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Bill #

Title/Summary of bill

Sponsor(s)

ACTIVITY (latest action in bold)

KDFWR Position

HB 56

(BR 325)

AN ACT designating the Kentucky Long Rifle as the official gun of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 naming and designating the Kentucky Long Rifle as the official gun of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

AMENDMENTS

SCS - Amend KRS 237.110 to allow military firearms training to meet the firearms training requirement to obtain a concealed carry license; designate Kentucky a Purple Heart State; create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 naming and designating the Kentucky Long Rifle as the official gun of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

SCA (1/Title, J. Higdon) - Make title amendment.

SCA (2/Title, B. Leeper) - Make title amendment.

SCA (3, B. Leeper) - Delete original provisions and create new sections of KRS 309.080 to 309.089 to establish the requirements for an applicant for registration as an alcohol and drug peer support specialist; mandate that an alcohol and drug peer support specialist complete 500 hours of board-approved experience with 25 hours under the direct supervision of a certified or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor with at least two years of post-certification or post-licensure experience; require an alcohol and drug peer support specialist to pass an examination approved by the board; mandate completion of three hours of domestic violence training, specify other hours of training required, and obligate applicant to live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; establish requirements for an applicant for licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor with a 60 hour master's degree including completion of 2,000 hours of board-approved experience, 300 hours of which is under direct supervision of a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor; require a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor to pass a written examination approved by the International Certification Reciprocity Consortium on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; include requirement for three hours of domestic violence training and for an applicant to live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations to define the registration process for applicants and for supervisors of record; establish supervision required for a practicing registered alcohol and drug peer support specialist; establish reciprocity; set up revolving fund; amend KRS 309.080 to define "licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor," "licensee," "practice of alcohol and drug counseling," "registered alcohol and drug peer support specialist," and "registrant"; amend KRS 309.0813 to conform and to delete the requirement for the board to establish an examination committee to administer and evaluate the case method presentation and oral examination; add the requirement for the board to collect and deposit all fees, fines, and other moneys owed to the board into the State Treasury to the credit of a revolving fund; amend KRS 309.083 to change the requirements of supervision for a certified alcohol and drug counselor applicant, permitting supervision from a certified alcohol and drug counselor or licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor with at least two years of post-certification or post-licensure experience; delete the requirement for a certified alcohol and drug counselor to pass an oral examination approved by the board; mandate three hours of domestic violence training for a certified alcohol and drug counselor; require a certified alcohol and drug counselor applicant to live or work at least a majority of the time in Kentucky; amend KRS 309.084 to grant, upon application within 90 days from the effective date of this Act, licensure as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor for a certified alcohol and drug counselor with a master's degree meeting all requirements for the clinical designation except for the 60-hour requirement and the examination; amend KRS 309.0805, 309.081, 309.085, 309.086, 309.087, and 309.089 to conform.

Rep. Reginald Meeks

Taken from Senate Rules Committee, recommitted to Senate Appropriations & Revenue Committee; reported favorably from Senate Appropriations & Revenue Committee, referred to Senate Rules Committee with Senate Committee Amendments (2-title amendment) and (3) as a Senate Consent Bill; posted for passage in the Senate Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2013; 3^rd reading in the Senate; committee amendment (1-title amendment) withdrawn; Senate Committee Substitute withdrawn; passed Senate 38-0 with Senate Committee Amendments (2-title amendment) and (3); received in House 3/26/13;

Reported favorably from Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee,

2^nd reading in Senate, referred to Senate Rules Committee

with Senate Committee Amendment (1 – title amendment) as a Senate Consent Bill 3/7/13;

Taken from Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee;

1^st reading in
Senate;

returned to

Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee 3/6/13;

Referred to

Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee 3/4/13;

Received in Senate 2/27/13;

3^rd reading in House, passed House 97-0 2/26/13;

2^nd reading in House, referred to House Rules Committee; posted for passage in the House Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2/22/13;

Reported favorably from

House State Government Committee,

1^st reading in House, to House Calendar 2/19/13;

Posted in

House State Government Committee 2/19/13;

Introduced in House; referred to House State Government Committee 1/8/13

SUPPORT

HB 60

(BR 285)

AN ACT relating to hunting coyotes.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to allow hunters to take coyotes without bag limitation year round; allow hunters to hunt coyotes at night using shotguns that are 10-guage or smaller and bait or electronic calls to attract the coyotes.

AMENDMENTS

HCS - Delete original provisions of HB 60; amend KRS 150.360 to allow coyotes to be taken at night with or without use of light as provided in administrative regulation promuglated by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

Rep. Fitz Steele

Rep. Steven Rudy

Rep. Sal Santoro

Rep. Jill York

Signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 29) 3/19/13;

Enrolled in the House, Signed by Speaker of the House 3/6/13;

Posted for passage in the Senate Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 5, 2013;

3^rd reading in the Senate, passed Senate 37-0; received in House 3/5/13;

2^nd reading in Senate, referred to Senate Rules Committee 2/28/13;

Reported favorably from Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee,

1^st reading in Senate, to

Senate Consent Calendar 2/27/13;

Referred to

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 2/26/13;

Received in Senate 2/22/13;

3^rd reading in House, passed House 99-1 with House Committee Substitute 2/21/13;

Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2013

2/19/13;

2^ndReading in House, referred to House Rules Committee 2/15/13;

Reported favorably from

House Natural Resources and Environment Committee,

1^st reading in House, to House Consent Calendar with House Committee Substitute 2/14/13;

Posted in

House Natural Resources and Environment Committee 1/11/13;

Referred to

House Natural Resources and Environment Committee;

Introduced in House 1/8/13

Pre-Filed 12/13/12

SUPPORT

HB 128

(BR 814)

AN ACT relating to elk hunting permits.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "elk management unit" and "elk restoration zone"; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to hold a postseason elk quota hunt for each year that a regular season elk quota hunt is held; require all of the hunters drawn to participate in the postseason elk quota hunt to be drawn from the pool of applicants who were not drawn for the regular season elk quota hunt and who live in the elk restoration zone; require the number of permits drawn for the postseason elk quota hunt to be evenly distributed based on county of residence within the elk restoration zone; require at least 2 permits to be awarded per county; require hunters in the postseason elk quota hunt to comply with the hunting requirements for the regular season elk quota hunt in 301 KAR 2:132, Section 5, except restrict each hunter to 1 elk management unit; allow a hunter to also hunt on land that the hunter owns in the opposite elk management unit from the one to which the hunter was assigned; and require that the minimum number of elk tags issued during the regular elk quota hunt not be less than 800.

Rep. John Short

Rep. Hubert Collins

WITHDRAWN 2/19/13

HB 150

(BR 856)

AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife.

Amend KRS 150.175 to remove the distinction between the commercial and noncommercial taxidermist licenses; abolish the migratory bird permit; change the name of the waterfowl permit to the migratory bird permit; separate the senior/disabled combination license into two different licenses; create a new senior lifetime combination hunting and fishing license; allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to offer multi-year licenses or permits for certain existing annual licenses or permits; allow the department to discontinue multi-year licenses or permits at any time; amend KRS 150.603 to conform; repeal KRS 150.605.

HB 150 – AMENDMENTS

SFA (1, J. Denton) - Retain original provisions, and create a new section of KRS 146.410 to 146.535 to define "legacy nature preserve"; authorize the governing body of the legacy nature preserve to make improvements and allow certain activities on the legacy nature preserve; require all activities authorized by this section to comply with the articles of dedication for the legacy nature preserve and the provisions of KRS Chapter 146; require the commission to grant permission to the nonprofit organization managing the legacy nature preserve to engage in the activities allowed by the Act.

SFA (2/Title, J. Denton) - Make title amendment.

