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2022 Session - Week Three
Budgets, vetoes, and overrides– the third week of this young General Assembly featured the passage of the House budget and two lightning-fast overrides of the Governor’s veto of the legislature's new House and congressional plans. Before the Senate President and House Speaker’s signatures were dry on the overrides, the Kentucky Democratic Party filed suit to throw out the Republican plans. As a backstop, a House Republican lawmaker filed an In-Case-of-Emergency-Break-Glass bill that would move the candidate filing deadline and 2022 primaries back several months if the court rules in a manner requiring a change.
House Budget: LINK to House GOP Budget Package LINK to Governor’s Budget Package
On Thursday – just the 12th day of session – the House budget package was moved out of the Appropriations and Revenue Committee and off the House floor. House A&R Chairman Jason Petrie, with the support of his Vice-Chair Brandon Reed and the Budget Review Subcommittee Chairmen, meticulously described the intent behind, and the new spending within, the proposed $103 billion, biennial spending plan (note that much of the total state budget is funded through federal dollars and restricted funds; state general fund is $27 billion over the next two fiscal years).
Perhaps the biggest point of discussion during the committee hearing was what is not spent in this proposal. The House plan keeps an estimated 42-days of state revenues (approximately $1.5 billion) in the state’s budget reserve trust fund, in addition to $1.142 billion in unappropriated funds. Chairman Petrie took the opportunity to state that the legislature has no inherent right to the people’s money, setting the predicate to potentially return excess dollars to Kentuckians directly. Before Kentuckians plan to cash in on this potential windfall, Chairman Petrie admitted that this is the first step in a lengthy budget process, and that there remains the goal of comprehensive tax reform and other appropriations measures moving through the legislature that just don’t fit within the context of HB1.
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HB1 EXECUTIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS (PETRIE, JASON)
AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing 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: 1/21/2022 - received in Senate
HB2 KENTUCKY HOUSE REDISTRICTING (MILLER, JERRY T.)
AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/20/2022 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch.7)
HB28 PROHIBITING PUBLIC ENTITIES FROM REQUIRING IMMUNIZATION DISCLOSURE (MADDOX, SAVANNAH)
AN ACT relating to immunization disclosure.
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit public entity employers from requiring employees and applicants from disclosing his or her immunization status; create a new section in KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit postsecondary schools from requiring a student, staff, or faculty member to disclose his or her immunization status; amend KRS 344.120 to include the discrimination on the basis of "immunization status" as an unlawful practice; create a new section in KRS Chapter 365 to prohibit a business from requiring customers to disclose his or her immunization status as a condition for service or entry upon the premises; create a new KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a public entity from creating standardized documentation with the purpose of certifying vaccination status; amend KRS 214.036 to allow objection to immunization on the basis of "conscientiously held beliefs".
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
HB45 WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ADVANCED RECYCLING (BOWLING, ADAM)
AN ACT relating to resource recovery.
Amend KRS 224.1-010 to redefine "disposal," "municipal solid waste disposal facility," "waste site or facility," "waste," and "solid waste management facility"; define "advanced recycling," "advanced recycling facility," "depolymerization," "gasification," "post-use polymer," "pyrolysis," "recovered feedstock," and "solvolysis"; amend KRS 109.012 to redefine "solid waste," "solid waste management," and "solid waste management facility."
CURRENT STATUS: 1/19/2022 - (H) Referred to Committee House Natural Resources & Energy (H)
HB52 PROHIBITING IMMUNIZATION AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT (BECHLER, LYNN)
AN ACT relating to immunizations.
Amend KRS 344.010 to define "immunization"; amend KRS 344.040 to prohibit employers from discriminating against an individual who declines immunization or requiring immunization as a condition of employment or inquiring as to the employee's immunization status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to prohibit an employer from requiring an employee or applicant for employment to be immunized or inquiring regarding immunization status.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
HB54 WORKERS' COMPENSATION LIABILITY RELATING TO MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION (RABOURN, FELICIA)
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 342.0011 to define "COVID-19"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish workers' compensation liability in instances where employers require vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition of employment and the employee develops an adverse reaction to the vaccine; create a rebuttable presumption that an adverse reaction was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine if it was not present prior to and arises within 14 days of receipt of the vaccine; retroactive to December 14, 2020; EMERGENCY.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
HB136 MEDICINAL CANNABIS (NEMES, JASON)
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.
