Amend KRS 189.292 to provide that no person shall use a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; set forth exceptions; provide that persons under the age of 18 shall not use a personal communications device while driving, except for emergencies; amend KRS 189.990 to set forth penalties for the violation of KRS 189.292; amend KRS 186.452, 186.454, and 189.2327 to conform; repeal KRS 189.294.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

10/2/2019 - Pre-Filed

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide civil immunity for damaging a vehicle if a person enters the vehicle with the reasonable, good-faith belief that a dog or cat is in immediate danger of death if not removed.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

11/18/2019 - Pre-Filed

Amend KRS 304.20-020 to add property damage in limits set forth in KRS 304.39-110 as part of the minimum coverage required under the section for insureds who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles; make technical amendments; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

  RECENT STATUS

1/16/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

Amend KRS 189.635 to require business operators to notify law enforcement of a vehicle delivered to the business in a damaged condition; amend KRS 189.990 to make it a Class A misdemeanor for a driver to not report an accident if he or she knew or should have known that the vehicle was involved in an accident that resulted in death or serious physical injury and for a business operator not to report a damaged vehicle.

  RECENT STATUS

1/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase payment for jurors from five dollars to thirty dollars per day.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/24/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Amend KRS 189.270 to allow for an annual permit for transporters of new manufactured housing; notwithstand the provisions of KRS 189.269 to allow for a maximum height under this permit of 15 feet; maintain all other maximum dimension and weight limits used for regular overweight and overdimensional permits; set fees for annual manufactured housing transport permit at $1,500 if the width exceeds 14 feet or the height exceeds 13 feet, 6 inches; otherwise set fee at $500; set forth additional requirements for permit holders, including use of a GPS device on the permitted vehicles, with records subject to Transportation Cabinet inspection; set forth a $1,000 fine if a permit holder transports a load in excess of 13 feet, 6 inches in height in restricted area, as designated by the Transportation Cabinet.

  RECENT STATUS

3/17/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/11/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/11/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction to investigate all traffic accidents involving a fatality that occur on state-maintained highways; specify that if a local law enforcement agency does not have an accident reconstruction unit or similar expertise, the Kentucky State Police shall perform the investigation; amend KRS 16.065 to conform; cite as the John Carter Knight Act of 2020.

  RECENT STATUS

3/2/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Transportation (S)

2/28/2020 - received in Senate

2/27/2020 - floor amendment (1) withdrawn

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define "expenses of an emergency response," "public agency," and "reasonable costs"; require a driver who drives on a highway that has been barricaded due to flooding be held liable for the costs of rescue or recovery; allow a driver convicted of violating KRS 189.290 for driving on a highway that is flooded to be held liable for the costs of rescue or recovery; limit liability under this section to $2,000; allow insurance policies to exclude coverage for a person's liability under this section; amend KRS 189.290 and 39F.120 to conform; amend KRS 304.39-020 to exclude charges under Section 1 of the act from the definition of medical expenses; create a new section of 304.39 to allow motor vehicle liability insurance policies to exclude coverage for a person's liability under Section 1 of the Act.

  RECENT STATUS

1/16/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/14/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 189.292 to define the terms "stand-alone electronic device," "operating a motor vehicle," and "use"; prohibit the use of a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; amend KRS 189.294 to provide that persons under 18 years shall not use a personal communication device or stand-alone electronic device in any manner; exempt school bus operators who are instead subject to KRS 281A.205; set forth exceptions; amend KRS 189.990 to set forth penalties for the violation of KRS 189.292; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to apply these provisions to commercial motor vehicle drivers; amend KRS 189.2327 to conform; create a short title, "Phone-Down Kentucky Act."

  RECENT STATUS

1/22/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Transportation (H)

1/16/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

1/14/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 29A.100 to allow individuals to be excused from jury service if they 70 years of age or older and request to be excused from jury service.

  RECENT STATUS

1/21/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/16/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions, require each law enforcement agency in the state to establish and enforce policies governing of a vehicle pursuit after January 1, 2021; provide the criteria for decision-making to initiate and terminate a pursuit; allow the adoption model policy, subject to certain criteria and require transmission of adopted policy to Justice Cabinet; provide for penalties for failure to transmit; require written certification that each member of the agency has received a copy of the policy and instruction on the policy; make policy confidential and not a public record; require annual review of policy; allow update of policy at any time, require submission of revised policy to Justice Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to prohibit elected law enforcement officers from engaging in vehicle pursuit, provide exemptions for certain officers, provide penalty for violation of this section, define "pursuit"; amend KRS 15.440 to require a mandatory eight hours of in-service training in "emergency vehicle operations" annually; amend KRS 61.170 to provide for punishment of elected law enforcement officials engaging in unauthorized pursuit; amend KRS 186.560 to allow suspension of driver's license for fleeing or evading in the second degree; amend 520.100 to enhance penalties for fleeing or evading in the second degree; naming section 1 of the Act "Jill's Law"; Section 3 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021.

  RECENT STATUS

4/24/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

4/15/2020 - delivered to Governor

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

Propose to amend Sections 110, 111, 117, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide that the Supreme Court districts shall be the same in number and follow the same boundaries as the Congressional districts apportioned to the state; provide that the Chief Justice shall be elected on a statewide basis and shall serve in addition to a Justice elected from each Supreme Court district; provide that Justices of the Supreme Court representing the Supreme Court districts shall be residents of the district from which they seek the office but shall be elected on a statewide basis; provide transition language; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 23A.205 and 24A.175 to increase court costs to $110, currently $100; amend KRS 42.320 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of each court cost to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 49.480 and 64.092, to conform; amend KRS 186.574 to increase the fee required by each participant in a county attorney-operated traffic safety program to $40, currently $30, and require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of the fee to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 211.504 and 441.685 to conform; APPROPRIATION.

