Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (S)

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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)

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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.

HB657

HB657 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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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

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Recognize March 2008 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Adopted by voice vote

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Recognize March 2008 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Kentucky.

HR128

HR128 Sponsored by John Tilley
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To House Floor

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Recognizing March 2008 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed

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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

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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: 01/29/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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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.
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.

HB308

HB308 Sponsored by Tom Burch
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - 3rd reading; floor amendment (2) ruled not germane ; defeated 47-49

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Amend KRS 186.531 to provide for one free identification card for a person who does not have a fixed, permanent address.

HB3

HB3 Sponsored by Mary Lou Marzian
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To State & Local Government (S)

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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.

HB297

HB297 Sponsored by Rob Wilkey
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posting waived

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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: 01/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and KRS 18A.095, relating to the same, to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, [...]

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SB74

SB74 Sponsored by Dan Kelly
Latest Action: 01/14/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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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.

SB61

SB61 Sponsored by Julie Denton
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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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.

SB40

SB40 Sponsored by Jack Westwood
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Discharge petition filed

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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.

SB4

SB4 Sponsored by David E. Boswell
Latest Action: 07/20/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary

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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.

HB161

HB161 Sponsored by Rob Wilkey
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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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.

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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