Create various new sections of KRS 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to establish an excise tax on certain transfers of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis from the excise tax on controlled substances; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department for Public Health; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to conform; amend KRS 218A.202 to require the Department for Public Health to utilize the electronic system for monitoring controlled substances to monitor medicinal cannabis; amend 218A.500 to conform; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; some sections EFFECTIVE July 1, 2023; APPROPRIATION.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - floor amendment (1) filed
HB139 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (DONOHUE, JEFFERY)
AN ACT relating to public procurement.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A defining "manufactured in Kentucky", "manufactured in the United States", require a preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts, provide for a waiver of the Kentucky preference requirement, require preference for iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States if the Kentucky waiver is granted, provide for a waiver of the United States preference requirement; establish a short title of "Kentucky Buy American Act"; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.080, and 424.260 to conform.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)
HB178 EMPLOYMENT LEAVE RELATED TO COVID-19 (GOOCH JR., JIM)
AN ACT relating to employment leave related to COVID-19.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to define "COVID-19" and require employers that provide paid leave to employees who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and are subsequently quarantined due to exposure to or diagnosis of COVID-19 shall also provide the same type of paid leave to employees who have not been vaccinated and are required to be quarantined due to exposure to or diagnosis of COVID-19; amend KRS 337.990 to create penalty.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced
HB181 EARNED PAID SICK LEAVE (STEVENSON, CHERLYNN)
AN ACT relating to earned paid sick leave.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide earned paid sick leave to employees; provide that employees earn paid sick leave upon the date of hire and can use the leave after being employed for 90 days; set forth allowable uses of earned paid sick time; designate how notice of need to use sick time is provided by employees; amend KRS 337.990 to establish the penalty for employers that fail to follow paid sick leave requirements.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced
HB186 CHARITIES (MILLER, JERRY T.)
AN ACT relating to charities.
Create a new section of KRS 367 to limit requirements on 501(c)3-designated charitable organizations to those which are authorized by the Kentucky Revised Statutes; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2022.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced
HB195 NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE LOCATION NOTIFICATION (JOHNSON, DJ)
AN ACT relating to natural gas transmission pipeline location notification.
Create a new section of KRS 100.273 to 100.292 to define "natural gas transmission pipeline," "operator", and "person"; limit the application of the section to cities and counties that have adopted the provisions of KRS Chapter 100 and to preliminary development plans filed on or after the effective date of the Act; establish notification requirements for developers that are locating developments within 660 feet of natural gas transmission pipelines; require a notified pipeline operator to provide pipeline location information to the developer; require the developer to include language on the final plat filed with the planning commission stating that the developer has utilized reasonable means to notify the pipeline operator and verify the pipeline location; require planning commissions to gather raw National Pipeline Mapping System geospatial data within 60 days of the effective date of the Act; exempt planning commissions from liability for development approval if it is based on the geospatial information they obtain; require pipeline operators to file the names of their registered agents with planning commissions of jurisdiction no later than August 15, 2022; prohibit planning commissions from issuing final approval for developments until the requirements of the Act have been satisfied; exempt planning commissions from liability for development approval if it is based on the information required to be submitted under the Act; provide that the Act shall not exempt developers or operators from the requirements of the Underground Facility Damage Protection Act of 1994, KRS 367.4901 to 367.4917.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/18/2022 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules
HB198 VACCINATION EXEMPTION (CALLOWAY, JOSH)
AN ACT relating to vaccination exemption and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define "COVID-19," "medical practitioner," and "retaliate against"; require employers to permit employees to opt out of a COVID-19 vaccination policy based on categories of individual exemptions; create exemption eligibility requirements; create a civil cause of action; EMERGENCY.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced
HB230 ACTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (MEADE, DAVID)
AN ACT relating to actions of the General Assembly and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to authorize intervention by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in actions challenging any legislative act, executive or state agency order, or administrative regulation; reaffirm legislative or other privilege and immunity for the members or staff of the General Assembly or Legislative Research Commission.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)
HB232 SEWER CHARGES IMPOSED BY SANITATION DISTRICTS (FISCHER, JOSEPH M.)
AN ACT relating to sewer charges imposed by sanitation districts.
