AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [SB-58]
Amend KRS 431.005 relating to arrests to permit a peace officer to make an arrest or issue a citation for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, which is a misdemeanor, even when the officer did not view the commission of the offense if there is probable cause to make the arrest if the assault occurred in the emergency room of a hospital; define emergency room; amend KRS 431.015 mandating the use of a citation in lieu of arrest to exempt an arrest for 4th degree assault in a hospital emergency room.
SB-58: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 128) on 04/11/2012
AN ACT relating to referendums. [SB-62]
Amend KRS 147.620, relating to the dissolution of an area planning commission, by changing the petition signature requirements from 25% of the number of registered voters who voted in the last presidential election to 10% of the number of registered voters who voted in the last regular election.
SB-62: AN ACT relating to referendums.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Posted In Committee on 03/06/2012
AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms. [SB-73]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237, relating to firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories made in Kentucky, marked as made in Kentucky, and used in Kentucky, to specify that these items, with specified exemptions, are exempt from federal law; name law the "Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act."
SB-73: AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/04/2012
AN ACT relating to slow-moving vehicles and declaring an emergency. [SB-75]
Amend KRS 189.050 to provide an alternative lighting system for motorless vehicles operated on a highway at night; amend KRS 189.820 to provide for an alternative means of marking motorless, slow-moving vehicles with reflective tape rather than using the slow-moving vehicle emblem; amend KRS 189.930 to conform.
SB-75: AN ACT relating to slow-moving vehicles and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 53) on 04/11/2012
AN ACT relating to employee misclassification. [SB-77]
Amend KRS 131.010 to define "person," "contractor," "prime contractor," and "subcontractor"; amend KRS 131.130 to specify the Department of Revenue as the determining authority in issues related to the classification of a person as an employee or independent contractor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to define characteristics of an independent contractor, to stipulate that a prime contractor is not responsible for a subcontractor's misclassification of independent contractors as employees, assert that independent contractors are not eligible
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SB-77: AN ACT relating to employee misclassification.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jared Carpenter
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/27/2012
AN ACT relating to local school district funding adjustments. [SB-81]
Amend KRS 157.360 to provide that local school districts with 1% growth in enrollment may request and receive a January adjustment; permit the state portion of the program to support education excellence in Kentucky to be recalculated and funded.
SB-81: AN ACT relating to local school district funding adjustments.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/09/2012
AN ACT relating to debt. [SB-10]
Amend KRS 48.010 to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to establish limitations on the issuance of general fund debt; amend KRS 56.063 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2014.
SB-10: AN ACT relating to debt.
Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/19/2013
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [SB-129]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit the enforceability of any new federal law, rule, regulation, or order relating to the ownership or registration of certain firearms, magazines, or other firearms accessories; EMERGENCY.
SB-129: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
Discharge Petition Filed on 03/07/2013
AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on election days. [SB-13]
Amend KRS 244.290 to permit the sale of distilled spirits and wine on any primary, or regular, local option, or special election day; authorize the legislative body or fiscal court of a first through fourth class city or the legislative body of any form of county government to adopt an ordinance to prohibit or limit the hours and times of distilled spirits and wine sales within its boundaries on any primary, or regular, local option, or special election day; limit the changes regarding election day sales to territories that already allow some form
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SB-13: AN ACT relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages on election days.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To: Interim Joint Committee On Licensing And Occupations on 09/05/2013