Kentucky House Bill 479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-11 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 15.020 to authorize the Attorney General to bring an action regarding the constitutionality of statutes, regulations, and orders; establish venue; amend KRS 15.060 to authorize assistance from other areas of state government regarding investigations and prosecutions of various matters; amend KRS 15.113 to identify additional illegal or fraudulent activity under the investigative authority of the Attorney General; amend KRS 15.240 to expand the statutes under which the Attorney General can initiate an action or intervene in an action; amend KRS 342.760 and 342.765 to transfer the legal representation and reporting requirements regarding the uninsured employers fund from the Attorney General to the Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 446.350 to establish a waiver of sovereign immunity under limited situations; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to legal actions involving the Commonwealth of Kentucky and declaring an emergency.

Rep. John Blanton [R]

Rep. DJ Johnson [R]

Rep. Ed Massey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-11	House	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2021-02-25	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-24	House	floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
2021-02-24	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2021-02-22	House	posted in committee
2021-02-11	House	to Judiciary (H)
2021-02-10	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-02-10	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb479.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb479/orig_bill.pdf