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Page 1 of 12 2017 Legislature February 11, 2017 HB 12 Rep. Sannie Overly (D) Require 2017 Legislature February 11, 2017 HB 12 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB12.htm Rep. Sannie Overly (D) Require a consumer-reporting agency to place a security freeze on a protected person's record or report upon proper request by a representative. Cf. SB 19 Jan 3-introduced in House; to Banking & Insurance (H) HB 33 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB33.htm Rep. Kim King (R) Require CHFS, if the cabinet is granted custody of a child, to notify the school in which the child is enrolled of persons authorized to contact the child or remove the child from school grounds. Similar bills were filed in the last three regular legislative sessions (16RS HB 47; 15RS HB 30; 14RS HB 44), but none of the bills made it out of committee. Jan 3-introduced in House; to Health & Family Services (H) HB 47 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB47.htm Rep. Dennis Keene (D) Establish a public central registry for child abuse and neglect. A similar bill (16 RS HB 475) was filed he last regular session; it passed the House, but did not make it out of the Senate. Cf. HB 129 Jan 3-introduced in House; to Health & Family Services (H) HB 50 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB50.htm Rep. Kenny Imes (R) Amend various parts of KRS Chapter 13A regarding regulations. Jan 3-introduced in House; to Licensing, Occupations, and Admin Regs (H) Feb 10-posted in committee Page 1 of 12 HB 63 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB63.htm Rep. Joni Jenkins (D) Allow bench trials in guardianship cases. Similar bills have been filed in prior sessions (13RS HB 105; 10RS SB 73; 09RS HB 145; 08RS HB 29; 07RS HB236; 07RS SB 72) were filed in previous years, but they did not make it out of their respective committees. Jan 3-introduced in House; to Judiciary (H) HB 79 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB79.htm Rep. Tom Burch (D) Create court-ordered Assisted Outpatient Treatment Similar bills (16RS HB 95 & HB 105; 15RS HB 103, HB 221, & SB50) were filed in the previous two regular legislative sessions. Last year, HB 95 passed the House, but not the Senate. In 2015, none of the bills made it out of committee. Jan 3-introduced in House; to Judiciary (H) HB 83 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB83.htm Rep. Daniel Elliott (R) Grant immunity to broker-dealers or investment advisers who, with reasonable belief and in good faith, report suspected financial exploitation of eligible adults. Jan 3-introduced in House; to Banking and Insurance (H) HB 92 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB92.htm Rep. Darryl Owens (D) Establish 11 years of age as the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Jan 3-introduced in House; to Judiciary (H) HB 93 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB93.htm Rep. Diane St. Onge (R) Remove the requirement that a service animal be unable to return to work from the elements of the offense of first-degree assault on a service animal. A similar bill (16 RS HB 11) was filed in the 2016 regular session, but it did not make it out of committee. Page 2 of 12 Jan 3-introduced in House; to Judiciary (H) HB 103 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB103.htm Rep. Phil Moffett (R) Create Charter Schools Cf. SB 70 Similar bills (16RS HB 589 & SB 253; 15RS HB 174; 14RS HB 85; 13RS SB 176; 12RS HB 77; 11RS HB 103 & SB 3; 10RS HB 21& HB 583; & 08RS HB 578) were filed in previous legislative sessions. 11RS SB 3 passed the Senate but not the House . Jan 3-introduced in House Jan 6-to Education (H) HB 110 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB110.htm Rep. Jim Wayne (D) Establish the External Detainee Fatality Review Panel to conduct reviews of all fatalities of individuals detained in county or regional jails or any facility operated by DOC, DJJ, or an entity under contract with either department. A similar bill (16RS HB 400) was filed in the 2016 regular legislative session, but it did not make it out of committee. Jan 3-introduced in House Jan 6-to Judiciary (H) HB 118 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB118.htm Rep. Jody Richards (D) Make changes regarding mail-in absentee ballots. Cf. HB 258, SB 65, & SB 137 A similar bill (16RS HB 290) was filed in the 2016 regular session, but it did not make it out of committee. Jan 3-introduced in House Jan 6-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) HB 129 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB129.htm Rep. Stan Lee Page 3 of 12 Establish the child abuse or neglect perpetrator registry (CANPR). Cf. HB 47 A similar bill (16RS HB 475) was filed in the 2016 regular