KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2014 Regular Session
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Prepared by: KEA Lobbying Team
Report created on March 18, 2024
 
HB1WAGES (STUMBO G) AN ACT relating to wages.

Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.10 per hour on July 1, 2014, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2015, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2016; amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2015; amendments to KRS 337.423 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2016.
 Current Status:   3/20/2014 - (S) reassigned to committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Comments:   HB1 and SB215 deal with minimum wages.  HB1 and HB148 deal with discrimination in wages.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB1.htm
 
HB5PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY (BUTLER D) AN ACT relating to the safety and security of personal information held by public agencies.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define certain terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to require public agencies and nonaffiliated third parties to implement, maintain, and update security procedures and practices, including taking any appropriate corrective action to safeguard against security breaches; establish reasonable security and breach investigation procedures; include security and breach investigation procedures in contracts with nonaffiliated third parties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to require public agencies that maintain personal information to notify persons impacted by security breaches; notify specified officials of security breaches; specify how to provide notice of security breaches to impacted individuals; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to require the Department for Libraries and Archives to establish procedures for the disposal and destruction of records that include personal information and require the legislative and judicial branches to follow Sections 1 to 4 of this Act; amend KRS 42.722 to define certain terms; amend KRS 42.726 to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to develop a security framework relating to privacy and confidentiality of personal information and submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission regarding security breaches; amend KRS 42.732 to require the Commonwealth Office of Technology to receive specified advice on preventing security attacks; amend KRS 171.450 to require the Department for Libraries and Archives to establish procedures to protect against unauthorized access to personal information; amend KRS 171.680 to require public agencies to comply with the provisions of Sections 1 to 4 of this Act.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   LTSupport
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB5.htm
 
HB20TEACHERS (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to the employment of public school teachers.

Amend KRS 160.345 to require teacher vacancies to be filled by qualified teachers certified through a regular certification program before considering applicants certified through an alternative certification program.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB20.htm
 
HB21SALES TAX HOLIDAYS (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to sales and use tax holidays and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a three-day sales and use tax holiday the first weekend in August each year to exempt clothing, school supplies, school art supplies, computers, and school computer supplies; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Comments:   HB21 and HB23 are similar.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB21.htm
 
HB23SALES TAX HOLIDAYS (STEELE F) AN ACT relating to sales and use tax holidays and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a three day sales and use tax holiday the first weekend in August each year to exempt clothing, school supplies, school art supplies, computers, and school computer supplies; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Comments:   HB21 and HB23 are similar.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB23.htm
 
HB26SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE (ROWLAND B) AN ACT relating to school district employee health insurance.

Amend KRS 161.158 to specify that school district employees considered full-time under the federal Affordable Care Act shall be eligible for the state-funded contribution for the state health insurance plan offered by the school district.
 Current Status:   4/8/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB26.htm
 
HB40ANTI-BULLYING (SMART R) AN ACT relating to anti-bullying.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate October as Anti-Bullying Month in Kentucky; designate a purple and yellow ribbon as the symbol for anti-bullying awareness.
 Current Status:   1/28/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Comments:   HB40 and SB20 are similar.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB40.htm
 
HB44CHILD SAFETY (KING K) AN ACT relating to school notification of persons authorized to contact or remove a child.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, if the cabinet is granted custody of a dependent, neglected, or abused 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.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB44.htm
 
HB48PUBLIC RETIREMENT INFORMATION (BENVENUTI R) AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information.

Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, and the Judicial Form Retirement System, to disclose upon request the names, status, projected or actual benefit payments, and other retirement information of each member or recipient of a retirement allowance of the systems; require the systems to also make the information available on a searchable database on the systems' Web site or on a Web site established by the executive or judicial branch to provide government expenditure and salary data to the public.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Comments:   HB48 and SB6 are similar.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB48.htm
 
HB59SCHOOL COUNCILS (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to school-based decision making councils.

Amend KRS 160.345 to require the meetings of school-based decision making councils and council committees to be held at least one hour after the end of the school day.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB59.htm
 
HB67CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (CLARK L) AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gaming.

Propose to amend Section 226 of the Kentucky Constitution to allow the General Assembly to permit casino gaming by general laws that shall also strictly regulate casino gaming; submit to voters.
 Current Status:   3/11/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Licensing and Occupations
 Comments:   HB67, HB68, HB584, and SB33 are gambling bills.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB67.htm
 
HB68GAMING (CLARK L) AN ACT relating to gaming and making an appropriation therefor.

Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections thereof to enumerate legislative findings and declarations; define terms, to include "adjusted gaming receipts," "affiliate," "applicant," "casino game," "casino license," "casino licensee," "casino gaming," "cheat," "commission," "control," "county," "electronic gaming device," "gaming facility," "gaming licensee," "gaming supplies and equipment," "gross gaming receipts," "occupational license," "racing association casino licensee," "supplier," and "wager"; create the Kentucky Gaming Commission and establish its membership; establish the operating procedures for the commission; establish the commission's powers and duties, including the authority to promulgate administrative regulations, inspect premises, issue subpoenas, administer oaths, initiate disciplinary action against applicants and licensees, and employ investigators; prohibit commissioners from engaging in off-the-record communication with applicants; require a continuing study of all aspects of gaming; require an executive director to be appointed by the Governor; establish casino license and criteria for casino location; establish requirements for casino licensure; specify information to be required on a casino license application; establish requirements for a racing association casino license; specify information to be required on a racing association casino license application; permit issuance of a temporary racing association casino license; require a racing association with a casino license to hold as many races as it held in 2014; specify exceptions to requirement; mandate that collective bargaining agreements in effect at racing associations shall also be in effect at casinos established at racing association casino; require supplier license for persons manufacturing, designing, assembling, selling, leasing, distributing, installing, or otherwise furnishing gaming supplies and equipment; grant commission authority to issue, not issue, renew, suspend, or revoke a supplier license, or to issue a temporary license; establish requirements for all suppliers; require occupational licensure for select employees of gaming facility and specify requirements for occupational licensure; grant commission authority to issue, not issue, renew, suspend, or revoke an occupational license, or to issue a temporary license; limit the number of issued and effective licenses to 5 racing association casino licenses and 3 casino licenses at any one time; establish a competitive selection process for selection of applicants for casino licenses; establish initial casino and initial racing association casino license fees of fifty million dollars; establish fees for license application, license renewal, supplier's license fees and occupational license fees; provide for an appeal process; establish requirements for gaming licensees including purchase of games and supplies, personnel, security, and reporting requirements; require the commission to establish minimum standards for gaming licensees relating to fiscal protection and control, financial reporting, and auditing; permit exclusion or ejection of certain persons and establish conditions for exclusion or ejection; exempt casino games or supplies licensed under provisions of this Act from 15 U.S.C. sec. 1172; prohibit any person under the age of 21 from placing a wager at a casino or accessing a casino gaming facility; prohibit cheating and establish penalties for cheating; establish the Kentucky gaming account and direct all wagering taxes levied by this Act to be deposited within; direct disbursements from the fund to the Kentucky compulsive gamblers assistance account, early childhood, primary, secondary, and postsecondary education, the Kentucky public pension stabilization fund, host jurisdictions, the Kentucky municipal public safety account, the Kentucky county public safety account, and the prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse; retain 25% for appropriation by the General Assembly; create the Kentucky municipal public safety account and specify the distribution of funds from the account; establish the Kentucky county public safety account and specify the uses of funds dedicated to it; stipulate that gaming facilities are permissible uses at racetracks and casino facilities not located at racetracks shall be permitted uses in all zones which allow sports, entertainment, recreation, or retail facilities of a similar size; establish a set-aside amount for racing association casino licensees and specify the distribution of the funds for horse industry-related topics; require an annual audit of each racing association casino licensee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish a tax rate of 25% for the first three years of a racing association casino licensee, increasing to 30% thereafter; establish a tax rate of 39.5% for the first three years of a casino gaming facility, increasing to 44.5% thereafter; create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to establish the Kentucky compulsive gamblers assistance fund and specify use of funds; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to establish the Kentucky public pension stabilization fund and specify use of funds; amend KRS 243.500 and 243.505 to allow alcohol sales at a casino; amend KRS 525.090 to conform; amend KRS 528.010 to exempt licensed casino gaming from the definition of "advancing gambling activity," "gambling," "gambling device," and "profiting from gambling activity"; amend KRS 528.100 to conform; amend KRS 15.380, relating to training of officers, to include Kentucky gaming commission employees; amend KRS 12.020 to place the Kentucky gaming commission under the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative purposes; amend KRS 372.005 to conform; amend KRS 68.180, 68.197, 91.200, 92.281, and 93.300 to exempt gaming receipts from local licensing taxes; create a noncodified section to establish severability; effective upon certification of election results in November 2014 if a constitutional amendment is enacted by the General Assembly and approved by the voters permitting the General Assembly to authorize casino gaming.
 Current Status:   1/22/2014 - House Licensing and Occupations, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Comments:   HB67, HB68, HB584, and SB33 are gambling bills.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB109.htm
 
HB75SUPERINTENDENTS (GRAHAM D) AN ACT relating to training and assessment of new superintendents and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 156.111 to expand the number of components within the superintendent's training program and assessment center; require a superintendent to complete the assessment center process within two years of taking office as superintendent; require the Kentucky Board of Education to adopt administrative regulations to govern the criteria for successful completion of the training requirements; amend KRS 160.350 to require a superintendent to complete the training program and assessment center process within two years of assuming the duties of superintendent; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB75.htm
 
HB76FINANCIAL LITERACY (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to financial literacy.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop the Kentucky Financial Literacy Program; require a high school student to complete a one-half credit bearing course in financial literacy prior to graduation.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB76, HB77, and SB165 are similar.  HB223 also deals with financial literacy.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB76.htm
 
HB77FINANCIAL LITERACY (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to financial literacy.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop a financial literacy program; require a high school student to complete a course in financial literacy that is integrated in the existing curriculum.
 Current Status:   2/12/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Comments:   HB76, HB77, and SB165 are similar.  HB223 also deals with financial literacy.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB77.htm
 
HB79SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (RICHARDS J) AN ACT relating to the enrollment of refugee or legal alien students in schools.