  RECENT STATUS

2/5/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

2/3/2020 - Introduced

Propose to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the term of office for Circuit Court Clerks and Commonwealth's Attorneys from six years to eight years beginning in 2024; increase the term of office for county attorneys and district judges from four years to eight years beginning in 2022; increase the requirement of being a licensed attorney from two years to eight years for district judges beginning in 2022; exempt any person serving as a District Judge on the effective date of the Act from the eight-year licensure requirement; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

4/15/2020 - delivered to Secretary of State

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Amend KRS 189.340 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to restrict lanes of travel, for trucks with more than six wheels, on any highway containing 3 or more lanes of travel in the same direction; require the cabinet to post official signs notifying operators of this restriction; require operators to obey posted signs.

  RECENT STATUS

3/3/2020 - House Transportation (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/28/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Transportation (H)

2/21/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

Amend KRS 21A.010, 21A.020, 22A.010 to provide that the number and boundaries of the Supreme Court districts shall be the same as the number and boundaries of Congressional districts apportioned to the state, and for the election of Supreme Court Justices, including the Chief Justice, on a statewide, nonpartisan basis; amend KRS 118A. 020, 118A.060, and 118A.090 to conform; EFFECTIVE November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for changes related to Supreme Court districts.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 452 to set the venue for constitutional challenges to statutes, executive orders, and regulations; establish procedures for selecting a panel of three Circuit Judges to hear challenges, establish three districts from which panel judges can be drawn.

  RECENT STATUS

3/4/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 118A.060 and 118A.100 to remove provisions that judicial elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provide that elections for an office of the Court of Justice shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; repeal KRS 118A.090, 118A.150, and 118A.190; Effective November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the partisan election of justices and judges.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

3/6/2020 - (H) Taken From Committee H - Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

Amend KRS 304.20-035 to require property and casualty insurers to notify insureds of changes in the terms and conditions offered in a renewal policy.

  RECENT STATUS

1/8/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance (S)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/4/2019 - Pre-Filed

Amend KRS 186.010 to define "off-highway vehicles" or "OHV"; consider an OHV to be a motor vehicle for registration purposes; amend KRS 186.050 to establish an annual registration fee for resident OHVs and a $30 fee for nonresident OHV registration; allow the clerk to retain $5 for nonresident OHV registration; create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to allow for the operation of OHVs on a county roadways and state roadways identified by the Transportation Cabinet and the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreational Authority; prohibit OHV operation on any fully controlled access highway; allow a local government to prohibit OHV use on county roadways under its jurisdiction; establish OHV operation requirements; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; establish exemptions; allow a nonresident OHV permit to be valid for six months; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 189.517 to comply; amend KRS 189.990 to establish that operating an OHV in violation of Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall be a Class B misdemeanor.

  RECENT STATUS

4/1/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Transportation (H)

4/1/2020 - (H) SECOND READING

4/1/2020 - (H) Taken From Committee House Transportation (H)

Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define terms; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a database of billed health care service charges; require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed as required; provide for an independent dispute resolution program to review reimbursements provided for unanticipated out-of-network care; allow unregulated health plans to opt-in to requirements; require insurers to provide certain notices in an explanation of benefits; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-505 to require certain disclosures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to allow the Attorney General to enjoin persons violating Section 3; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Sections 3 and 4 of the Act; amend KRS 304.17A-0954, 304.17A-096, 304.17A-500, 304.17A-580, 304.17A-649, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

  RECENT STATUS

3/30/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/26/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/26/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Amend KRS 7.136 to allow the reviser of statutes to edit any section or parts of sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes that have been declared unconstitutional, void, or otherwise unlawful and unenforceable by a state or federal appellate court; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

2/14/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government (S)

2/12/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require out-of-network coverage of air ambulance claims; require program for payment of out-of-network air ambulance claims; require mediation process for out-of-network claims; deem compliant payments as full and final payments by the covered person; require the Department of Insurance to report health facilities that do not provide required disclosures; require that the Department of Insurance publish on its Web site participating provider status information of air ambulance providers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to require health care providers to make certain disclosures to a covered person; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to prohibit an air ambulance provider or its agent from selling subscription services; amend KRS 216B.990 to establish fines for health facilities failing to provide required disclosures; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-527 to require a compliance clause in participating provider agreements; amend KRS 304.99-020 to establish penalties for certain violations; amend KRS 311A.060 to require the Board of Emergency Medical Services to report certain violations to the commissioner of insurance; amend KRS 367.990 to establish penalties for provider violations; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Banking & Insurance (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced

Propose to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the term of office for Commonwealth Attorneys from 6 years to 8 years beginning in 2030; to increase the terms of judges of the District Court from 4 years to 8 years beginning in 2030; and to increase the requirement of being a license attorney from 2 years to 8 years for District Court judges beginning in 2022; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced

Make technical corrections and conforming amendments to various sections of KRS Chapter 423 regarding notaries, electronic and online notarizations, and certificates of notarization; repeal KRS 423.110. 423.130, 423.140. 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, and 423.190.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced