Kentucky

PENDING: House Bill 421 (Open certain family court proceedings to the public)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Susan Westrom on January 31, 2008, to request that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court open certain family court proceedings to the public and to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to report certain findings related to the open proceedings to the legislature...

PENDING: House Bill 247 (Prohibit unsolicited faxes)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Reported in the House on January 31, 2008, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar . http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=55966

PENDING: House Bill 405 (Increase child support payment enforcement)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Sannie  Overly on January 30, 2008, to require suspension of driving privileges for delinquent child support payers who are six months in arrearage, rather than the current twelve months. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation...

PENDING: Senate Bill 112 (Prohibit public agencies from providing health benefits to non-family members of employees)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Senate Bill 112 (Prohibit public agencies from providing health benefits to non-family members of employees)Reported in the Senate on January 30, 2008, favorably, to Rules. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=58127 Senate Bill 112 (Prohibit public agencies from providing health benefits to non-family members of employees)Introduced by Sen...

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PENDING: Senate Bill 16 (Limit on-the-clock political activity of city employees)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Senate Bill 16 (Limit on-the-clock political activity of city employees)Amendment offered by Sen. Dan Seum on January 30, 2008, to make a title amendment. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=54782 Senate Bill 16 (Limit on-the-clock political activity of city employees)Reported in the Senate on January 30, 2008, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar...

PENDING: House Bill 408 (Judicial Branch Budget Memorandum)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced in the House on January 29, 2008, to provide for the operation of the Judicial Branch of government through June 30, 2010. This is the bill the legislature would use to implement the provisions of HJR 83. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation...

PENDING: House Bill 399 (Remove certain nominating powers from the Governor)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Kathy W Stein on January 29, 2008, to place before voters a constitutional amendment removing gubernatorial power to nominate members to judicial nominating commissions and giving that power to legislative leaders. http://www.kentuckyvotes...

PENDING: House Bill 200 (Tracking stolen motor vehicles)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Reported in the House on January 29, 2008, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar . http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=55785

PENDING: Senate Bill 119 (Increase court costs in criminal cases)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Sen. Julie Denton on January 29, 2008, to increase court costs in criminal cases by twenty five dollars each and require that twenty five dollars from each court cost be used to pay for court-ordered supervised custody visits. http://www...

PENDING: Senate Bill 117 (Extend terms of state legislators)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Sen. Julie Denton on January 29, 2008, to place on the ballot an amendment to Sections 30 and 31 of the Kentucky Constitution to extend the terms of State Representatives from two to four years and State Senators from four to six years beginning in 2010...

PENDING: Senate Joint Resolution 80 (Penal Code Study Commission)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Sen. Gerald A. Neal on January 29, 2008, to require the Legislative Research Commission to reform the Kentucky Penal Code. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=58238

House Bill 383 (Add requirements for relocating a child under joint custody)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Kathy W Stein on January 28, 2008, to increase regulation of child custody arrangements. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=58123

PENDING: House Bill 383 (Add requirements for relocating a child under joint custody)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Kathy W Stein on January 28, 2008, to increase regulation of child custody arrangements. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=58123

PENDING: House Bill 382 (Prohibit wage differentials based on sex, race, or national origin)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Mary  Lou Marzian on January 28, 2008, to prohibit employers from paying employees different wages for jobs "of comparable worth" based on sex, race, or national origin. The bill provides exceptions for jobs whose pay differentials are based on seniority or merit systems, or systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin...

PROPOSED: Senate Bill 112 (Prohibit public agencies from providing health benefits to non-family members of employees)

Posted on February 03, 2008
introduced by Sen. Vernie McGaha on January 28, 2008, to limit state agency and institution employee health insurance coverage to employees and their family members. The bill defines "family member" as spouse (according to Kentucky law), qualifying children claimed as dependents on the employee's federal tax return or for whom the employee or employee's spouse has a court ordered obligation to provide health insurance, and family members of the employee or the employee's spouse who are claimed as dependents on the employee's federal tax return as qualifying relatives...

PENDING: House Bill 376 (Expand certain services related to domestic violence hearings)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Joni L Jenkins on January 25, 2008, to require each court to designate at least one day per week for domestic violence hearings and to require an emergency protective order to remain in effect until the full domestic violence hearing occurs...

House Bill 282 (Increase employer liability for employee injury)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Withdrawn by Rep. Charlie Hoffman on January 25, 2008, to allow an employee to sue his or her employer for damages relating to the employer's "gross negligence" that causes an injury to an employee. The bill changes current law that limits an employer's liability under worker's compensation law...