Amend KRS 158.100 to allow a local board of education to provide services to refugees and legal aliens who are between the ages of 21 and 23; amend KRS 157.360 to adjust SEEK base funding to include refugees or legal aliens between the ages of 21 and 23 who are enrolled in a high school program.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB79.htm
 
HB85CHARTER SCHOOLS (MONTELL B) AN ACT relating to charter schools and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to describe the intent of the General Assembly and the purposes of authorizing public charter schools; define terms; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission and identify membership selection and responsibilities of members; outline the requirements and limitations on the establishment of charter schools including identification of charter school authorizers; describe responsibilities of authorizers; describe charter school application, renewal, and revocation processes; establish the Kentucky Public Charter School Commission trust fund and identify uses of the fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 159 to identify student enrollment and withdrawal requirements to be followed by a charter school; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to identify employment conditions for charter school staff; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local, state, and federal funds to be distributed to charter schools using formulas and allocation processes used in public schools; amend KRS 161.220 to include a teacher employed by a board of directors of a public charter school as a member within the state retirement system; amend KRS 161.220 to include employees of boards of directors of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system; amend KRS 78.510 to include noncertified employees of public charter schools in the state-sponsored retirement system.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   SB211 also deals with charter schools.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB85.htm
 
HB95PUBLIC PENSION OVERSIGHT BOARD (COURSEY W) AN ACT relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board.

Amend KRS 7A.220 to increase the Public Pension Oversight Board membership from 13 to 17 members by adding one retiree of the Kentucky Retirement Systems appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one retiree of the Kentucky Retirement Systems appointed by the President of the Senate, one employee of an agency participating in the Kentucky Retirement Systems appointed by the Speaker of the House, and one employee of an agency participating in the Kentucky Retirement Systems appointed by the President of the Senate.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Comments:   HB95 and HB323 are somewhat similar.  HB323 includes KTRS.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB95.htm
 
HB98STUDENTS WITH DIABETES (DAMRON R) AN ACT relating to safety in schools for students with diabetes.

Amend KRS 158.838 to permit student self-treatment of diabetes symptoms in school settings; require training to be consistent with training programs and guidelines developed by the American Diabetes Association; exempt trained staff from licensed health professional requirements; prohibit schools from preventing students from attending due to having diabetes or a seizure disorder.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Comments:   HB98 and SB30 are similar.  SB103 may have a similar purpose.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB98.htm
 
HB111SCHOOL BASED COUNCILS (GRAHAM D) AN ACT relating to school-based decision making councils and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 160.345 to require at least one parent representative of the school council to reside within the boundaries of the local school district; prohibit non-tenured teachers from serving on school councils unless no tenured teachers are willing or are available to serve; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   1/7/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB111.htm
 
HB113SCHOOL HOLIDAYS (SHORT J) AN ACT relating to school holidays.

Amend KRS 158.070 to require public schools to be closed the second Monday in November in observance of Veterans Day.
 Current Status:   3/19/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB113.htm
 
HB121SCHOOL SAFETY (HENDERSON R) AN ACT relating to school safety and communication.

Amend KRS 158.156 to include any incident involving a knife or firearm committed by any person and to require that all parents and legal guardians of students within the school be notified of its occurrence.
 Current Status:   3/7/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB121.htm
 
HB137RETIREMENT SYSTEM (YONTS B) AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Retirement Systems unfunded liability trust fund and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to provide that if federal legislation is enacted that requires out-of-state sellers to collect and remit sales and use tax on behalf of states, tax receipts and interest and penalties thereon resulting from the enactment of the federal legislation shall be deposited in the Kentucky Retirement Systems unfunded liability trust fund.
 Current Status:   2/7/2014 - (H) reassigned to committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB137.htm
 
HB138PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE (YONTS B) AN ACT relating to public employees health insurance.

Amend KRS 18A.2254 to add health flexible spending accounts as an option for public employees in addition to the Public Employee Health Insurance Program.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB138.htm
 
HB141TAX CREDITS (MILLS T) AN ACT relating to tax credits to promote quality education in Kentucky.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a nonrefundable tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and KRS 141.0401 for contributions made to the Commonwealth school improvement fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a tuition assistance tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and KRS 141.0401 for contributions made to qualified tuition assistance organizations; amend KRS 141.010 to exclude any amount received as tuition assistance from the definition of "adjusted gross income"; amend KRS 141.0205 to establish the order in which the credits may be taken; create a new section of KRS 136.500 to 136.575 to allow financial institutions to take the Commonwealth school improvement tax credit and the tuition assistance tax credit against the tax imposed by KRS 136.505; make effective for tax periods beginning on or after December 31, 2014.
 Current Status:   1/8/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB141.htm
 
HB148WAGE DISCRIMINATION (MARZIAN M) AN ACT relating to wage discrimination.

Amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2015; amendments to KRS 337.423 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2016.
 Current Status:   1/8/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Labor and Industry
 Comments:   HB1 and HB148 deal with discrimination in wages.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB148.htm
 
HB150STATE EMPLOYEE INSURANCE (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to state employee insurance.

Amend KRS 18A.225 and KRS 18A.2254 to require the Personnel Cabinet to offer as one of its health plan options a plan option with benefits equivalent to the benefits offered by the Medicaid program.
 Current Status:   1/8/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB150.htm
 
HB154SCHOOL FINANCE (DENHAM M) AN ACT relating to school finance.

Amend KRS 160.431 to require financial reports to be made by a school finance officer and the commissioner of education; require an annual review of school district financial reports; specify annual training requirements for school finance officers.
 Current Status:   4/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB154.htm
 
HB170SCHOOL LICENSE TAX (FLOOD K) AN ACT relating to the utility gross receipts license tax for schools.

Amend KRS 160.613 to clarify that if a manufacturer, processor, miner, or refiner chooses to claim that a portion of the energy or energy producing fuels purchased by that entity is exempt from the utility gross receipts license tax, the entity claiming the exemption becomes responsible to report and pay the portion of the tax due directly to the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 160.6156 to specify who may request a refund or credit of any overpayment of the tax and require that an appeal of the denial of a requested refund to the Circuit Court shall be made within 30 days from the mailing date of the denial.
 Current Status:   4/25/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB170.htm
 
HB196KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP (LINDER B) AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 164.7881 to permit high school seniors, beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year, and high school juniors and seniors, beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, to use their KEES awards to pay for dual credit courses; require that the funds they would have received as eligible postsecondary students be reduced proportionally over a four-, or in some cases, five-year period by an amount equal to the amount used for dual credit; amend KRS 164.7885 to conform; designate the expenditures as necessary governmental expenses if KEES funds appropriated for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 are not adequate.
 Current Status:   1/14/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB196, HB492, and SB87 are similar.
 Position:   LTSupport
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB196.htm
 
HB202TEACHERS (SMART R) AN ACT relating to nonteaching time for teachers.

Amend KRS 158.060 to require teachers to be provided a minimum of 150 minutes per week for nonteaching activities; specify types of teacher-directed activities to be completed during nonteaching time.
 Current Status:   2/26/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB202.htm
 
HB205CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION TRAINING (GREER J) AN ACT relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in schools.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring high schools to include CPR training in the health education curriculum.
 Current Status:   2/21/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB205.htm
 
HB211REORGANIZATION (ADKINS R) AN ACT relating to reorganization.

Confirm Executive Order 2013-518, which reorganizes various offices in the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
 Current Status:   3/31/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Comments:   HB211, HB219, HB383, HB410, HB437, HB536, and SB149 deal with school calendars.
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB211.htm
 
HB215SCHOOL STANDARDS (KERR T) AN ACT relating to public school standards.

Create a new section to KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit the Kentucky Board of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education from implementing the English language arts and mathematics academic content standards developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative and the science academic content standards developed by the Next Generation Science Standards Initiative; require the state board to recommend new content standards to school districts and schools after consultation with the Council on Postsecondary Education; require public involvement in standards development; clarify the authority of the local board of education to adopt standards which differ from or exceed the standards approved by the state board; clarify that the school-based decision making councils shall develop policies based upon the standards adopted by the local boards of education; prohibit state officials from ceding control of education content standards and assessments; prohibit withholding of state funds from school districts for adopting different academic content standards; amend KRS 156.070 to limit disclosure of personally identifiable information; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to require that the Department of Education and all school districts adhere to transparency and privacy standards when outsourcing data and Web-based tasks to vendors; clarify vendor contract requirements; amend KRS 158.6453 to permit a local board of education to supplement the state board-approved academic content standards with higher and more rigorous standards and require school councils to use them to fulfill curriculum policy requirements; amend KRS 160.345 to clarify school council curriculum policy authority.
 Current Status:   1/16/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB215 and SB224 are somewhat similar.  HB547 also has some similar provisions.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB215.htm
 
HB219SCHOOL CALENDAR (ROWLAND B) AN ACT relating to the school calendar.