Rep. Mike Denham

Signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 50) 3/21/13;

Enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor 3/12/13;

3^rd reading in the Senate;

Senate Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title amendment) withdrawn;

passed Senate

38-0; received in House 3/7/13;

Passed over and retained in the Senate Consent Orders of the Day 3/6/13;

Posted for passage in the Senate Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 5, 2013; passed over and retained in the Senate Consent Orders of the Day; floor amendments (1) and (2 – title amendment) filed 3/5/13;

2^nd reading in Senate, referred to Senate Rules Committee 2/28/13;

Reported favorably from Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee,

1^st reading in Senate, to

Senate Consent Calendar 2/27/13;

Referred to

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 2/26/13;

Received in Senate 2/25/13;

3^rd reading in House, passed House 98-0 2/22/13;

Reported favorably from

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee,

2^nd reading in House, referred to House Rules Committee as a Consent Bill; posted for passage in the House Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 22, 2013 2/21/13;

Taken from House Natural Resources & Environment Committee,

1^st reading in House;

returned to

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/19/13;

Posted in

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/7/13;

Referred to

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/6/13;

Introduced in House 2/5/13

AGENCY LEGISLATION

SUPPORT

HB 156

(BR 852)

AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237, relating to firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories made in Kentucky, marked "made in Kentucky," and used in Kentucky to specify that these items are exempt from federal law; specify that the exemption does not apply to machine guns, silencers, exploding ammunition, and firearms with a bore of one and one-half inches; name law the "Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act."

Reassigned to House Judiciary Committee 2/12/13;

Referred to

House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee 2/6/13;

Introduced in House 2/6/13

PENDING REVIEW

HB 168

(BR 903)

AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to state legislative findings; set forth relevant sections of the Constitution of the United States, Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, relating to the right to keep and bear arms; provide that the General Assembly is concerned about possible federal contravention of rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; specify that the Commonwealth of Kentucky does not recognize federal statutes, regulations, and other actions which deny or abridge the right to keep and bear arms; require the General Assembly to take action to protect constitutional rights.

Rep. Bob Damron

Rep. Jim Gooch, Jr.

Rep. Johnny Bell

Rep. Robert Benvenuti III

Rep. Richard Henderson

Rep. Michael Meredith

Reassigned to House Judiciary

Committee 2/12/13;

Referred to

House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee 2/6/13;

Introduced in House 2/5/13

PENDING REVIEW

HB 208

(BR 989)

AN ACT relating to hunting and fishing licenses.
Amend KRS 150.175 to allow any person currently receiving disability insurance benefits from a private insurance company to be qualified for a senior/disabled combination hunting and fishing license.

Rep. Kim King

Rep. Regina Bunch

Referred to

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/6/13;

Introduced in House 2/5/13

BILL OF GREAT CONCERN

HB 233

(BR 885)

AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to declare legislative intent; invalidate and nullify all federal laws and regulations restricting ownership or possession of firearms; direct the General Assembly to take all appropriate action to safeguard Kentuckian's rights to possess firearms in accordance with the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky; amend KRS 527.040 to add persons who have been dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States and persons illegally or unlawfully in the United States to the list of persons who shall not possess firearms.

Reassigned to House Judiciary Committee 2/12/13;

Referred to

House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee

2/7/13;

Introduced in House 2/6/13

PENDING REVIEW

HB 261 (BR 69)

AN ACT relating to taken wildlife.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "mounted wildlife specimen"; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to promulgate administrative regulations allowing any person or entity to sell or buy mounted wildlife specimens except as prohibited under federal law; require the department to record transactions for mounted wildlife specimens for white-tailed deer, elk, bears, turkeys, and bobcats; exempt mounted wildlife specimens sold to or purchased from licensed taxidermists under KRS 150.4111 from the requirements of the section; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "gross score"; require the gross score for white-tailed deer and elk to be calculated using the Boone and Crockett Club's scoring manual by an official scorer; allow measurements to be taken at any time, with no drying time being required; establish enhanced restitution values for illegally taken white-tailed deer, elk, bears, turkeys, and bobcats; allow the commissioner or designee to bring a civil action to recover the restitution values owed; revoke hunting licenses and privileges for persons owing restitution; specify that the restitution required under this section is in addition to all other penalties and restitution established by KRS Chapter 150 and the administrative regulations established thereunder.