session; it passed the House, but did not make it out of the Senate. Jan 4-introduced in House Feb 7- to Judiciary (H) HB 169 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB169.htm Reps. Robert Benevenuti (R), Stan Lee (R), Kevin Bratcher (R) & David Meade (R) Amend statutes regarding crime victims. Part of Marsy’s Law. Cf. HB 171, SB 15, SB 115 Jan 7-introduced in House Feb 7- Judiciary (H) HB 170 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB170.htm Reps. Darryl Owens (D), Joni Jenkins (D), Derrick Graham (D) & Arnold Simpson (D) Amend the Kentucky Constitution regarding felons’ ability to vote. Similar bills (16RS HB 70, SB 213 & SB 299; 15RS HB 26, HB 70, SB 26, & SB 70; 14RS HB 70 & SB 15;13RS HB 70; 12RS HB 70; 11RS HB 70; 09RS HB 70; & 08RS HB 70) were filed in previous legislative sessions. All the House bills from 2008 -2015 passed the House but not the Senate. In 2016, HB 70 passed the House but not the Senate, and SB 299 passed the Senate but not the House. Cf. SB 69 Jan 7-introduced in House Feb 7-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) HB 171 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB171.htm Reps. Robert Benvenuti (R), Stan Lee (R), Kevin Bratcher (R) & David Meade (R) Amend the Kentucky Constitution regarding crime victim’s rights. Part of Marsy’s Law. Cf. HB 169, SB 15 & SB 115 Page 4 of 12 Jan 7-introduced in House Feb 7-to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) HB 180 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB180.htm Reps. Addia Wuchner (R) & Melinda Gibbons Prunty (R) Establish that CHFS may approve fictive kin as a placement for a child. Feb 7-introduced in House Feb 8-to Health and Family Services (H); posted in committee Feb 9-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar Feb 10-2nd reading, to Rules HB 244 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB244.htm Rep. Jerry T. Miller (R) Allow physician assistants and chiropractors to authorize accessible parking plates for persons with certain disabilities. Feb 7-introduced in House Feb 9-to Transportation (H) HB 250 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB250.htm Reps. Kelly Flood (D) & Sannie Overly (D) Amend 2016-2018 executive branch biennial budget to include provisions for the Preschool Education Program, colon cancer screening and cervical cancer screening; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. Feb 7-introduced in House Feb 9-to Appropriations & Revenue (H) HB 258 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB258.htm Rep. James Tipton (R) Make changes regarding mail-in absentee ballots. Cf. HB 118, SB 65, SB 137 Feb 8-introduced in House HB 307 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB307.htm Reps. Addia Wuchner (R) & John Carney (R) Revise the definition of "dyslexia" and require each school district to develop a policy related to dyslexia and screening tools, including dyslexia resources for teachers. Page 5 of 12 Feb 10-introduced in House HCR 6 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR6.htm Rep. Kevin Bratcher (R) Direct LRC to establish a task force to develop a strategy and funding mechanism to provide care for medically fragile adults with ID/DD. Jan 3-introduced in House; to Health & Family Services (H) HCR 15 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HCR15.htm Rep. Tom Burch (D) Urge the Governor to request HHS to designate people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as a medically underserved population in Kentucky. A similar bill (16RS HCR 174) was filed in the 2016 regular legislative session. It passed the House, but did not make it out of the Senate. Jan 3-introduced in House Jan 6-to Health & Family Services (H) SB 1 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB1.htm Sens. Mike Wilson (R), David Givens (R), Danny Carroll (R), Damon Thayer (R) & Max Wise (R) Align Kentucky with ESSA standards. A similar bill (16 RS SB 1) was filed last year; it passed the Senate, but did not make it through the House Education committee. Jan 3-introduced in Senate; taken from Committee on Committees (S); 1st reading; returned to Committee on Committees (S); to Education (S) Jan 4-taken from Education (S); 2nd reading; returned to Education (S) SB 4 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB4.htm Sens. Ralph Alvarado (R), Damon Thayer (R), Rick Girdler (R), Stan Humphries (R), Alice Forgy Kerr (R), Stephen Meredith (R), Whitney Westerfield (R), & Max Wise (R) Establish a medical review panel system for use in civil litigation relating to health care providers SCS1/LM-Retain original provisions; require director of the KBA to provide list of attorneys eligible to serve as chairperson of a medical review panel.
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