HB 9 - Amend KRS 403.720, relating to domestic violence order, to include dating partners among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders.
Sponsor: John Tilley
Feb 5-introduced in House
Feb 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 13-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Feb 14-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2013
Feb 19-floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 20-3rd reading, passed 92-5 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 21-received in Senate
Feb 26-to Judiciary (S)
Feb 28-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar; floor amendment (1) filed
Mar 1-2nd reading, to Rules
Mar 5-floor amendment (2) filed
HB 13 - Create new sections of KRS Chaper 454 to establish legislative intent that the rights of an individual afforded under the Constitutions of the Commonwealth and the United States take precedence over the application of any foreign law in any judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding; define specific terms; strictly construe waivers of constitutional rights; provide exceptions for corporate entities; prohibit choice of venue outside of the Commonwealth or United States to preserve the constitutional rights of the person against whom enforcement is sought.
Sponsor: Kim King
Sep 5-To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary
Jan 8-introduced in House; to Judiciary (H)
HB 71 - An act relating to dental examinations for Medicaid applicants. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services create a program to provide dental examinations for pregnant women before or during their second trimester.
Sponsor: Keith Hall
Jan 8-introduced in House; to Health & Welfare (H)
Feb 13-posted in committee
HB 107 - AN ACT relating to sexual offenses.
Amend KRS 510.320 to require that a defendant, after a finding of probable cause or the issuance of an indictment for a sexual offense and upon the request of the victim of the offense or parent or guardian of the victim, shall be compelled to undergo a human immunodeficiency virus test no later than 48 hours after the request; provide for follow-up testing.
Sponsor: Joni Jenkins
Jan 9-introduced in House
Jan 10-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 5-posting waived
Feb 13-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
Feb 14-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2013
Feb 19-3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute
Feb 20-received in Senate
Feb 22-to Judiciary (S)
HB 123 - An ACT relating to address confidentiality. Establish KRS Chapter 403A; define terms; require the Commission on Women to create a confidential address protection program that shall be open to victims of certain offenses and establish a subcommittee on address confidentiality from its membership; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to govern application for participation in the address protection program and permit the commission to charge a fee to participants to fund program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to govern the cancellation of program participation and withdrawal from the program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to govern the circumstances under which an actual address may be given; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to govern circumstances in which program records may be shared; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to establish a list of counseling and shelter programs that provide services to victims of specified offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to govern voting by program participants; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to address custody or visitation orders and program participation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to provide civil liability protection in the case of negligent disclosure of an actual address; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to govern the disclosure of an actual address during a court proceeding; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403A to grant the State Board of Elections promulgating authority to implement a voting program for program participants; amend KRS 117.085 to include program participants in the confidential address protection program as voters entitled to vote by absentee ballot; amend KRS 209A.030 to exempt individuals operating in their professional capacity for the confidential address protection program from certain reporting requirements.
Sponsor: Tom Burch
Jan 11-introduced in House
Feb 5-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 8-reassigned to Health & Welfare (H)
Feb 11-posted in committee
Feb 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1)
Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules
Feb 19-floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Feb 20-floor amendment (1) withdrawn ; floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Feb 21-3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2)
Feb 22-received in Senate
Feb 26-to Judiciary (S)
HB 132 - Create a new section of KRS 311.820 to 311.820 to regulate abortions in relation to the detection of a fetal heartbeat; amend KRS 311.597 to provide for professional physician discipline relative to abortions performed in violation in Section 1 of the bill; amend KRS 311.720 to define terms.
Sponsor: Joseph Fischer
Jan 11-introduced in House
Feb 5-to Health & Welfare (H)
Feb 20-posted in committee
HB 171- Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition against discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform.
Sponsor: Mary Lou Marzian
Feb 5-introduced in House
Feb 6-to Judiciary (H)
HB 195 - Amend KRS 403.740 and 403.750 to allow a court to direct the care, custody, or control of pets in domestic violence orders.
Sponsor: Joni Jenkins
Feb 5-introduced in House
Feb 6-to Judiciary (H)
Feb 15-posted in committee
HB 251 - An ACT relating to abortion facilities. Amend KRS 216B.0431 to require physicians performing abortions in abortion facilities to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and staff privileges to replace local hospital on-staff physicians and to be board-certified or eligible in obstetrics and gynecology; require a staff member trained in CPR to be present in an abortion facility.
Sponsor: Stan Lee
Feb 6-introduced in House
Feb 7-to Health & Welfare (H)
Feb 20-posted in committee
HB 366 - AN ACT relating to maternal and child health. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish an advisory committee to review Kentucky’s system of perinatal care and make recommendations for the improvement of perinatal outcomes within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish definitions, duties, and membership of the committee; establish that instances of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) that are diagnosed among Kentucky resident births shall be reported to the Kentucky Department of Public Health; and amend KRS 214.155 to include critical congenital heart disease testing as part of the newborn screening program.
Sponsor: Tom Burch
Feb 13-introduced in House
Feb 14-to Health & Welfare (H)
Feb 20-posted in committee; posting waived
Feb 21-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Feb 22-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2013; floor amendment (1) filed
Feb 25-taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
Feb 27-3rd reading, passed 99-0 with floor amendment (1)
Feb 28-received in Senate
Mar 5-to Health & Welfare (S); taken from Health & Welfare (S); 1st reading; returned to Health & Welfare (S)
Mar 6-reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a Consent Bill
Mar 7-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2013; 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute
Mar 11-received in House; to Rules (H); taken from Rules; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute ; House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute
Mar 12-received in Senate; posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute ; Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute ; Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
HB 401 - AN ACT relating to wage discrimination. 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 337.420 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 337.425 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, 2014; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2015.
Sponsor: Mary Lou Marzian
Feb 15-introduced in House
Feb 19-to Labor & Industry (H); taken from Labor & Industry (H); 1st reading; returned to Labor & Industry (H)
Feb 20-taken from Labor & Industry (H); 2nd reading; returned to Labor & Industry (H); posting waived
Feb 21-posted in committee
Feb 26-reported favorably, to Rules
Feb 27-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2013
HB - 412 AN ACT relating to unborn children. Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to create the Kentucky Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, with provisions defining terms, setting out factual findings by the General Assembly, requiring a determination of fetal age prior to performing an abortion, prohibiting an abortion after 20 weeks of fetal development except in cases of emergency, allowing for civil and injunctive relief, establishing privacy protections, and allowing for severability of the various provisions; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; repeal KRS 311.780.
Sponsor: Joseph Fischer
Feb 19-introduced in House
Feb 20-to Health & Welfare (H)
SB 16 - Amend KRS 403.720 to include persons in dating relationships within the coverage of Kentucky's domestic violence laws.
Sponsor: Denise Harper Angel
Jun 28-To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary
Jan 8-introduced in Senate
Jan 10-to Judiciary (S)
SB 28 - AN ACT relating to civil rights. Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and KRS 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.680, 344.370, and 344.380, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; and make various technical amendments.
Sponsor: Kathy Stein
Jan 8-introduced in Senate
Jan 10-to Judiciary (S)
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