Rep. John Short

Signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 92) 3/22/13;

Received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor 3/12/13;

Posted for passage in the Senate Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2013;

3^rd reading in the Senate, passed Senate 35-3 3/7/13;

Reported favorably from Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee,

2^nd reading in Senate, referred to Senate Rules Committee as a Consent Bill 3/6/13;

Taken from

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee;

1^st reading in Senate;

returned to

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 3/5/13;

Referred to

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 3/4/13;

Received in Senate 2/27/13;

3^rd reading in House, passed

95-2 2/26/13;

Posted for passage in the House Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2/25/13;

2^nd reading in House, referred to House Rules Committee 2/22/13;

Reported favorably from

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee,

1^st reading in House, to House Consent Calendar 2/21/13;

Posted in

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/19/13;

Referred to

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/7/13;

Introduced in House 2/6/13

SUPPORT

HB 265

(BR 905)

AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for assault weapons, large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices, and ammunition sellers; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges when issuing an order of protection to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing an firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant's firearms; amend KRS 506.080 to specify that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm run consecutively with any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include colleges and universities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person's firearms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess firearms and assault weapons, the registration of firearms and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2014; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY.

Rep. Mary Lou Marzian

Referred to House Judiciary Committee 2/12/13;

Introduced in House 2/7/113

BILL OF GREAT CONCERN

HB 267

(BR 955)

AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to limit the applicability and enforceability of federal firearms laws within the boundaries of Kentucky; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit certain firearms such as machine guns and short-barreled shot guns and rifles; amend KRS 237.030 to specify additional firearm definitions; amend KRS 237.070 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit certain persons from possessing firearms; EMERGENCY.

Rep. Lynn Bechler

WITHDRAWN

2/13/13

HB 268

(BR 431)

AN ACT relating to the auction of semiautomatic assault rifles by the Department of Kentucky State Police.

Amend KRS 16.220, relating the auction of confiscated firearms by the Department of Kentucky State Police to define "semiautomatic assault rifle" and other terms and to prohibit the auction of a semiautomatic assault rifle by the Department of Kentucky State Police; permit the Department of Kentucky State Police to donate a semiautomatic assault rifle to a Kentucky law enforcement agency and, if no agency wants the semiautomatic assault rifle; require destruction of the semiautomatic assault rifle.

Rep. Jim Wayne

Rep. Mary Lou Marzian

Referred to House Judiciary Committee 2/12/13;

Introduced in House 2/7/13

OPPOSE

HB 277

(BR 98)

AN ACT relating to boat dock and marina safety.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 235 to establish standards for marina and boat dock owners and operators to prevent electrical shocks to persons in boats, in water, and on docks around the marina; prohibit swimming within 100 yards of a boat dock or marina, except for reasons of search and rescue; require marina and boat dock compliance by August 1, 2014; amend KRS 235.010 to amend the definition of "marina" to include a boat dock; establish definitions for "boat dock" and "boat dock or marina owner or operator"; amend KRS 235.200 to require any equipment meeting the American Boat and Yacht Council standards to protect the public from electrical shocks; require electrical wiring onboard a vessel to be performed by a licensed electrician; amend KRS 235.990 to establish penalties for violations.

Rep. Kevin Sinnette
Rep. Susan Westrom

Posted in

House Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety Committee 2/15/13;

Referred to

House Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety Committee 2/11/13;

Introduced in House 2/7/13

OPPOSE

HB 281

(BR 1253)

AN ACT relating to land conservation and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 146.560 to allow the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund to make grants to private, nonprofit land trust organizations; require dollar-for-dollar match of funds allocated; amend KRS 146.570 to allow the board to promulgate administrative regulations to allow grants to be made to private, nonprofit land trust organizations that match dollar-for-dollar.