Amend KRS 158.070 to permit a school district to adjust its calendar to keep schools open on the days of a regular or primary election if no school in the district is used as a polling place; allow a district to schedule election days as instructional days or make-up days for purposes of recouping instructional time missed due to weather-related, safety, or health emergencies or other disasters.
 Current Status:   1/16/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB211, HB219, HB383, HB410, HB437, HB536, and SB149 deal with school calendars.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB219.htm
 
HB220TAXATION (WAYNE J) AN ACT relating to taxation.

Amend KRS 140.130 to decouple from changes to the federal estate tax since 2003; amend KRS 141.010 to provide for a reduction and phase-out of the pension exclusion, disallow the domestic production activities deduction, establish a cap for itemized deductions, update the Internal Revenue Code reference date, and define "taxpayer"; amend KRS 141.020 to provide for changes to income tax rates; amend KRS 141.0401 to lower the exclusion threshold; amend KRS 141.120 to change apportionment methods to use a "throwback" rule; amend KRS 141.200 to require "combined" reporting for corporations; amend KRS 136.310, 136.530, 141.040, 141.121, 141.205, 141.206, and 141.420 to conform; amend KRS 141.066 to provide for a refundable earned income credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to recognize changes in income tax credits; amend KRS 141.383, 148.544, and 148.546 to make the film industry tax credit nonrefundable and nontransferable; create a new section of KRS 6.900 to 6.935 to require review and sunset of all economic development tax credits; amend KRS 131.190 to allow LRC employees to review selected tax documents; amend KRS 138.210 to set the "floor" price at $2.616 per gallon; amend KRS 138.220 to reduce dealer compensation to 1%; amend KRS 132.020 to make the real property tax rate 12.2 cents per $100, remove the rate adjustment provision, and remove the recall provision; amend KRS 132.260 to clarify requirements for reporting of rental space for mobile/manufactured homes, private aircraft, and certain boats/vessels; amend KRS 132.730, 132.751, 132.810, and 132.815 to clarify property tax treatment of manufactured homes; amend KRS 140.300 to clarify the treatment of agricultural valuation on inherited property; amend KRS 279.200, 279.530, 279.220, and 139.530 to repeal rural electric and telephone co-op taxes; amend KRS 132.097 and 132.099 to amend the exemption for personal property shipped out of state; amend KRS 139.105, 139.200, 139.220, 139.270, 139.340 and 139.740 to impose sales tax on selected services; amend KRS 243.0305 and 243.990 to recognize changes in the distilled spirits case tax; amend KRS 138.130, 138.140, and 138.143 to change the tax on cigarette rolling papers, to raise the tobacco taxes, to impose a floor stock tax, and to tax e-cigarettes; amend KRS 65.125, 65.674, 67.862, 67.938, 67A.843, 68.245, 68.248, 82.095, 97.590, 132.0225, 132.023, 132.024, 132.027, 132.029, 157.440, 160.470, 160.473, 67C.147, 78.530, and 342.340 to remove the provisions of HB 44 that allow for recall of certain tax rates and make conforming and technical changes; create a new section of KRS 138.510 to 138.550 and amend KRS 138.511, 138.530, and 138.550 to provide for an excise tax on advance deposit wagering; repeal KRS 132.017, 132.018, 132.025, 132.720, 143A.035, and 243.710; provide that income tax provisions apply for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, estate tax provisions apply for deaths occurring on or after August 1, 2014, sales tax provisions are effective for periods beginning on or after October 1, 2014, motor fuels tax provisions are effective August 1, 2014, property tax provisions are for assessments on and after January 1, 2015, and advance deposit wagering provisions apply to licensees beginning August 1, 2014.
 Current Status:   1/21/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB220.htm
 
HB223FINANCIAL LITERACY (GLENN J) AN ACT relating to financial literacy.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to create and describe the Kentucky Financial Literacy Commission; provide for membership of its board of directors; attach the commission to the Department of the Treasury for administrative purposes; set forth the duties of the commission; and establish the financial literacy fund.
 Current Status:   2/12/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Comments:   HB76, HB77 and SB165 also deal with financial literacy.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB223.htm
 
HB235EXECUTIVE BRANCH BUDGET (RAND R) AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.

AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.
 Current Status:   4/28/2014 - delivered to Secretary of State
 Comments:   See HB236, HB238, and HB253 for more information about the state budget.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB235.htm
 
HB243EDUCATOR INCOME TAX DEDUCTION (LINDER B) AN ACT relating to income tax deduction for educator expenses.

Amend KRS 141.010 to permit an additional deduction for certain educators for expenses paid that would qualify for deduction except for a federal limitation.
 Current Status:   1/23/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB243.htm
 
HB245STUDENT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (MONTELL B) AN ACT relating to interscholastic extracurricular activity participation of students enrolled in home schools.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize participation in public school interscholastic extracurricular activities by home-schooled students; establish criteria for participation therein.
 Current Status:   1/23/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB245 and SB161 are somewhat similar.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB245.htm
 
HB248SCHOLARSHIPS (MONTELL B) AN ACT relating to scholarships for at-risk children.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a scholarships for at-risk children tax credit program; provide a nonrefundable credit against the income tax imposed under KRS 141.020 or 141.040, and the limited liability entity tax imposed under KRS 141.0401, for contributions made to a scholarship organization that is organized solely for the purpose of receiving and distributing cash contributions to provide educational scholarships to eligible students at qualified schools; amend KRS 141.010 to exclude from the definition of "adjusted gross income" the amount received by an eligible student or by an individual on behalf of an eligible student as an educational scholarship under the program; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the order in which the credit may be claimed.
 Current Status:   1/27/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB248.htm
 
HB254EDUCATION (LEE J) AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 157.200 to clarify that programs for special education students extend through the school year in which they reach their twenty-first birthday; amend KRS 158.100 to clarify that high school service for all students extends through the school year in which they reach their twenty-first birthday.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB254.htm
 
HB262TUITION PROGRAM TAX DEDUCTION (MONTELL B) AN ACT relating to income tax deduction for qualified tuition programs.

Amend KRS 141.010 to allow an exclusion from adjusted gross income for contributions to a qualified tuition program.
 Current Status:   1/28/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB262.htm
 
HB266SCHOOL SAFETY (YORK J) AN ACT relating to school safety.

Amend KRS 158.162 to emphasize the need for a comprehensive response to a violent intruder; require fire and violent intruder drills to be conducted quarterly; amend KRS 158.164 to comply.
 Current Status:   1/29/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB266 and HB428 are somewhat similar.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB266.htm
 
HB285COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION (HOOVER J) AN ACT relating to selection of Commissioner of Education.

Amend KRS 156.148 to require Senate confirmation for the commissioner of education.
 Current Status:   1/30/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB285.htm
 
HB319ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES (BUTLER D) AN ACT relating to electronic cigarettes.

AN ACT relating to electronic cigarettes.
Amend KRS 138.130 to define electronic cigarette and include the definition within the definition of tobacco product; amend KRS 138.143 to impose a floor stock tax on electronic cigarettes for inventory as of 11:59 p.m. on July 31, 2014; amend KRS 438.311 to make sales of electronic cigarettes to a person who has not attained the age of 18 unlawful; require the transfer of all moneys from the tax on electronic cigarettes within a certain time frame to the Judicial Form Retirement System and the Kentucky Retirement Systems for the issuance of a one-time cost-of-living offset to eligible retiress.
 Current Status:   2/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB319.htm
 
HB323PUBLIC PENSION OVERSIGHT BOARD (YONTS B) AN ACT relating to Public Pension Oversight Board.

Amend KRS 7A.200, 7A.210, 7A.220, 7A.240, and 7A.250 to add the Legislators' Retirement Plan, the Judicial Retirement Plan, and the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to the Public Pension Oversight Board's review responsibilities; amend KRS 7A.220 to provide that members of the Public Pension Oversight Board appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Governor with expertise in pensions or investments shall serve a term of four years; remove the prohibition on members and retired members from serving in these appointed positions; amend KRS 7A.250 to modify the annual report due date for the Public Pension Oversight Board from December 1 to December 31.
 Current Status:   2/21/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Comments:   HB95 and HB323 are somewhat similar.  HB323 includes KTRS.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB323.htm
 
HB324RETIREMENT SYSTEM (YONTS B) AN ACT relating to Kentucky retirement systems.

