Remember: log on to www.lrc.ky.gov and then click on the 2010 General Assembly to access summaries and updates on the following legislation, even full text copies of the actual bills.
There are currently over 500 House Bills and over 200 Senate Bills.
Senate
Education:
SB 67. (K. Winters) To establish an option for early high school graduation beginning in the 2011-2012 school year; define the curriculum requirements for early graduation and unconditional admission into a Kentucky public two-year community and technical college and the requirements for conditional admission into a four-year public college. Chamber monitoring. Passed Senate 38 – 0. To House –. Education Committee
Environment and Energy:
SB 26. (B. Leeper) AN ACT relating to nuclear power. Eliminates the current prohibition on nuclear facilities. Chamber Supports. Passed Senate 27 – 10. To House Appropriations & Revenue Committee
SB 132. (K. Stine) Support and encourage the construction and renovation of school buildings using efficient design concepts; establish a Kentucky efficient school design trust fund; require the Department of Education to develop and publish guidelines for efficient school design. Chamber Supports. Passed Senate 38 – 0 with committee amendment (1), floor amendment (1). To House - Education Committee.
Healthcare:
SB 157. (T. Buford) to require that specified health benefit plans and health insurance provide reimbursement for any service which is within the lawful scope of practice of a licensed doctor of chiropractic; define "doctor of chiropractic," "insurer," "nonroutine office visit," and "routine office visit"; require that individual procedures performed by a doctor of chiropractic be treated as separate and distinct treatments and not be combined into payment for an office visit or other outpatient visit for specified treatment; provide that only one evaluation and management procedure performed on the same date by the same provider shall be reimbursed; prohibit imposition upon the insured for more than one coinsurance or copayment for each routine or nonroutine office visit to a doctor of chiropractic; require reimbursement at not less than reimbursement rates in effect on October 15, 2008; require insurers to report fee methodology to providers; require that a contract between an insurer and a doctor of chiropractic comply with the new sections. Chamber Opposes. In Senate - Rules Committee
HR, Labor & Employment:
SB 159. (D. Seum) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 95 to permit collective bargaining for police officers and firefighters in second and third class of the cities. Chamber Opposes. To Senate. - WITHDRAWN.
Taxation:
SB 124. (K. Stine) Amend KRS 78.530 to allow agencies who are established by a merger or interlocal agreement consisting or at least one agency who participated in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) on or before April 9, 2002, to be exempt from the requirement of signing a contract for employee health insurance with the Personnel Cabinet as a condition of participation in CERS and to apply the provisions to existing agencies established before the effective date of the Act. Chamber Supports. Passed Senate 36-2. To House - State Government Committee.
SB 176 (V. McGaha) Amend KRS 56.803 to allow use of reverse auctions in procuring government leases; amend KRS 65.025 to define "reverse auction" and allow local governments to use reverse auctions in procurement procedures; amend KRS 160.290 to allow the use of reverse auctions in local boards of education procurement procedures; amend KRS 162.070 to allow local boards of education to use reverse auctions in procuring construction contracts; amend KRS 164A.575 to allow the governing boards of higher education institutions to use reverse auctions in their procurement procedures; amend KRS 164A.585 to allow governing boards of higher education institutions to use reverse auctions in procuring construction contracts; amend KRS 176.080 to allow the Department of Highways to use reverse auctions in its procurement procedures; amend KRS 178.140 to allow fiscal courts to use reverse auctions in their procurement procedures; amend KRS 180.060 to allow the Department of Highways to use reverse auctions in its procurement procedures for bridge construction; amend KRS 220.290 to allow sanitation district boards to use reverse auctions in their procurement procedures; and amend KRS 267.240 and 268.520 to allow county boards of drainage commissioners to use reverse auctions in their procurement procedures. Chamber Monitoring. To Senate - Rules Committee
HOUSE
Economic Development:
HB 275. (T. Moore) To allow a job stimulus tax credit equal to the amount of tax deducted and withheld from wages paid by an employer to a qualifying employee. Chamber Monitoring. To House Appropriation & Revenue Committee.
HB 335 (J. Wayne) AN ACT relating to the reporting of tax inducements. Amend KRS 48.010 to add definitions related to the economic development and tourism project expenditure report; make conforming changes; create a new section in KRS Chapter 48 to require, no later than October 15, 2011, and annually thereafter, the publication of a state economic development and tourism project expenditure report by the Office of State Budget Director and the submission of that report to the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section in KRS Chapter 131 to require the Department of Revenue to provide data to the Office of State Budget Director on development tax expenditures and tax expenditures annually; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the department to disclose the information; create a new section in Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to require the submission of data by Cabinet for Economic Development to the Office of State Budget Director; create a new section in KRS Chapter 148 to require the submission of data by the Commerce Cabinet to the Office of State Budget Director. Chamber Opposes. To House - Appropriations & Revenue Committee.