Rep. Keith Hall

Rep. Steve Riggs

Signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 62) 3/21/13;

Received in House; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor 3/12/13;

Posted for passage in the Senate Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2013;

3^rd reading in the Senate, passed Senate 38-0 3/7/13;

Reported favorably from Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee,

2^nd reading in Senate,

referred to Senate Rules Committee as a Consent Bill 3/6/13;

Taken from

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee;

1^st reading in Senate;

returned to Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee,

3/5/13;

Referred to

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee,

2/27/13;

Received in Senate 2/25/13;

3^rd reading in House, passed House 95-1 2/22/13;

Taken from the House Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the House Regular Orders of the day 2/21/13;

Posted for passage in the House Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2013

2/19/13;

2^ndReading in House, referred to House Rules Committee 2/15/13;

Reported favorably from

House Tourism Development & Energy Committee,

1^st reading in House, to House Consent Calendar 2/14/13;

Posted in

House Tourism Development & Energy Committee 2/12/13;

Referred to

House Tourism Development & Energy Committee 2/11/13;

Introduced in House 2/7/13

SUPPORT

HB 285

(BR 956)

AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 relating to firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories made in Kentucky, marked "made in Kentucky," and used in Kentucky to specify that these items are exempt from federal law; specify that the exemption does not apply to machine guns, silencers, exploding ammunition, and firearms with a bore of 1 1/2 inches; name law the "Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act."

Rep. Michael Meredith

Referred to House Judiciary Committee 2/12/13;

Introduced in House 2/7/13

PENDING REVIEW

HB 336

(BR 1412)

AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to require the General Assembly to enact laws to prevent the enforcement of federal acts that violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; EMERGENCY.

Rep. Addia Wuchner

Rep. Bob Damron

Rep. Robert Benvenuti III

Referred to House Judiciary Committee 2/12/13;

Introduced in House 2/11/13

NEUTRAL

HB 373

(BR 1366)

AN ACT relating to federally documented non-commercial vessels.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132 to exempt federally documented non-commercial vessels from state and local property taxes; amend KRS 132.020 and 132.200 to make conforming changes; amend KRS 235.010 to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 235 to establish an annual fee to be imposed on all federally documented non-commercial vessels located in Kentucky on January 1 of any year, to be paid to the county clerk; provide that revenues collected from this annual fee are to be deposited in part to the state general fund and distributed among local taxing jurisdictions of the county in which the vessel will be principally operated; amend KRS 235.040 to clarify that federally documented non-commercial vessels are exempt from the regular registration requirement for motorboats in general, and shall be subject to the annual registration and fee requirements established in this Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2014.

Rep. Will Coursey

Rep. Brad Montell

Referred to House Appropriations & Revenue Committee 2/14/13;

Introduced in House 2/13/13

PENDING REVIEW

HB 382

(BR 1521)

AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit the enforceability of any new federal law, rule, regulation, or order relating to the ownership or registration of certain firearms, magazines, or other firearms accessories; EMERGENCY.

Rep. Lynn Bechler

Referred to

House Judiciary Committee 2/15/13;

Introduced in House 2/14/13

NEUTRAL

HB 403

(BR 1289)

AN ACT relating to harvesting of catfish.
Create new section of KRS Chapter 150 to regulate the harvesting of catfish by commercial anglers and the purchase of catfish by pay lakes by administrative regulation to ensure proper propagation and prevent depletion of catfish populations; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations ninety days after the effective date of the act; allow the department to set more restrictive daily creel and size limits per license holder; prohibit the transport of live catfish harvested in Kentucky out of state for commercial sale.

Rep. David Floyd

Rep. Tommy Thompson

Rep. Jim DeCesare

Referred to

House Agriculture & Small Business Committee 2/19/13;

Introduced in House 2/15/13

PENDING REVIEW

HB 417

(BR 1183)

AN ACT relating to hunting with crossbow.
Amend 150.370 to allow use of crossbow during the entire archery season; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to promulgate administrative regulations that specify characteristics of the crossbow.

Rep. Fitz Steele

Rep. Leslie Combs

Referred to

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee; posted in

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/20/13;

Introduced in House 2/19/13

NEUTRAL

HJR 33

(BR 439)

Nullify all federal legislation, regulation, rules, and orders in violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; require the General Assembly to enact all measures necessary to prevent the enforcement of any federal legislation, regulation, rules, and orders in violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and allow Resolution to be cited as the Second Amendment Preservation Act.