Amend KRS 16.582 to remove language which prohibited an injury or disease resulting from military service from being considered a disabling condition for hazardous members of Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 61.510 and 78.510 to utilize partial fiscal years in determining the final compensation of a nonhazardous member who began participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the County Employees Retirement System on or after September 1, 2008, but prior to January 1, 2014, in situations where the member does not have 5 complete fiscal years of service; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.542 to remove the requirement that the estate be designated as beneficiary of a member's account when they request a refund of contributions prior to retirement; provide that a beneficiary shall not be changed on or after the first day of the month in which a retired employee begins receiving retirement benefits; amend KRS 61.545 to remove provisions allowing a member who is simultaneously eligible for participation in more than one retirement system administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems to select participation in only one system; make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.552 to clarify and conform to federal law the payment options available to members for purchasing service credit; remove service purchase provisions no longer applicable to current members; require agencies who fail to report employees to the retirement system to pay penalties and interest on employer contributions from the date the contributions should have been reported to the system; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.555 to provide that the service credit that is granted without cost to employees who are called to active duty military deployment shall be limited to those whose rights to such benefits have not been terminated under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); require employees participating in the hybrid cash balance plan on or after January 1, 2014, who are called to active duty military deployment to pay their employee contributions if they are granted service credit, as required by USERRA, for the period of active duty deployment; require employers to make contributions, for service credited to employees as required by USERRA, who are called to active duty military deployment: make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.557 to make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.560 to clarify that retirees reemployed on or after 9/1/2008 shall not pay into the systems and to make conforming amendments; amend KRS 61.590 to make technical changes and to clarify that a retiring employee must separate employment with all participating system employers; amend KRS 61.623 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees to require retirees of the systems, by promulgation of administrative regulation, to receive their retirement allowance by electronic funds transfer to either a financial institution or to electronic fund transfer cards issued by Kentucky Retirement Systems; amend KRS 61.645 to allow the Kentucky Retirement Systems board by promulgation of administrative regulation to conduct trustee elections by electronic ballot; amend KRS 61.650 to increase the Kentucky Retirement Systems investment committee membership from 5 trustees to 7 trustees and to make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.680 to provide for consolidation of accounts with other state-administered retirement systems only if the member retires simultaneously from all state-administered retirement systems or retires from the other state-administered retirement systems within one month of retiring from the systems administered by Kentucky Retirement Systems; make technical amendments; amend KRS 61.702 to define "monthly contribution rate"; require recipients or the spouse or dependent children of a recipient of a retirement allowance, who is eligible to participate in Medicare to participate in the plans administered by the systems for Medicare eligible recipients; provide that a member who retired prior to July 1,2003, who has established a second retirement account shall not receive more than the monthly contribution rate for retiree health benefits: make technical amendments; amend KRS 16.520, 61.525, 61.5525, 61.592, 78.540, 78.610, and 78.615 to make technical and conforming amendments; provide non-codified section to provide that the successor of the additional board trustee elected by the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) added by SB 2 in the 2013 Regular Session shall be elected in the same period as all other CERS trustees in 2017 and shall have a shortened term from 2017 to 2021 to coincide with all other future CERS trustee terms of office.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HFA 1
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB324.htm
 
HB332EARLY CHILDHOOD (GRAHAM D) AN ACT relating to early childhood.

Amend KRS 199.8943 to clarify participating agencies and schedule for implementing early child care and education provider rating system.
 Current Status:   3/31/2014 - Conference Committee Appointed in House Derrick Graham - CHR; Jimmie Lee; Regina Bunch
 Position:   LTSupport
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB332.htm
 
HB333TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM (GRAHAM D) AN ACT relating to Kentucky teacher's retirement system and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS 161.220 to 161.716 to permit the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System (KTRS) to use and accept electronic signatures as deemed appropriate; amend KRS 161.290 to require public employers other than school districts to provide paid leave to teacher trustees serving on the KTRS board; amend KRS 161.310 to clarify the types of remuneration included in retirement incentives; amend KRS 161.340 to allow KTRS to contract for insurance; amend KRS 161.430 to allow the KTRS board to contract with one or more general investment consultants; remove references to the book value of assets in regard to limitations on funds managed internally by system's investment staff; remove the requirement that the board investment committee consist of the executive secretary of the system and two trustees; require system's staff to be subject to fiduciary requirements applicable to board members and investment consultants and managers; make technical amendments; amend KRS 161.470 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 161.480 to automatically designate a KTRS member's spouse as beneficiary for an active member's account balance upon employment until changed by the member; declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the active member's account balance in the event all named beneficiaries predecease the active member or the member fails to designate a beneficiary; amend KRS 161.545 to provide that full-time sabbatical leave by university staff participating in the KTRS shall be deemed full-time employment for retirement purposes; require employee and employer contributions to be paid during the period of sabbatical leave; amend KRS 161.553 to adjust the cost schedules of providing statutory benefit improvements for annuitants; amend KRS 161.560 to authorize the KTRS to promulgate administrative regulations to require more frequent submission of annual reports by participating employers; amend KRS 161.605 to make technical changes, provide that breaks-in-service are required before returning to work for the employer even if in a position not covered by KTRS if the member is under age 60; begin running of breaks-in-service from date of retirement; prohibit prearranged agreements between a retiring member and employer for member to return to work after retirement and require certification thereof; allow the commissioner of education to pay reemployed retirees in excess of statutory maximums if the commissioner deems that the employees have the necessary experience to provide services and support to persistently low-achieving schools as provided by KRS 160.346; require retired members under age sixty (60) returning to work for certain state universities and state community colleges to comply with the separation-from-service requirements, effective July 1, 2014; amend KRS 160.612 to reduce the $500 minimum monthly disability benefit by benefit payments from all state-administered retirement systems for part-time employees and substitute teachers participating in the KTRS who apply for disability benefits on or after July 1, 2014; provide that part-time employees and substitute teachers are not eligible to apply for a disability retirement allowance if they are eligible for a nondiscounted service retirement allowance; amend KRS 161.614 to include mediation awards; amend KRS 161.620 to clarify the option for seeking inflation adjustments; amend KRS 161.630 to make technical change; amend KRS 161.643 to authorize KTRS to require more frequent submission of annual reports on reemployed employees by participating employers; amend KRS 161.650 to automatically designate a KTRS member's spouse as beneficiary for a retired member's account remaining account balance at the time of death unless changed by the member; declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the retired member's remaining account balance in the event all named beneficiaries predecease the retired member or the member fails to name a beneficiary for the account balance; amend KRS 161.655 to automatically designate a KTRS member's spouse as beneficiary for the life insurance benefit available to active and retired members unless changed by the member; declare the member's spouse as beneficiary of the life insurance benefit available to active and retired members if, upon the death of the member, all named beneficiaries predecease the member or the member fails to name a beneficiary; amend KRS 161.661 to provide that members who begin participating on or after July 1, 2014, shall not be eligible for a disability benefit if they are eligible for any unreduced benefit and that they shall have their $500 minimum monthly disability benefit reduced by benefit payments from all state-administered retirement systems; amend KRS 161.680 to clarify, authority to collect overpayments; amend KRS 161.550 to conform; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/14/2014 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB333.htm
 
HB383SCHOOL CALENDARS (WUCHNER A) AN ACT relating to school calendars and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 158.070 to define "minimum school term," student attendance day," "student instructional year," and "teacher professional day"; prohibit a district from scheduling a student attendance day on the day of a primary or regular election if any school in the district is used as a polling place; establish a process to amend a school calendar due to an emergency; permit teacher delegates to attend regional or district professional meetings held on days when school is open; amend KRS 157.350, and 158.649 to conform; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   4/15/2014 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/HCS 1
 Comments:   HB211, HB219, HB383, HB410, HB437, HB536, and SB149 deal with school calendars.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB383.htm
 
HB384OFFENDER REENTRY (TILLEY J) AN ACT relating to offender reentry.

Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 335B relating to employment and licensure of persons convicted of crime to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies, to add consideration of the passage of time since the commission of the offense to the criteria considered in making licensure decisions, to delete language relating to a hiring or licensing authority's subjective view of an ex-offender's rehabilitation, and to require an open hearing prior to a license denial for an ex-offender; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 335B.060 to exempt peace officers and other law enforcement personnel; repeal KRS 335B.040.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Comments:   HB384 and SB147 are similar.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB384.htm
 
HB389PUBLIC PENSION (YONTS B) AN ACT relating to public pension actuarial reports.

Amend KRS 21.440, 61.670, and 161.400 to provide that all state-administered retirement systems shall conduct an actuarial experience study at least once every 5 years and to require the actuary certifying the results of the annual actuarial valuation and the 5 year experience study to be a fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries or a member of the American Academy of Actuaries; make technical amendments.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB389.htm
 
HB392STATE EMPLOYEE OVERTIME (HENDERSON R) AN ACT relating to state employee overtime.

Amend KRS 18A.195 to count time taken off at the direction of an agency as authorized hours worked in determining whether an employee is eligible to receive overtime pay.
 Current Status:   2/18/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB392.htm
 
HB400PRESCHOOL FUNDING (FLOYD D) AN ACT relating to preschool funding and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide a $1,000 maximum tax credit for qualified preschool expenses; amend KRS 141.0205 to include the tax credit in the ordering of credits; create a new section of KRS Chapter 200 to direct the Early Childhood Advisory Council to determine the qualifications for, certify, and report on qualified preschools for purposes of the tax credit; amend KRS 154A.130 to direct net lottery revenues be used for the cost of the tax credit and the cost of public preschool education programs; make appropriation.
 Current Status:   2/19/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB400.htm
 
HB410SCHOOL CALENDAR (STACY J) AN ACT relating to school calendars and declaring an emergency.

