive director to order a retroactive reduction of rates; establish criteria to be considered when reviewing a rate filing; permit the executive director to withdraw approval after 30 days notice has been given; authorize the executive director to establish by administrative regulation additional criteria to be considered; direct the executive director to hold a hearing upon request [...]

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