Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
Mary Beth Imes · 172 bills · page 4 of 7
- HB 565 AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 117.235, 117.375, 118.015, 118.035, 118.405, 118A.010, 119.005, and 120.005 to make technical corrections. Died
- HB 272 AN ACT relating to recall petitions. Amend KRS 132.017 to extend to 65 days the period before tax increase goes into effect; reduce period for filing a petition contesting tax increase to 25 days; adjust notice time for publishing petition committee; reduce to 25 days time to determine sufficiency of petition contesting tax increase; reduce time to find petition sufficient; reduce time for notification of insufficiency; adjust time frame of school board to hold an election contesting a tax increase. Died
- HB 515 AN ACT relating to venue in civil actions that include the Commonwealth or its agencies. Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to the Franklin Circuit Court to provide alternative concurrent venue and jurisdiction when appealing the decisions of state agencies, and to move venue from Franklin Circuit Court to the Circuit Courts of the counties in which events underlying the enforcement actions occurred. Died
- HB 346 AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 83A.045, 118.165, and 118A.100 to extend the filing deadline for candidates under limited circumstances of incumbent or sole candidate withdrawal, disqualification, or death; amend KRS 118.225 to conform. Died
- HR 337 Urge the 2018 Program Review and Investigations Committee to investigate the KentuckyWired Project. Died
- HB 566 AN ACT relating to elections. Amend KRS 83A.170 and 83A.175 to include references to KRS 83A.045. Died
- HB 163 AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to terms of members of the General Assembly. Propose to amend Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prevent Representatives from serving more than eight consecutive terms in office, not including partial terms, and to prevent Senators from serving more than four consecutive terms of office, including a partial term of three years or more, beginning with those elected in 2020; allow legislators to resume service, if reelected, in the house from which they were term-limited after two years have elapsed; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection. Died
- HR 44 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Fern Adkins. 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
- HJR 72 Designate Mershon's Bridge and the John E. Woodruff Memorial Highway in Trigg County. Died
- 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 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
- HB 528 AN ACT relating to joint custody. Amend KRS 403.270 to create a presumption that joint custody and equally shared parenting time is in the best interrest of the child, and to require the court to consider the motiviation of the aduts involved when determining the best interest of the child for custody orders; amend KRS 403.280 to specify that the presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child; amend KRS 403.320 to allow a parent not granted custody or shared parenting time to petition for reasonable visitation rights; amend KRS 403.340 to specify that if a court modifies a custody decree there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child for the parents to have joint custody and equally shared parenting time. Enacted
- 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 251 Honor Sturgill Simpson. Died
- HR 245 Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Officer Scotty Hamilton. 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