Provide a waiver of up to 10 instructional days for schools who have missed days during the 2013-2014 school year; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Education
 Comments:   HB211, HB219, HB383, HB410, HB437, HB536, and SB149 deal with school calendars.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB410.htm
 
HB419PREVAILING WAGE (HOOVER J) AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.

Amend KRS 337.010 to exclude all educational buildings and facilities from meeting the requirements of the prevailing wage law.
 Current Status:   3/6/2014 - House Labor and Industry, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB419.htm
 
HB424DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION (CLARK L) AN ACT relating to districts of innovation.

Amend KRS 160.107 to allow a waiver or modification of the statewide assessment system for schools participating in a district of innovation plan, under specific conditions; allow a district of innovation to use student assessments other than those required by the state board, under specific conditions.
 Current Status:   3/27/2014 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB424.htm
 
HB427SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAM (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to school meal program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to provide that a student shall not be denied the same meal offerings as made available to all other students if the student is unable to pay for a meal, regardless of his or her family's income; permit the local school board to seek reimbursement of unpaid meal charges from the parents or guardians in the small claims division of the District Court or other appropriate means; prohibit the board from requiring a student be provided a substitute, alternative, or lesser meal offering.
 Current Status:   2/24/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB427.htm
 
HB428SCHOOL SAFETY (BANTA K) AN ACT relating to school safety.

Amend KRS 158.162 to include response to a violent intruder in school emergency response plans or drills; amend KRS 158.164 to conform.
 Current Status:   2/24/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB266 and HB428 are somewhat similar.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB428.htm
 
HB432INSURANCE PREMIUMS (HORLANDER D) AN ACT relating to insurance premiums.

Amend 91A.080 to exempt from tax any premiums paid to an insurance company or surplus lines broker by nonprofit self-insurance groups whose membership consists of school districts.
 Current Status:   4/10/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB432.htm
 
HB437MISSED SCHOOL DAYS (YONTS B) AN ACT relating to missed school days and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 158.070 to permit local school boards to use a day on which a primary is held to make up a day missed because of inclement weather under certain conditions; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   2/25/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB211, HB219, HB383, HB410, HB437, HB536, and SB149 deal with school calendars.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB437.htm
 
HB442SCHOOL NURSES (CRIMM R) AN ACT relating to school nurses.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter158 to require all public schools to have a full-time nurse on staff; require the General Assembly to appropriate adequate funds to cover the cost.
 Current Status:   2/25/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB442.htm
 
HB455SCHOOL FUNDS (GRAHAM D) ACT relating to distribution of school funds.

Amend KRS 157.410 to require the chief state school officer to prepare estimates for school district fund allotment and establish an incremental schedule for fund disbursement, allotment revisions, and equalization.
 Current Status:   3/26/2014 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB455.htm
 
HB468SCHOOL FUNDING (RADER M) AN ACT relating to school funding and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 157.360 to allocate SEEK funds to school districts that will be unexpended at the close of a fiscal year; require the commissioner of education to determine the allotment of unexpended funds by March 15 of each year; require the funds be used for classroom expenses; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   2/27/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations and Revenue
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB468.htm
 
HB470BUDGET REDUCTIONS (BELL J) AN ACT relating to budget reductions impacting state personnel.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A, and amend KRS 7.090 and 27A.050, to direct how furloughs, salary reductions, or other personnel-related actions taken to implement a budget reduction plan, or to implement expenditure reductions directed in an enacted budget, shall be applied.
 Current Status:   2/27/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB470.htm
 
HB473STUDENT SAFETY (DENHAM M) AN ACT relating to the safety and well-being of students.

Amend KRS 158.440 to require school districts to have plans, policies, and procedures to deal with a student who is harassing, intimidating, cyberbullying, or bullying another student; amend KRS 158.441 to define "harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying"; allow civil exchange of opinions or debate or cultural practices protected under the state or federal Constitution to be included in areas exempt from definition of "harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying"; amend KRS 158.148 to require a school district's code of acceptable behavior and discipline to prohibit harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying of students; require, if funds are available, school districts to provide training on the code of acceptable behavior to specific school employees; provide immunity to school employees or students who report a student's disruptive or disorderly behavior; amend KRS 158.150 to include student harassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying as a cause for disciplinary action; allow disciplinary action other than expulsion or suspension as an option; amend 158.444 to require local school districts to report specific disciplinary actions to the Kentucky Department of Education; amend KRS 525.080 to include electronic communication, under certain conditions, as a form of harassing communication.
 Current Status:   3/25/2014 - House Education, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB473.htm
 
HB479TEACHER TRIBUNALS (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to teacher tribunals.

Amend KRS 161.790 to increase the membership of a teacher tribunal to include a lay person who resides in the district.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB479.htm
 
HB480SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCES (NELSON R) AN ACT relating to school district finances.

Amend KRS 134.191 to require the sheriff to report the amount of taxes collected for each equivalent tax rate of five cents levied by a school district to support education facilities; amend KRS 157.440 to require the chief state school officer to notify the applicable county clerk of each equivalent tax rate of five cents and make publicly available information related to each tax rate; and amend KRS 160.500 to require the county clerk to separately state each equivalent tax rate of five cents on the tax bills of the affected property owners.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB480.htm
 
HB492FINANCIAL AID (KAY II J) AN ACT relating to postsecondary financial aid and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 164.7881 to permit high school seniors, beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year, and high school juniors and seniors, beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, to use their KEES awards to pay for dual credit courses; require that the funds they would have received as eligible postsecondary students be reduced proportionally over a four-, or in some cases, five-year period by an amount equal to the amount used for dual credit; amend KRS 164.7885 to conform; amend KRS 164A.055 to allow the Asset Resolution Corporation to adopt bylaws and rules for its business; designate the expenditures as necessary governmental expenses if KEES funds appropriated for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 are not adequate; specify that the use of KEES funds for dual credit shall not impact SEEK allocations; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   3/13/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Education
 Comments:   HB196, HB492, and SB87 are similar.
 Position:   LTTrack
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB492.htm
 
HB496CONTRACTS (HOOVER J) AN ACT relating to contracts.

Amend KRS 336.130 to prohibit mandatory membership in or financial support of a labor organization as a condition of employment and to name this section as the "Kentucky Right to Work Act"; amend KRS 336.180 to conform; amend KRS 336.990 to make a violation of the Act a Class A misdemeanor, award damages, and provide injunctive relief; create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to exempt existing contracts or agreements; require the Attorney General to investigate complaints and prosecute those who violate Section 1 of the Act; amend KRS 67A.6904, 67C.406, 70.262, 78.470, 78.480, and 345.050 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/13/2014 - House Labor and Industry, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB496.htm
 
HB503PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (DECESARE J) AN ACT relating to enrollment in public school districts.

Amend KRS 157.350 to delete exclusion of nonresident pupils from a school's average daily attendance; amend KRS 158.120 to require boards of education to adopt a nonresident pupil policy; amend KRS 159.010 and 159.020 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB503 and SB173 are similar.  HB478 also deals with nonresident students.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB503.htm
 
HB510SEXUAL ABUSE (RINER T) AN ACT relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Kentucky Department of Education and the Cabinet for Family and Health Services to identify or develop educational materials and policies to be used for the awareness, prevention, and reporting of child sexual abuse and sexual assault; require the materials and policies to be made available to local school districts; amend KRS 158.070 to require all school district employees to complete a minimum of one hour of self study review of educational materials on awareness and prevention of child sexual abuse and sexual assault each year.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB510.htm
 
HB511LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS (MEEKS R) AN ACT relating to local school boards.

Amend KRS 160.210 to require minority representation on a local school board in districts containing 10% or more minority student population; under specified conditions, require the commissioner of education to appoint two members, including a minority member to a local board of education.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB511.htm
 
HB532SCHOOL FACILITIES (HALL K) AN ACT relating to school facilities and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to create the emergency and targeted investment fund to be administered by the School Facilities Construction Commission; allot appropriations unexpended by the commission to the fund, unless the fund balance is $10,000,000; direct the commission to use the fund to provide assistance to school districts for new facilities or renovations in emergency situations or when facilities are uninhabitable; provide that school districts shall reimburse the fund for any assistance if funds are subsequently received as a result of insurance proceeds or litigation; require the commission to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the application process; require an annual report on the fund's activities to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 157.611 to conform; APPROPRIATION.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB532 and HB565 are somewhat similar.
 Position:   LTTrack
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB532.htm
 
HB536SCHOOL CALENDARS (LINDER B) AN ACT relating to school calendars and declaring an emergency.

Provide a waiver of the minimum required instructional days for the 2013-2014 school year for school districts that accumulate 1,062 instructional hours and meet other requirements; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB211, HB219, HB383, HB410, HB437, HB536, and SB149 deal with school calendars.
 Position:   LTOppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB536.htm
 
HB546RETIREMENT (WAYNE J) AN ACT relating to retirement.