Rep. Kenny Imes

Rep. Lynn Bechler

Rep. Robert Benvenuti III

Reassigned to

House Judiciary Committee 3/1/13;

Reassigned to House State Government Committee 2/20/13;

Referred to

House Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee

2/6/13;

Introduced in House 2/5/13

NEUTRAL

HCR 46

(BR 832)

Request the Legislative Research Commission to create the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.

AMENDMENTS

HFA (1) (R. Meeks) - Amend to add state safety coordinator to task force membership.

Rep. Reginald Meeks

House Floor Amendment (1) filed 2/7/13;

Referred to

House Judiciary Committee 2/6/13;

Introduced in House 2/5/13

NEUTRAL

HR 88

(BR 1414)

Urge the United States Army Corps of Engineers to hold in abeyance plans to restrict boater access above and below dams on the Cumberland River.

Rep. Lynn Bechler

Rep. Will Coursey

Posted in

House Transportation Committee

2/28/13;

Referred to

House Transportation Committee

2/13/13;

Introduced in House 2/12/13

AGENCY LEGISLATION

SUPPORT

SB 32

(BR 239)

AN ACT relating to donations.

Amend KRS 150.4111 to allow resident nonprofit charitable, religious, or charitable institutions to sell donated processed wildlife; amend KRS 367.668 to require professional solicitors to provide additional information on donation receptacles; repeal 367.178.

AMENDMENTS

SCS - Retain original provisions of SB 32; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define "mounted wildlife specimen" and require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to promulgate administrative regulations by January 1, 2014, to allow resident, religious, or educational institutions that qualify as a 501(c)(3) to sell mounted wildlife specimens, except as prohibited by federal law; require the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to establish a registry to track donated mounted wildlife specimens and exclude taxidermists from the registry requirements.

HFA (1, T. Pullin) - Retain original provisions and amend KRS 121.170 and 121.180 to increase campaign finance reporting exemptions.

HFA (2/Title, T. Pullin) - Make title amendment.

Sen. Tom Buford

Signed by Governor (Acts Chapter 13) 3/19/13;

Received in Senate; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor 3/12/13;

3^rd reading in House, passed House 95-0 3/11/13;

Taken from the House Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the House Regular Orders of the Day; House Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title amendment) filed 3/7/13;

2^nd reading in House,

referred to

House Rules Committee; posted for passage in the House Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2013 3/6/13;

Reported favorably from House Natural Resources & Environment Committee,

1^st reading in House, to

House Consent Calendar 3/5/13;

Posted in

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/26/13;

Referred to

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 2/21/13;

Received in House 2/20/13;

Posted for passage in the Senate Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2012; 3^rd reading in the Senate, passed Senate 36-1 with Senate Committee Substitute 2/19/13;

2^nd reading in Senate, referred to Senate Rules Committee 2/14/13;

Reported favorably from

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee,

1^st reading in Senate, to Calendar with Senate Committee Substitute 2/13/13;

Referred to

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 1/10/13;

Introduced in Senate 1/8/13

SUPPORT

SB 65

(BR 858)

AN ACT relating to lands of the United States Department of the Interior.

Amend KRS 3.250 to allow concurrent jurisdiction with the Department of the Interior over lands of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries located in Kentucky for purposes of criminal law enforcement; amend KRS 3.260 to allow for application to be made for concurrent jurisdiction over the lands of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries; and amend KRS 3.265 to extend powers of the Commonwealth for the exercise of criminal law enforcement over lands of the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatcheries located in Kentucky.

Sen. Bob Leeper

Referred to

House Natural Resources & Environment Committee 3/5/13;

Posted for passage in the Senate Consent Orders of the Day for Monday,

March 4, 2013;

3^rd reading in Senate, passed Senate 36-1; received in House 3/4/13;

2^nd reading in Senate, referred to Senate Rules Committee 2/28/13;

Reported favorably from Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee,

1^st reading in Senate, to

Senate Consent Calendar 2/27/13;

Referred to

Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 2/7/13;

Introduced in Senate 2/5/13

SUPPORT

SB 92

(BR 890)

AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to limit the applicability and enforceability of federal firearms laws within the boundaries of Kentucky; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit certain firearms such as machine guns and short-barreled shot guns and rifles; amend KRS 237.030 to specify additional firearm definitions; amend KRS 237.070 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit certain persons from possessing firearms; EMERGENCY.

