Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
Chris Fugate · 301 bills · page 9 of 13
- HJR 167 Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the bridge on Kentucky Route 15 at Kentucky Route 451 in Perry County as the "Veterans Memorial Bridge" and to erect appropriate signage. Died
- HB 349 AN ACT relating to boarding schools. Amend KRS 159.030 to exempt a child enrolled and attending a boarding school or church boarding school from compulsory attendance at a public school; define "boarding school" and "church boarding school"; amend KRS 156.160 to provide that a boarding or church boarding school may voluntarily comply with the certification requirements of the Kentucky Board of Education; amend KRS 160.151 to include boarding schools and church boarding schools ; amend KRS 199.011 to exclude boarding schools and church boarding schools from the definition of a "child-caring facility." Died
- HCR 115 Urge Congress to establish a moratorium on closing coal-fired electric plants and to eliminate subsidies for renewable energy sources. Died
- HB 401 AN ACT relating to electric utility rates and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to authorize the Kentucky Public Service Commission to consider rates of utilities with economically distressed counties in their service territory; amend KRS 278. 030 to require the commission to consider whether an increase in rates will have an adverse impact on the citizens of economically distressed counties and cap the rate of return on investment at six percent (6%); amend KRS 278.180 to provide that within six (6) months of a rate increase, ratepayers may petition the commission for a rehearing of the rate increase; EMERGENCY. Died
- HB 186 AN ACT relating to taxing districts. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define âentityâ and âgoverning bodyâ; provide that members of certain governing bodies shall be subject to election at the regular election; establish procedures for jurisdictions to certify the number of delegates for each board and for dispute resolution; set forth the criteria for nominating petitions for candidates; establish a default four-year term unless otherwise provided in statute; provide that the Governor shall appoint a member if no candidate is nominated for or elected to an open seat on a governing body; set forth the process whereby a member may be removed for cause; provide that vacancies shall be filled in accordance with Section 152 of the Constitution of Kentucky; amend KRS 61.170 to provide that members of governing bodies, like other county officers, may be indicted for malfeasance or neglect and, if convicted, the office is vacated; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, relating to the governing bodies of taxing districts, to conform; amend KRS 118.305 and 118.315 to include petitions of nomination and election of candidates on the regular election ballot; provide that appointments made prior to January 1, 2020, shall expire on or before December 31, 2020; allow trustees of volunteer fire districts and departments under KRS Chapter 75, who are normally subject to election in June 2020 to have their terms of office of office extended to December 31, 2020; provide that elections shall be held every two or four years beginning in November 2020; allow previously appointed members to seek election to a seat on the governing body; state that candidates elected in November 2020 shall assume office on January 1 of the following year; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020. Died
- HR 44 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fern Adkins. Died
- HR 229 Recognize March 8, 2018, as International Women's Day. Died
- HR 99 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Frances Rebecca Clements Abell. Died
- HB 372 AN ACT relating to protections of religious organizations. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to set forth legislative findings; define "discriminatory actions," "religious organization," "state benefit program," and "state government"; set forth those religious beliefs or moral convictions protected by the Act; restrict state government from taking discriminatory actions against religious organizations for certain actions; allow a person to assert a claim against state government as a defense against certain discriminatory actions; require that a person assert a claim within two years; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunities except those of liability under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; declare that the protections of free exercise of religious beliefs afforded are in addition to protections under federal and state law and federal and state constitutions; specify that if any application or provisions of the Act that is held invalid under the law, the remainder of the Act and application of its provisions shall not be affected. Died
- HB 246 AN ACT relating to medication-assisted therapy in community pharmacies. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a pilot program to create a community pharmacy care delivery model for medication-assisted therapy for treatment of substance abuse. Enacted