Amend KRS 21.540 to require the Legislators' Retirement Plan and Judicial Retirement Plan to follow the provisions of KRS Chapters 45A, 56, and 57 regarding procurement of services, goods, and property; provide that no funds of the Legislators' Retirement Plan or Judicial Retirement Plan shall be used to pay placement agents; amend KRS 61.645 to modify the minimum requirements for Gubernatorial appointees to the Kentucky Retirement Systems board of trustees with investment expertise; require the Kentucky Retirement Systems to follow the provisions of KRS Chapters 45, 45A, 56, and 57 regarding budgeting and the procurement of services, goods, and property; require Kentucky Retirement Systems to disclose on their Web site and upon request investment fees in addition to investment holdings and commissions; require Kentucky Retirement Systems to disclose on their Web site and upon request all contracts and offering documents for services, goods, or property purchased or utilized by the systems; provide that no funds of the Kentucky Retirement Systems shall be used to pay placement agents; amend KRS 161.250 to require Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to disclose on their Web site and upon request investment fees in addition to investment holdings and commissions; require Kentucky Teachers' Retirement Systems to disclose on their Web site and upon request all contracts and offering documents for services, goods, or property purchased or utilized by the systems; amend KRS 161.340 to require the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System to follow the provisions of KRS Chapters 45, 45A, 56, and 57 regarding budgeting and the procurement of services, goods, and property; amend KRS 161.430 to provide that Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System board, staff, and investment advisors shall adhere to the CFA Institute codes of conduct; provide that no funds of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System shall be used to pay placement agents; establish a noncodified section to require the Public Pension Oversight Board to study and provide a report by December 1, 2014, as to whether or not legislative action should be taken to separate the administration of the County Employees Retirement System from the Kentucky Retirement Systems; establish a noncodified section to require the Public Pension Oversight Board to study and provide a report by December 1, 2014, as to whether or not legislative action should be taken to transfer administration of the Judicial Retirement Plan and the Legislators' Retirement Plan to the Kentucky Retirement Systems; provide that the amendments of this Act requiring the state-administered retirement systems to be subject to state procurement laws and banning the use of system assets to pay placement agents shall apply to contracts established or renewed on or after August 1, 2014; provide that amendments of this Act modifying the requirements for gubernatorial appointments to the KRS board with investment expertise shall apply to appointments or reappointments made on or after the effective date of this Act.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government
 Position:   LTOppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB546.htm
 
HB547EDUCATION RIGHTS (GRAHAM D) AN ACT relating to education rights and privacy.

Amend KRS 160.705 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to require the Department of Education and all school district to adhere to transparency and privacy standards for outsourcing Web-based tasks to vendors; describe required contractual agreement requirements; amend KRS 160.710 and KRS 160.720 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Education
 Comments:   HB215, HB547, and SB224 have some similar provisions.
 Position:   LTTrack
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB547.htm
 
HB558CAREER READINESS (CARNEY J) AN ACT relating to career readiness.

Create a new Chapter of KRS 158 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to identify a student who obtains a sufficient score on the ASVAB and signs enlistment papers for any branch of service as career-ready.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   LTTrack
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB558.htm
 
HB565SCHOOL FACILITIES FUNDING (CARNEY J) AN ACT relating to school facilities funding and making an appropriation therefor and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 157.611 to specify that the School Facilities Construction Commission will administer the school facilities emergency relief fund; amend KRS 157.615 to define emergency; create a new section of Chapter 157 to establish the school facilities emergency relief fund to be administered by the School Facilities Construction Commission, operating and reporting requirements; amend KRS 157.390 and 162.385 to conform; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB532 and HB565 are somewhat similar.
 Position:   LTTrack
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB565.htm
 
HB584CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (STUMBO G) AN ACT proposing to amend section 226 of the Constitution related to gaming.

Propose to amend Section 226 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly to authorize other forms of gaming by general law; submit to voters with question.
 Current Status:   3/14/2014 - (H) posted in committee House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs
 Comments:   HB67, HB68, HB584, and SB33 are gambling bills.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HB584.htm
 
HCR46ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (DAMRON R) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the potential use of an electronic health records system by the state to allow medical professionals instant access to medical histories of state employees, retirees, and Medicaid recipients.

Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the potential use of an electronic health records system by the state to allow medical professionals instant access to medical histories of state employees, retirees, and Medicaid recipients.
 Current Status:   1/15/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health and Welfare
 Comments:   HCR46 and SCR18 are similar.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HC46.htm
 
HCR179TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM TASKFORCE (HOOVER J) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Kentucky Teacher's Retirement System Taskforce.

Establish the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System Task Force; provide that the purpose of the task force is to study issues regarding the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System and to develop consensus recommendations concerning the benefits, investments, and funding of the system; name the membership of the task force; require the task force to meet at least monthly before submitting its findings and recommendations; require its findings and recommendations to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2014; and provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified in the Resolution to interim joint committees or subcommittees thereof.
 Current Status:   3/4/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HC179.htm
 
HJR19TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK (NELSON R) A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing an annual retired teachers' appreciation week.

A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing an annual retired teacher's appreciation week.
 Current Status:   4/8/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HJ19.htm
 
HJR186STATE EMPOLYEE APPRECIATION DAY (KAY II J) A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring July 1, 2014 state employee appreciation day.

Declare July 1, 2104 as State Employee Appreciation Day; and require the Governor, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and director of the Legislative Research Commission, to recognize.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/HJ186.htm
 
SB6PUBLIC RETIREMENT (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to the disclosure of public retirement information.

Amend KRS 61.661, 161.585, and 21.540 to require the Kentucky Retirement Systems, Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, and the Judicial Form Retirement System, to disclose upon request the names, status, projected or actual benefit payments, and other retirement information of each member or recipient of a retirement allowance of the systems.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Comments:   HB48 and SB6 are similar.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB6.htm
 
SB13SCHOOL FUNDING (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to school funding.

Amend KRS 157.310 to clarify the intention of the General Assembly that no mandate be placed on the public schools without program funding to carry out the mandate; require legislation relating to the public schools that includes a fiscal note pursuant to KRS 6.955 or a state mandate pursuant to KRS 6.965 to include provision for funding that is adequate for compliance with the mandate; clarify that no school district shall be compelled to comply with mandated enactments of the General Assembly that do not provide adequate funding; specify that this amendment does not relieve a school district from the obligation to comply with state or federal laws relating to health, safety, or civil rights.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB13.htm
 
SB16COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (GIVENS D) AN ACT relating to computer programming languages in public schools.

AN ACT relating to computer programming languages in public schools.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - (H) Returned to Committee House Education
 Position:   LTOppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB16.htm
 
SB20BULLYING (CARPENTER J) AN ACT related to anti-bullying.

Create a new section in KRS Chapter 2 designating October as Anti-Bullying Month in Kentucky and a purple and yellow ribbon as the symbol for anti-bullying awareness.
 Current Status:   4/9/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Comments:   HB40 and SB20 are similar.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB20.htm
 
SB30STUDENTS WITH DIABETES (DENTON J) AN ACT relating to safety in schools for students with diabetes.

Amend KRS 158.838 to permit student self-treatment of diabetes symptoms in school settings; require schools to have two staff employees trained in diabetes symptom responses; require training to be consistent with training programs and guidelines developed by the American Diabetes Association; exempt trained staff from licensed health professional requirements; prohibit schools from preventing students from attending due to having diabetes or a seizure disorder.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Comments:   HB98 and SB30 are similar.  SB103 may have a similar purpose.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB30.htm
 
SB32HEARING EXAMS (BUFORD T) AN ACT relating to hearing exams for school children.

Amend KRS 156.160 to require that, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, the physical exam required by the Kentucky Board of Education include a hearing exam.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB32.htm
 
SB33CASINO GAMING (SEUM D) AN ACT proposing a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to casino gambling.

Propose creating a new section to the Kentucky Constitution to allow casino gambling at no more than seven locations and dedicate ten percent of the revenue to promote equine interests, dedicate the Commonwealth's revenue from gaming to job creation, education, human services, health care, veterans' bonuses, local governments, and public safety.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Comments:   HB67, HB68, HB584, and SB33 are gambling bills.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB33.htm
 
SB39SCHOOL EMPLOYEES (JONES R) AN ACT relating to school employees.

Amend KRS 160.380 to allow a retired teacher to substitute teach in a school where his or her spouse is the principal.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB39.htm
 
SB42SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARASSMENT EDUCATION (KERR A) AN ACT relating to sexual abuse and harassment education.

Amend KRS 6.701 to specify that sexual and workplace harassment information is to be part of the legislative ethics manual and training program; specify that the training for legislators is to be conducted by an individual chosen by the LRC assistant director of human resources; amend KRS 6.711 to specify that sexual and workplace harassment law and policy are to be part of the general curriculum of the legislative orientation courses; make sexual and workplace harassment training mandatory for legislators; specify that the training is to be conducted by a live presenter; expand the orientation training requirement to five hours; require that two of the five hours of the orientation course are to be devoted to sexual and workplace harassment law and policy; amend KRS 6.716 to include updates on sexual and workplace harassment in the current issues seminar for legislators; specify that one of the three hours of the current issues seminar is to be devoted to sexual and workplace harassment training; amend KRS 156.095 to include sexual abuse awareness to professional development training; require the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to post online sexual abuse awareness information and training resources by August 1, 2014; require every elementary, middle, and high school administrator to disseminate age-appropriate sexual abuse awareness and protection information to all students and their parents or guardians by September 1 of each academic year; amend KRS 158.070 to require two hours of self-study of sexual abuse awareness and protection training and resources for all elementary, middle, and high school principals, guidance counselors, and teachers each school year; name sections 4 and 5 of this act the "Erin's Law" Act.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB42.htm
 
SB55FUNDS TO SUPPORT EDUCATION (GIVENS D) AN ACT relating to funds to support education excellence in Kentucky.