Amend KRS 220.510 to prohibit a sanitation district from imposing any fee, tax, surcharge, or other charge for the provision of service to a property unless the property is connected to a sanitary sewer owned or maintained by the sanitation district, there is an approved plan to connect the property to a sanitary sewer owned or maintained by the sanitation district within five years, the property discharges storm water to a storm sewer or storm water improvement owned or operated by the sanitation district, the sanitation district's storm sewer controls storm water that flows to the property, or the person responsible for the charge has contracted with the sanitation district to provide the service; amend KRS 220.515 to conform; allow the Act to be cited as the Ensuring Fair Sewer Charges Act.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/6/2022 - Introduced
HB261 ASSESMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES (SHELDON, STEVE)
AN ACT relating to assessment of motor vehicles for property tax purposes and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 132.485 to establish requirements for assessing personal motor vehicles for property tax purposes for the January 1, 2022, and January 1, 2023, assessment dates; allow refunds; require posting of refund information on Web sites; establish requirements for assessing motor vehicles for property tax purposes when the standard manual valuation exceeds six percent of the immediately preceding year's standard manual valuation for assessment dates beginning on or after January 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/10/2022 - Introduced
HB285 EXECUTIVE BRANCH BUDGET (OSBORNE, DAVID W.)
AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing funding and establishing 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: 1/13/2022 - Introduced
HB286 TRANSPORTATION CABINET BUDGET (OSBORNE, DAVID W.)
AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - Introduced
HB288 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH BUDGET (OSBORNE, DAVID W.)
AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - Introduced
HB291 MANDATED REPORTS (HART, MARK)
AN ACT relating to mandated reports.
Amend and repeal various sections of KRS to modify requirements for various state agencies to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - Introduced
HB294 BROADBAND SERVICE (PRATT, PHILLIP)
AN ACT relating to broadband service.
Amend KRS 154.15-010 to add definitions for "broadband service," "eligible entity," "unserved area," and "wholesale network access"; amend KRS 154.15-020 to require the Kentucky Communications Network Authority to offer eligible entities wholesale network access to the excess capacity on KentuckyWired only in unserved areas.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - Introduced
HB297 KENTUCKY PUBLIC PENSIONS AUTHORITY (MILLER, JERRY T.)
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - Introduced
HB308 RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT (HEATH, RICHARD)
AN ACT relating to the establishment of a tax credit to promote investments in Kentucky businesses.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/20/2022 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules
HB315 BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT (REED, BRANDON)
AN ACT relating to broadband deployment, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/18/2022 - Introduced
HB338 PFAS CHEMICALS (KULKARNI, NIMA)
AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/20/2022 - Introduced
HB341 UTILITY RATES (GOOCH JR., JIM)
AN ACT relating to utility rates.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/21/2022 - Introduced
HCR11 URGING CONGRESS TO ALLOW STATES TO PERMANENTLY ADOPT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME (REED, BRANDON)
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to enact legislation allowing states to permanently adopt daylight saving time.
Urge the United States Congress to enact legislation allowing states to permanently adopt daylight saving time.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/4/2022 - Introduced
SB2 KENTUCKY SENATE REDISTRICTING (MILLS, ROBBY)
AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/21/2022 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE
SB3 CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING (MILLS, ROBBY)
AN ACT relating to redistricting and declaring an emergency.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/20/2022 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 8)
SB28 WATER RATES (GIRDLER, RICK)
AN ACT relating to water rates.
Amend KRS 278.170 to allow a utility to grant free or reduced rate service to any commercial food production operation that produces food items intended for human consumption, subject to the Public Service Commission approval of the tariff.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/6/2022 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources & Energy (S)
SB42 LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (MEREDITH, STEPHEN)
AN ACT relating to local government procurement.
Amend KRS 45A.380 to specify additional food items that are exempted from competitive negotiation requirements in certain circumstances; amend KRS 424.260 to specify additional food items that are exempted from the newspaper notice requirement for competitive bidding for local government procurement.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/8/2022 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Agriculture (S)
SB48 RECOVERY OF PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS (MCDANIEL, CHRISTIAN)
AN ACT relating to recovery of prior appropriations.
Require the recovery of $15,000,000 appropriated to the Cabinet for Economic Development in 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 176, secs. 1 and 3.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules
SB75 ASSESMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES (HIGDON, JIMMY)
AN ACT relating to assessment of motor vehicles for property tax purposes and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 132.485 to establish requirements for assessing personal motor vehicles for property tax purposes for the January 1, 2022, and January 1, 2023, assessment dates; RETROACTIVE; EMERGENCY.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/12/2022 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)
SB89 KENTUCKY RIVER AUTHORITY (SOUTHWORTH, ADRIENNE)
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky River Authority.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151 to establish definitions for KRS 151.700 to 151.730, regarding the Kentucky River Authority; amend KRS 151.710 to clarify membership requirements for directors of the Kentucky River Authority.
CURRENT STATUS: 1/13/2022 - Introduced
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