Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a tax credit for volunteer firefighters. [HB-329]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow confidential tax return information to be shared with the Legislative Research Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/29/2020
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AN ACT relating to the sponsorship of Transportation Cabinet facilities and vehicles and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-160]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to implement a commercial sponsorship program for facilities and vehicles and allocate the profits of the program to the maintenance account within the road fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to identity documents, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-453]
Amend various sections of KRS 186.400 to 186.640, and KRS Chapters 189A and 281A to make the Transportation Cabinet the sole application and issuance entity for operator's licenses and personal identification cards and eliminate the requirements that these documents be applied for in the county of residence; amend KRS 186.419 to expand the list of documents an applicant can use when applying for a voluntary travel ID; amend KRS 186.490 to allow circuit clerk offices to continue issuing standard identity credentials until the Transportation Cabinet
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor Acts Ch. 51) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-330]
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 01/29/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment-related drug screens. [HB-102]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employment discrimination based on a positive drug screen for cannabidiol or tetrahydrocannabinol.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment for crime victims. [HB-122]
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a penalty for failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to expungement. [HB-486]
Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce waiting period for felony expungement from five years to one year, to reduce delays in the process, and to automatically waive the expungement fee for needy persons; amend KRS 431.078 to reduce waiting period for misdemeanor expungement from five years to one year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-490]
Amend 344.450 to allow parties to recover punitive damages.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to policemen's and firefighters' retirement funds of the urban-county governments. [HB-479]
Amend KRS 67A.440 to delete the provision that a surviving spouse's retirement benefit shall end upon remarriage; amend KRS 67A.450 to provide that for members of policemen's and firefighters' retirement funds of urban-county governments who would have been eligible for voluntary retirement at the time of their death, which is not in the line of duty, an annuity death benefit shall not be provided to the surviving spouse and provide that a deceased member otherwise eligible for a voluntary service retirement is presumed to have retired on the date
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 103) on 04/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the General Assembly's authority over local revenue options. [HB-475]
Propose to amend Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to authorize a county, city, town, or municipal corporation to assess and collect local taxes and fees that are not otherwise in conflict with the Constitution; provide ballot question with proposed amendment; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/17/2020