Amend KRS 157.350 to prohibit the withholding of support education excellence in Kentucky funds as a punitive measure.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - (H) Returned to Committee House Education
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB55.htm
 
SB87SCHOLARSHIP (HUMPHRIES S) AN ACT relating to Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship and making an appropriation therefore.

Amend KRS 164.7881 to permit high school seniors, beginning with the 2014-2015 academic year, and high school juniors and seniors, beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, to use their KEES awards to pay for dual credit courses; require that the funds they would have received as eligible postsecondary students be reduced proportionally over a four-, or in some cases, five-year period by an amount equal to the amount used for dual credit; amend KRS 164.7885 to conform; designate the expenditures as necessary governmental expenses if KEES funds appropriated for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 are not adequate.
 Current Status:   2/11/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB196, HB492, and SB87 are similar.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB87.htm
 
SB89PUBLIC SCHOOLS (HIGDON J) AN ACT relating to public school standards.

Amend KRS 156.070 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to require that the Department of Education and all school districts adhere to transparency and privacy standards when outsourcing Web-based tasks to vendors; clarify vendor contract requirements; amend KRS 158.6453 to permit a local board of education or a school council to supplement the state board-approved academic content standards with higher and more rigorous standards and use them for curricular and instructional purposes; amend KRS 160.345 to clarify school council authority.
 Current Status:   3/31/2014 - received in Senate w/Letter
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB89.htm
 
SB93RETIREMENT BENEFITS (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to forfeiture of retirement benefits.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21 to provide that any current or former judge or justice with an account in the Judicial Retirement Plan, who is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor relating to his or her duties as a judge or justice, or who enters into a plea agreement in order to avoid felony or misdemeanor charges related to his or her duties as a judge or justice, or who is convicted of a Class A felony not related to his or duties as a judge or justice, shall cease membership in the Judicial Retirement Plan and forfeit all rights and benefits earned in the Judicial Retirement Plan except for a return of his or her individual contributions less interest and restitutions or fines required to be paid by a court order; provide that the forfeiture of benefits shall apply to any judge or justice regardless of his or her participation date in a state-administered retirement system; require the Administrative Office of the Courts to notify the Judicial Retirement Plan when a current or former judge or justice is convicted or enters into a plea agreement to avoid conviction, of a crime subject to the provisions of this section; amend KRS 6.696, 61.535, and 161.470 to provide that any member or retired member of the Legislators' Retirement Plan, the Kentucky Employees Retirement System, the County Employees Retirement System, the State Police Retirement System, or the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, who is convicted or a felony or misdemeanor relating to his or her duties as a public servant, or who enters into a plea agreement in order to avoid felony or misdemeanor charges related to his or her duties as a public servant, or who is convicted of a Class A felony not related to his or duties as a public servant, shall cease membership in their respective retirement system or plan and forfeit all rights and benefits earned in those systems and plans except for a return of his or her individual contributions less interest and restitutions or fines required to be paid by a court order; provide that the forfeiture of benefits shall apply to any current or former public servant regardless of their participation date in a state-administered retirement system; require the employer to notify the respective retirement system or plan when a current or former public servant is convicted or enters into a plea agreement to avoid conviction, of a crime subject to the provisions of this section; amend KRS 6.505,16.652, 21.360, 21.470, 21.480, 61.625, 61.690, 61.692, 78.852, 161.530, 161.700, 161.714 to conform; create a noncodified section to create severability; create a noncodified section to only apply provisions of this Act to felonies, misdemeanors, and plea agreements entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
 Current Status:   1/28/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB93.htm
 
SB103DIABETES (DENTON J) AN ACT relating to diabetes.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to permit a caregiver of an individual who has diabetes to administer or assist with the self-administration of the medication listed if the caregiver has been trained and has the written authorization of the individual's health care practitioner; require the written authorization to be kept on file; exempt the health care practitioner and the caregiver from liability unless an injury is the result of negligence or misconduct; exempt the trained and authorized caregiver from laws related to the practice of nursing; permit a health care practitioner to train a caregiver.
 Current Status:   4/7/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Comments:   HB98, SB30, and SB103 may have similar purposes.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB103.htm
 
SB147OFFENDER REENTRY (NEAL G) AN ACT relating to offender reentry.

Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 335B, relating to employment and licensure of persons convicted of crime, to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies, to add consideration of the passage of time since the commission of the offense to the criteria considered in making licensure decisions, to delete language relating to a hiring or licensing authority's subjective view of an ex-offender's rehabilitation, and to require an open hearing prior to a license denial for an ex-offender; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 335B.060 to exempt peace officers and other law enforcement personnel; repeal KRS 335B.040.
 Current Status:   2/21/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations
 Comments:   HB384 and SB147 are similar.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB147.htm
 
SB149SCHOOL CALENDAR (BOWEN J) AN ACT relating to the school calendar.

Amend KRS 158.070 to permit a school district to use days in which schools are closed for a regular or primary election to use those days for professional activities or parent-teacher conferences; permit schools to be open on the day of a regular or primary election if no school in the district is used as a polling place; permit schools to be open on the day of a primary election if the district has missed any instructional days due to an emergency or disaster and the district has obtained the approval of the County Clerk for schools to be open for instruction at the same time that schools are being used as polling places.
 Current Status:   2/26/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Comments:   HB211, HB219, HB383, HB410, HB437, HB536, and SB149 deal with school calendars.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB149.htm
 
SB161INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES (WESTERFIELD W) AN ACT relating to interscholastic extracurricular activities participation of students enrolled in private schools.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize participation in a public school interscholastic extracurricular activity by a private school student when the private school does not offer the interscholastic extracurricular activity; establish criteria for participation therein.
 Current Status:   2/26/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Comments:   HB245 and SB161 are somewhat similar.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB161.htm
 
SB165FINANCIAL LITERACY (PARRETT D) AN ACT relating to financial literacy.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to develop and implement the Kentucky Financial Literacy Program; require a high school student to complete instruction in financial literacy, included within the existing curriculum, prior to graduation.
 Current Status:   2/27/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Comments:   HB76, HB77, and SB165 are similar.  HB223 also deals with financial literacy.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB165.htm
 
SB168TEACHER TENURE (WILSON M) AN ACT relating to teacher tenure.

Amend KRS 161.720 to include failure to successfully meet the requirements of a corrective action plan as a reason for termination or suspension of a continuing service contract; amend KRS 161.740 to establish a new process for teachers who are first hired after July 1, 2015, to achieve continuing service contract status; amend KRS 156.844 and KRS 156.844 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/19/2014 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB168.htm
 
SB169DUE PROCESS FOR TEACHERS (WILSON M) AN ACT relating to due process for teachers.

Amend KRS 161.790 to clarify the causes for which a contract of a teacher may be terminated; require the commissioner of education to initiate the appropriate due process procedures in response to a teacher's appeal of a superintendent's termination charge; establish hearing procedures and appointment of hearing officers for the appeal of a termination case; amend KRS 161.765 and 163.032 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/5/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB169.htm
 
SB173ENROLLMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (WILSON M) AN ACT relating to enrollment in public school districts.

Amend KRS 157.350 to delete exclusion of nonresident pupils from a school's average daily attendance; amend KRS 158.120 to require boards of education to adopt a nonresident pupil policy; amend KRS 159.010 and 159.020 to conform.
 Current Status:   3/6/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Education
 Comments:   HB503 and SB173 are similar.  HB478 also deals with nonresident students.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB173.htm
 
SB178CORPORATIONS (GREGORY S) AN ACT relating to corporations.

Establish KRS Chapter 273A and create subchapters and sections thereof to enact the "Kentucky Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act 2014"; provide for the creation, modification, termination, and administration of nonprofit corporations; enumerate steps of incorporation; provide procedures related to the adoption of bylaws; establish fee for filing documents with and allow for electronic transmission of documents to the office of the Secretary of State; address definitions, general provisions, and enumerated powers of a nonprofit corporation under this chapter; provide procedure for determining whether a nonprofit corporation has members; establish parliamentary procedure for meetings of a board including conference calls or other electronic means; establish standing requirements required for lawsuits against nonprofit corporation or directors; provide requirements related when third parties can bring suit against the corporation under certain circumstances; establish circumstances as to when the Attorney General can bring suit against a corporation or in relation to dissolution; provide notice procedure regarding members, directors, and other individuals; establish parliamentary procedures for voting; establish procedure for determining quorum requirements; provide procedure for the election; establish procedures related to indemnification; establish provisions related to the conveyance of property by a corporation, sale of assets, and payments to members or directors by the corporation; provide procedures related to distribution; establish provisions regarding dissolution; establish right and procedure to inspect corporation records; require conformity with the National Electronic Signature and Agreement Act; amend and repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; establish KRS Chapter 273B and create sections thereof to enact the “Kentucky Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act”; establish powers of unincorporated nonprofit association; address definitions, general provisions regarding the creation, modification, termination, and duties of members and managers; establish requirements of an association’s statement of authority; specify procedures for revocation of authority; establish procedures for filing certification of association with the Secretary of State; specify procedures related to management and control of association; provide and establish procedure for conveyance of interest in real, personal, or intangible property; provide for payment of dividends to members or managers; specify procedures for winding up and termination of association; amend and repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; amend various provisions of KRS Chapter 275's “Kentucky LLC Act” to provide for the creation of nonprofit limited liability companies.
 Current Status:   3/6/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Comments:   Affects nonprofit corporations and unincorporated educational, political, social, fraternal, and professional associations.
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB178.htm
 
SB192LAW ENFORCEMENT (PALMER R) AN ACT relating to special law enforcement officers.

