Sponsored (introduced) — Historical
James Tipton · 386 bills · page 11 of 16
- HR 337 Urge the 2018 Program Review and Investigations Committee to investigate the KentuckyWired Project. Died
- HJR 130 Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the bridge on US 31E in Nelson County, near Whitesides Road, in honor and memory of Howard Cheek. 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 103 AN ACT relating to full disclosure in public safety and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 311.727 to require a physician or qualified technician to provide a written medical description of images depicted during a required ultrasound prior to an abortion; EMERGENCY. Died
- HB 388 AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Funding Commission. Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "deductible program adjustment" and specify items to be considered on policies with provision for deductibles; amend KRS 342.122 to require all assessments to be remitted electronically beginning on January 1, 2020; amend KRS 342.1221 to clarify that interest is paid for late payment of expenses; amend KRS 342.1231 to change the term "taxpayer" to "assessment payer"; set a 7-year limitation from the date of the quarterly premium report or amended quarterly premium report for assessments; require records to be preserved for audits, explain when payment is final, and when a refund should be returned; amend KRS 342.1242 to require KEMI to reimburse for expenses to collect the coal assessment; amend KRS 342.1243 to clarify when assessments for the coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund cease and when the fund is abolished. 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
- HCR 7 Urge the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to issue more migratory bird depredation permits and subpermits to allow Kentucky farmers to legally take black vultures that are depredating their livestock. 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
- 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 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
- HB 454 AN ACT relating to the human rights of unborn children and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to prohibit an abortion on a pregnant woman that will result in the bodily dismemberment, crushing, or human vivisection of the unborn child when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 11 weeks or greater, except in the case of a medical emergency; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY. Enacted