- HB 1 AN ACT relating to child welfare. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to establish the Child Welfare Oversight and Advisory Committee; amend KRS 194A.030 to remove the Office of the Ombudsman from within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services' Secretaryâs Office and establish it as an independent office; amend KRS 199.461 to require additional reporting of statewide, regional, and county caseload average for state social service workers; amend KRS 199.470 to change the definition of relative caregiver for adoption purposes and align placement options with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children; amend KRS 199.641 to allow the cabinet to contract with child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies; amend KRS 199.800 to update definitions; amend KRS 199.801 to update and establish new processes for state-level and regional placement coordinators for children in the custody of the cabinet; create a new section of KRS 199.470 to 199.590 to require the cabinet to establish uniform home study processes; repeal and reenact KRS 200.575 to update and establish new processes for delivery of family preservation services; amend KRS 213.056 to change language required to be on a Kentucky birth certificate of a person adopted from outside the United States; amend KRS 213.141 to establish no birth certificate fees for a child who is in the custody of the cabinet; amend KRS 600.020 to expand the definition of âabused or neglected childâ; amend KRS 605.120 to allow for a broader array of services, including monetary, for relative caregivers; amend KRS 610.040 to attempt to resolve conflicts regarding the service of process for courts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to resolve delays due to simultaneous criminal proceedings during dependency, neglect, or abuse cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to allow the cabinet to charge a fee for background checks of child abuse and neglect records in certain circumstances; amend KRS 620.050 to establish new language related to Childrenâs Advocacy Centers in administrative hearings and access to the records and interviews; amend KRS 620.060 to clarify locations of dependency, neglect, or abuse cases for courts; amend KRS 620.070 to attempt to resolve conflicts regarding the service of process for courts; amend KRS 620.180 to lengthen the time before the first out-of-home case plan is due and require that by January 1, 2019, that CHFS shall establish and implement the processes, procedures, timelines, and requirements to ensure that children committed to the cabinet as dependent, neglected, or abused and placed in foster family homes are timely reunified with their biological family or identified for and placed in a new permanent home; amend KRS 620.270 to establish changes to the existing Citizen Foster Care Review Boards in the state to establish an interested party review to occur to allow a forum for citizens throughout the state to express their thoughts and opinions related to child welfare; amend KRS 620.090 related to notifications from the Citizen Foster Care Review Boards; amend KRS 620.310 to establish changes to the Citizen Foster Care Review Board related to the election of the chairpersons; amend KRS 625.090 related to the filing of a motion of termination of parental rights; amend KRS 625.110 related to the appeals of the termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish a putative father registry in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; prescribe the data the registry will contain and who may access the data; amend KRS 199.480 and 199.990 to conform; amend KRS 406.081 to require courts to resolve cases against alleged fathers who do not comply with ordered genetic testing; amend KRS 406.091 to require the party requesting that the paternity action be filed to pay for genetic testing; amend KRS 625.065 to the putative father registry; amend KRS 199.502 related to the putative father registry; create a new section of KRS 199.640 to199.670 to require performance-based contracting and require the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to designate a study group to make recommendations regarding the creation and implementation of performance-based contracting for licensed child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies in the Commonwealth and to require a report; create a new section of KRS 620 to establish a notification be made to foster parents; require the secretary of the cabinet for Health and Family services to designate a study group to make recommendations regarding the feasibility and implementation of the privatization of all foster care services in the Commonwealth and require a report; amend KRS 199.473, 199.490, 625.040, 625.042, and 625.043 to conform; repeal KRS 199.565, 199.805, 200.580, 200.585, 200.590, 200.595, 200.600, and 200.605. Enacted
- HR 236 Celebrate Girl Scout Day. Died
- HR 318 Honor Representative Arnold Simpson upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 295 Honor Fred Clem. Died
- HR 326 Honor Jim DeCesare upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 27 Recognize February 17 to 24, 2018, as FFA Week in Kentucky. Died
- HR 306 Honor Representative Rick Nelson upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 319 Honor Jody Richards upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 316 Honor Representative Matt Castlen upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 320 Honor Representative Sannie Overly upon her retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 245 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Officer Scotty Hamilton. Died
- HR 315 Honor Representative Kenny Imes upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 325 Honor Representative Robby Mills upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 322 Honor Representative Jim Wayne upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died
- HR 327 Honor Representative Scott Wells upon his retirement from the House of Representatives. Died