Amend KRS 15.420 to include special law enforcement officers employed by school districts in the definition of "police officer"; amend KRS 16.220 to make special law enforcement officers employed by school districts eligible for certain Kentucky Office of Homeland Security grants.
 Current Status:   4/11/2014 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
 Position:   LTTrack
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB192.htm
 
SB193SCHOOL ENTRANCE AGE (HIGDON J) AN ACT relating to school entrance age.

Amend KRS 158.030 to prohibit a school from charging tuition to a student who is allowed to enroll in a primary school program before meeting the age requirement.
 Current Status:   3/24/2014 - (H) Returned to Committee House Education
 Position:   LTTrack
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB193.htm
 
SB211LOW ACHIEVING SCHOOLS (WILSON M) AN ACT relating to persistently low-achieving schools.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to permit a local board of education to designate a persistently low-achieving school as a charter school and solicit applications for a governing board; permit a persistently low-achieving school to petition for conversion to a charter school; establish definitions and requirements for a charter school; establish charter school application process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for charter school appeals, implementation, and reporting; create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to clarify charter school employee benefits; amend KRS 160.346 to add a "charter school option" as a school intervention for persistently low achieving schools.
 Current Status:   3/27/2014 - (H) Referred to Committee House Education
 Comments:   HB85 also deals with charter schools.
 Position:   Oppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB211.htm
 
SB215MINIMUM WAGES (RHOADS J) AN ACT relating to minimum wages.

Amend KRS 337.275 to increase the minimum wage to $8.20 on the effective date of the bill, then to $9.15 on July 1, 2015, then to $10.10 on July 1, 2016; amend KRS 337.275 to increase tipped employees' minimum wage to $3 per hour on the effective date of the bill, and adding $.95 per year to the minimum until the minimum wage for tipped employees is 70% of the minimum wage; amend KRS 337.010 to raise the exemption for certain businesses from $95,000 to $500,000.
 Current Status:   3/11/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State and Local Government
 Comments:   HB1 and SB215 deal with minimum wages.
 Position:   Support
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB215.htm
 
SB216PUBLIC AGENCIES (MCDANIEL C) AN ACT relating to public agencies.

Amend KRS 61.520 to provide that certain employers participating in the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) may elect to voluntarily cease participation in the system or shall be required to involuntarily cease participation in the system in the event the board of trustees has determined the employer is no longer eligible to participate in the system; establish requirements for voluntary and involuntary cessation of participation by the employer, including requiring any employer voluntarily ceasing participation to adopt a resolution to cease participation and submit the resolution the Kentucky Retirement Systems' board, requiring the cessation of participation to apply to all employees of the employer ceasing participation, requiring the employer to pay for an actuarial cost study to determine the cost to the employer for discontinuing participation, requiring an employer voluntarily ceasing participation to offer an alternative retirement plan to impacted employees, and requiring the employer to pay the system for the full actuarial cost of discontinuing participation either in a lump-sum payment or in installments under the terms established by the board; provide that employees hired after the employer ceases participation will not participate in KERS; provide that employees participating in the KERS with the employer ceasing participation will not earn benefits after the employer has ceased participation, but will be vested for those benefits accrued prior to the employer's cessation date; provide that the provisions shall not apply to Commonwealth's attorney offices, county attorney offices, local and district health departments governed by KRS Chapter 212, master commissioners, executive branch agencies whose employees are subject to KRS 18A.005 to 18A.20, state-administered retirement systems, employers in the legislative or judicial branch of Kentucky state government, or state-supported universities and community college systems, unless the agency is a nonstock nonprofit corporation established under KRS Chapter 273; amend KRS 61.510, 61.525, 61.543, and 61.560 to conform; amend KRS 210.440 to provide that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may withdraw funds from a regional mental health board governed by this section for failure to pay employer contributions to KERS; clarify that the cabinet may withdraw recognition from a regional local mental health board as the local authority for the receipt of funds and the operation and administration of regional community programs for mental health if the board fails to pay employer contributions to KERS or files for bankruptcy; clarify that the cabinet may appoint a caretaker and make personnel changes deemed necessary if a regional mental health agency board fails to pay employer contributions to KERS or files for bankruptcy; provide severability clause.
 Current Status:   3/25/2014 - (H) Returned to Committee House State Government
 Position:   LTOppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB216.htm
 
SB224PUBLIC SCHOOL STANDARDS (SCHICKEL J) AN ACT relating to public school standards.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit the Kentucky Board of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education from implementing the English language arts and mathematics academic content standards developed by the Common Core Standards Initiative and the science academic content standards developed by the Next Generation Science Standards Initiative; require the state board to recommend new content standards to school districts and schools after consultation with the Council on Postsecondary Education; require public involvement in standards development; clarify the authority of the local board of education to adopt standards which differ from or exceed the standards approved by the state board; clarify that the school-based decision making councils shall develop policies based upon the standards adopted by the local boards of education; prohibit state officials from ceding control of education content standards and assessments; amend KRS 156.070 to limit disclosure of personally identifiable information; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to require that the Department of Education and all school districts adhere to privacy standards when outsourcing data and Web-based tasks to vendors; clarify vendor contract requirements; amend KRS 158.6453 to permit a local board of education to supplement the state board-approved academic content standards with higher and more rigorous standards and require school councils to use them to fulfill curriculum policy requirements; amend KRS 160.345 to clarify school council curriculum policy authority.
 Current Status:   3/13/2014 - Senate Education, (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)
 Comments:   HB215 and SB224 are somewhat similar.  HB547 also has some similar provisions.
 Position:   LTOppose
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB224.htm
 
SB239CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (WESTERFIELD W) AN ACT relating to controlled substances.

Amend KRS 218A.1411 to apply its provisions relating to drug trafficking to public or private elementary or secondary schools.
 Current Status:   3/11/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary
 Position:   LTTrack
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SB239.htm
 
SCR18ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (BUFORD T) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the potential use of an electronic health records system by the state to allow medical professionals instant access to medical histories of state employees, retirees, and Medicaid recipients. Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the potential use of an electronic health records system by the state to allow medical professionals instant access to medical histories of state employees, retirees, and Medicaid recipients.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the potential use of an electronic health records system by the state to allow medical professionals instant access to medical histories of state employees, retirees, and Medicaid recipients.
Direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the potential use of an electronic health records system by the state to allow medical professionals instant access to medical histories of state employees, retirees, and Medicaid recipients.
 Current Status:   1/13/2014 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health and Welfare
 Comments:   HCR46 and SCR18 are similar.
 Position:   Track
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SC18.htm
 
SR258DAVID C. WHALEY (SEUM D) A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of David C. Whaley to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2017.

Confirm the reappointment of David C. Whaley to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2017.
 Current Status:   3/28/2014 - adopted 38-0
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SR258.htm
 
SR259TOLYA L. ELLIS (SEUM D) A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Tolya L. Ellis to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2017.

Confirm the appointment of Tolya L. Ellis to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2017.
 Current Status:   3/28/2014 - adopted 38-0
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SR259.htm
 
SR260SHANNON TREECE (SEUM D) A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Shannon Treece to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2017.

Confirm the appointment of Shannon Treece to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring September 18, 2017.
 Current Status:   3/28/2014 - adopted 38-0
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SR260.htm
 
SR261MARY JOHN O'HAIR (SEUM D) A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Mary John O'Hair to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending June 7, 2016.

Confirm the appointment of Mary John O'Hair to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending June 7, 2016.
 Current Status:   3/28/2014 - adopted 38-0
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SR261.htm
 
SR262LAURA LEE SCHNEIDER (SEUM D) A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Laura Lee Schneider to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2015.

Confirm the appointment of Laura Lee Schneider to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2015.
 Current Status:   3/28/2014 - adopted 38-0
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SR262.htm
 
SR263DAVID WHALEY (SEUM D) A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of David C. Whaley to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2013.

Confirm the appointment of David C. Whaley to the Education Professional Standards Board for the remainder of the unexpired term ending September 18, 2013.
 Current Status:   3/28/2014 - adopted 38-0
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SR263.htm
 
SR268GRAYSON R. BOYD (SEUM D) A RESOLUTION confirming the gubernatorial appointment of Grayson R. Boyd to the Kentucky Board of Education representing the Seventh Supreme Court District, for a term ending April 14, 2014.

Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Grayson R. Boyd to the Kentucky Board of Education representing the Seventh Supreme Court District, for a term ending April 14, 2014.
 Current Status:   3/28/2014 - adopted 38-0
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SR268.htm
 
SR269TREVOR R. BONNSTETTER (SEUM D) A RESOLUTION confirming the gubernatorial appointment of Trevor R. Bonnstetter to the Kentucky Board of Education representing members at large for a term ending April 14, 2016.

Confirm the gubernatorial appointment of Trevor R. Bonnstetter to the Kentucky Board of Education representing members at large for a term ending April 14, 2016.
 Current Status:   3/28/2014 - adopted 38-0
 Position:   Under review
 State Bill Page:   http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/14RS/SR269.htm
 
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