Sen. Sara Beth Gregory

Sen. Ray Jones II

Sen. John Schickel

WITHDRAWN 2/11/13

SB 121

(BR 1378)

AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for assault weapons, large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices, and ammunition sellers; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges when issuing an order of protection to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing an firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant's firearms; amend KRS 506.080 to specify that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm run consecutively with any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include colleges and universities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person's firearms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess firearms and assault weapons, the registration of firearms and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2014; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY.

Sen. Kathy Stein

Sen. Gerald Neal

Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee 2/11/13;

Introduced in Senate 2/7/13

BILL OF GREAT CONCERN

SB 129

(BR 1546)

AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit the enforceability of any new federal law, rule, regulation, or order relating to the ownership or registration of certain firearms, magazines, or other firearms accessories; EMERGENCY.

Sen. Jared Carpenter

Sen. Ray Jones II

Sen. Walter Blevins, Jr.

Sen. Chris Girdler

Sen. David Givens

Sen. Sara Beth Gregory

Sen. Paul Hornback

Sen. Stan Humphries

Sen. Bob Leeper

Sen. Christian McDaniel

Discharge petition filed; posted in

House Judiciary Committee 3/7/13;

Referred to

House Judiciary Committee 2/27/13;

Received in House 2/26/13;

Posted for passage in the Senate Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2013; 3^rd reading in Senate, passed 34-3 2/25/13;

Reported favorably

Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee, 2^nd reading in Senate, referred to Senate Rules Committee 2/21/13;

Taken from Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee;

1^st reading in Senate;

returned to Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee 2/20/13;

Referred to

Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee 2/13/13;

Introduced in Senate 2/11/13

NEUTRAL

SB 134

(BR 1315)

AN ACT relating to sand and gravel operations.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 350 to require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to establish a permit for sand and gravel operations, a permit application, and a permit fee which shall be set forth in administrative regulation; require the permit fee be tiered by operator size and not be greater than the actual cost of processing the application; exempt sand and gravel operations from creeks and streams from permit requirements; require persons that remove sand and gravel removal from streams to register with the cabinet, use best management practices, and identify the location of the excavation site.

Sen. Walter Blevins, Jr.

Referred to Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 2/13/13;

Introduced in Senate 2/11/13

NEUTRAL

SB 203

(BR 1421)

AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife.
Amend KRS 150.175 to remove the distinction between the commercial and noncommercial taxidermist licenses; abolish the migratory bird permit; change the name of the waterfowl permit to the migratory bird permit; separate the senior/disabled combination license into two different licenses; create a new senior lifetime combination hunting and fishing license; allow the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to offer multi-year licenses or permits for certain existing annual licenses or permits; allow the department to discontinue multi-year licenses or permits at any time; amend KRS 150.603 to conform; repeal KRS 150.605.

Sen. Jared Carpenter

Taken from the Senate Regular Orders of the Day;

recommitted to Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 2/26/13;

Posted for passage in the Senate Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2/25/13;

2^nd reading in Senate, referred to Senate Rules Committee 2/21/13;

Reported favorably from Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee ,

1^st reading in Senate, to Senate Calendar 20/20/13;

Referred to Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee 2/19/13;

Introduced in Senate 2/15/13

AGENCY LEGISLATION

SUPPORT

SR 112

(BR 1594)

Urge the United States Army Corps of Engineers to hold in abeyance plans to restrict boater access above and below dams on the Cumberland River.

Sen. Chris Girdler

Sen. Stan Humphries

Sen. Sara Beth Gregory

Sen. Dorsey Ridley

Adopted by

Voice Vote in the Senate 2/15/13;

To Senate Floor 2/14/13;

Introduced in Senate 2/13/13

AGENCY LEGISLATION

SUPPORT

SR 153

(BR 535)