PROPOSED: DUI legislation

Posted on February 03, 2008
Senate Bill 25 (Tighten DUI penalties)Reported in the Senate on January 24, 2008, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar . http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=55129 Senate Bill 71 (Tighten DUI penalties)Substitute offered in the Senate on January 17, 2008...

PROPOSED: House Bill 362 (Require fewer local governments to provide public advocate services)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Kathy W Stein on January 24, 2008, to increase experience requirement and salary for the public advocate and deputy public advocate and to increase number of Circuit-Judges from ten to fifteen required in a judicial district before a county is required to establish a local office of public advocacy...

PENDING: Senate Bill 108 (Expand availability of domestic violence protective orders)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Sen. Ray S Jones, II on January 24, 2008, to delete the requirement that a family relationship or past or present cohabitation must exist for a domestic violence protective order to be filed. http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=57900

PENDING: House Bill 346 (Curtail lawsuits against retailers)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Introduced by Rep. Scott W Brinkman on January 23, 2008, to make it more difficult for a customer to sue a retailer for injuries on the retailer's property. Details and Comments: http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=57754KLB COMMENTS:  The purpose of this legislation is obviously designed to roll back the Kentucky Supreme Court decision in Lanier v...

PENDING: House Bill 344 (Require insurance coverage for certain motor cycle passengers)

Posted on February 03, 2008
House Bill 344 (Require insurance coverage for certain motor cycle passengers):Introduced by Rep. Jim Glenn on January 23, 2008, to require motorcycle owners to carry guest personal injury protection insurance to cover certain riders on his or her motorcycle...

PENDING: Senate Bill 103 (Create car cruise capital of Kentucky)

Posted on February 03, 2008
Senate Bill 103 (Create car cruise capital of Kentucky):Introduced by Sen. Vernie McGaha on January 23, 2008, to designate the City of Somerset as the official car cruise capital of Kentucky. Details and Comments: http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation...

PENDING: House Bill 8 (Create Kentucky Physician's Mutual Insurance Authority)

Posted on February 03, 2008
House Bill 8 (Create Kentucky Physician's Mutual Insurance Authority):Introduced by Rep. Rob Wilkey on January 23, 2008, to greatly increase regulation of medical liability insurance market and create a state medical liability insurance carrier. Details and Comments: http://www...

CRIMINAL: "Fen-phen lawyers appeal bond" HERALD LEADER

Posted on February 03, 2008
Fen-phen lawyers appeal bond herald leader Three lawyers who were told last week that they had to come up with more than $100 million in order to get out of jail are appealing their bond amounts. Lawyers for Melbourne Mills Jr., William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr...

LAW SCHOOLS: "Students sue Paducah for-profit law school" COURIER JOURNAL

Posted on February 03, 2008
Andrew Wolfson has a story today in the Courier Journal about the legal travails of the for-profit school.  This story has made the press before in other papers:Students sue Paducah for-profit law school In a rebellion against their dean -- who is also the school's majority stockholder -- more than 30 students have joined in a federal lawsuit charging that Dean Paul Hendrick and other administrators conspired "to enrich themselves at the expense of students...

CRIMINAL: "Murder trial date set for former Bellarmine student" WAVE3

Posted on February 03, 2008
Murder trial date set for former Bellarmine student The woman accused of killing her newborn on the Bellarmine University campus last October will stand trial for murder in September. WAVE 3 has also obtained a copy of the interviews Kathryn McCoy and some fellow students from her dorm did with police hours after McCoy's baby was discovered dead in a gym bag in her room...

CRIMINAL: "Appeals court rejects death row inmate's claim over lawyers" WAVE3

Posted on February 03, 2008
Appeals court rejects death row inmate's claim over lawyers federal appeals court has rejected claims by a Kentucky death row inmate that he was forced to represent himself at trial after a dispute with his lawyers.

UofL Law: Kudos: Arnold's Book Featured on APA Site

Posted on February 03, 2008
Kudos: Arnold's Book Featured on APA Site Professor Tony Arnold's new book, Fair and Healthy Land Use: Environmental Justice and Planning, is the featured January selection for the American Planning Association's Planners Book Club. As a Planners Book Club selection, the association provides questions designed to initiate discussion about the concepts covered...

Feb. 2008 SCOKY Argument Calendar with issues, dates, links to briefs and COA decision

Posted on February 02, 2008
Appellate briefs are posted at the Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law.  Click here. For Kentucky Supreme Court LIVE arguments, click here on date and time of argument. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2008 9:00 a.m. KING DRUGS, INC...

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