HB 336. (J. Wayne) AN ACT relating to the sunsetting of tax inducement programs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require a systematic review by the Program Review and Investigations Committee of the Legislative Research Commission, with the assistance of the Commerce Cabinet, the Cabinet for Economic Development, and the Department of Revenue, of each tax increment financing, tourism development, and economic development program one year prior to its expiration as scheduled; amend KRS 131.190 to mandate that limited LRC staff, but not General Assembly members, have access to confidential state tax return data to perform the review and subject LRC staff to penalties for improper browsing or dissemination of confidential data. Chamber Opposes To House - Appropriations & Revenue Committee
Education:
HB 52. (A. Wuchner) An act relating to physical activity for schoolchildren; develop reporting mechanism for K-5 schoolchildren; require school wellness councils to provide for at least 30 minutes each day or 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous physical activity. Chamber support. To House – Education Committee.
HB 94. (R. Meeks) Amend KRS 159.010 to provide that effective July 1, 2011, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and seventeen; provide that effective July 1, 2012, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and 18. Chamber Supports. To House – Education Committee
HB 140. (B. Yonts) Provide that effective July 1, 2012, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and 17; provide that effective July 1, 2013, compulsory school attendance shall be between the ages of six and 18. Chamber Supports. To House – Education Committee.
HB 190. (C. Rollins) Establish the Strong Start Kentucky Program as a grant program administered by the Early Childhood Development Authority to develop collaborative models of preschool education for unserved three-and-four year-old children living at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Chamber Supports. Passed House 99-0. To Senate.
HB 301. (J. Greer) Require students entering the 9th grade after July 1, 2014 to attend school until their 17th birthday or receive a high school diploma; to require students entering the 9th grade after July 1, 2015 to attend school until their 18th birthday or receive a high school diploma; to continue dropout conferences for students between the ages of 17 and 18 until July 1, 2015 school year. Chamber Supports. Passed House 94-6.
HB 322. (K. Stevens) Permit the superintendent to fill a principal vacancy in a school after consultation with the school council; require the superintendent to provide additional personnel applicants to the principal upon request. Chamber Supports. To House – Education Committee.
Environment and Energy:
HB 240. (R. Adkins) Reenacts legislation passed during the 2008 Kentucky General Assembly that establishes new energy efficiency standards for state-owned buildings and provides tax credits for various energy-related projects. Chamber Monitoring. To House Natural Resources and Environment Committee. Passed House 98 – 0. Passed Senate 38 – 0. Signed by Governor Feb. 25.
HB 408. (H. Moberly) Define renewable forms of energy that may be used to satisfy requirements of a renewable energy portfolio standard and alternatives in the form of comprehensive low-income residential energy efficiency programs; set specific achievement goals for Kentucky retail electric service providers and city-owned or city-controlled municipal electric providers, beginning in calendar year 2012. Chamber Monitoring. To House – Natural Resource & Environment Committee.
HB 504. (K Sinnette) AN ACT relating to wet weather discharges from sanitary sewers. Create a new section of subchapter 16 of KRS Chapter 224 to require, to the extent allowable, the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet to consider affordability, flexibility in implementation schedules, and other factors when issuing wet weather discharge permits under KRS 224.16-050. Chamber Supports. To House - Natural Resources & Environment Committee
Health Care:
HB 165. (R. Damron) Amend KRS 344.040 to allow employers to charge smokers a higher rate for an employer-sponsored health plan and to offer incentives for smoking cessation. Chamber Supports. Passed House 99 – 0. Received in Senate. To Banking & Insurance Committee.
Taxation:
HB 146. (M. Cherry) Require that two of the three members appointed by the Governor to the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees possess ten years of investment experience and to define investment experience. Chamber Supports. Passed House 99 – 0. To Senate. To State & Local Government Committee.
HB 353. (S. Santoro) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to require the Department of Revenue to establish a centralized collection process for local occupational license taxes and fees. Chamber Monitoring To House Appropriation & Revenue Committee.
HR, Employment & Labor:
HB 133. (T. Riner) Define "comparable worth" and use term to prohibit wage discrimination against a person of the opposite sex who is paid less for doing a job of comparable worth. Chamber opposes. Passed House 88 – 7. To Senate - Judiciary Committee.
HB 314. (S. Lee) To provide definitions for provisions relating to the hiring of unauthorized aliens; prohibit persons transacting business with state or local governments and government agencies from hiring unauthorized aliens. Chamber Supports. To House. Labor & Industry Committee.
HB 349. (L. Clark) Adopt recommendations of the UI Task Force; amend 341.030 to increase the taxable wage base to $9,000 on January 1, 2012 and increase by $300 each year to 2022, not to exceed $12,000; amend KRS 341.096 to revise definition of rate of "insured unemployment rate" by basing it on the weekly average number of weeks claimed for regular benefits. Chamber Supports. Passed House 97 – 0. To Senate – State & Local Government Committee.
HB 493. (J. Jenkins) AN ACT relating to collective bargaining for public employees and making an appropriation therefor. Create an omnibus collective bargaining bill for public employees. Chamber Opposes. To House - Labor & Industry Committee.
