Kentucky 2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 404 — AN ACT relating to legislative ethics. Amend KRS 6.661 to establish the same restrictions on the political activity of the executive director and staff of the Legislative Ethics Commission as are established for members of the commission; amend KRS 6.686 to allow complaints to be filed against former legislators under certain circumstances; amend KRS 6.701 to require ethics education and training for partisan and nonpartisan staff of the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 6.706 to require distribution of the ethics education manual to partisan and nonpartisan staff of the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 6.716 to reduce the current issues seminar from three to two hours and to remove the requirement that the current issues seminar be authorized for continuing legal education ethics credit; amend KRS 6.731 to prohibit legislators from issuing mass mailings at public expense within 90 days of a regular election and provide that a violation is ethical misconduct; amend KRS 6.767 to allow acceptance of campaign contributions from the employer of a legislative agent or a permanent committee as defined in KRS 121.015 if postmarked prior to the first day of a regular session of the General Assembly; amend KRS 6.811 to prohibit the spouse of a legislator from being employed as a legislative agent.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. To State Government (H)

  2. Introduced in House

Sponsors

  • S. Overly · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • S. Overly

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (137)

137 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 404?
HB 404 is sponsored by S. Overly.
What is the current status of HB 404?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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