HB5, State Auditor Adam Edelen's Cyber Security bill cleared the Senate State & Local Government Committee last night with a committee substitute that allows third parties regulated by other federal regulations to turn to those regulations for guidance. HB 395, Rep. Wuchner's Med Synch bill was posted in the House Banking & Insurance Committee. SB73, Senator Buford's Prior Authorization bill was assigned to House Banking & Insurance yesterday. Rep. Ken Upchurch's, HB 218, proof of insurance bill was enrolled and signed by the President of the Senate yesterday. Senator Carroll's, SB137, a workers comp bill that doubles attorney's fees was taken from Senate Banking & Insurance and reassigned to Appropriations and Revenue.
SB 148, Senator Buford's oral cancer bill, is on the agenda in Senate Banking & Insurance today and Senator Gibson's SB185 is scheduled for a hearing in the same committee.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS:
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
8:00am, Annex Room 129
HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
8:00am, Annex Room 125
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
8:00am, Annex Room 154
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
9:00am, Annex Room 171
HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
9:00am, Annex Room 149
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND REVENUE
10:00am, Annex Room 154
HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND REVENUE
10:00am,Annex Room 169
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LICENSING, OCCUPATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
11:30am,Annex Room 131
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Noon, Annex Room 149
HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Noon, Annex Room 129
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND INSURANCE
1:00pm, Annex Room 169
CAPITAL PROJECTS AND BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
2:00pm, House Chambers
House Convenes (Orders of the Day)
2:00pm, Senate Chambers
Senate Convenes (Orders of the Day)
SOME OF THE LATEST POLITICAL STORIES:
Senate panel approves cyber-security bill pushed by Edelen
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
from jbrammer@herald-leader.com (Jack Brammer)
FRANKFORT — A Senate committee Monday night unanimously approved a cyber-security bill that Auditor Adam Edelen had complained was being blocked in the Senate because of political reasons.Click to Continue » [...]
Tue, Mar 18, 2014 2:30:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
By Sam Youngman syoungman@herald-leader.com An issues group supportive of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching a three-week, $1.8 million advertising campaign in Kentucky, by far the largest ad buy to date of the 2014 U.S. Senate race. Unlike other Super PACs operating in Kentucky, the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition is a 501(c)4 non-profit organization, so its political activity is restricted to issue-focused ads that don't directly ask voters to support one candidate over another. The group is beginning its run of ads, which will appear statewide on cable, broadcast television and radio, by focusing on McConnell's record on veterans' issues. "This week, you'll see the [...]
Tue, Mar 18, 2014 1:44:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Senator Mitch McConnell's Campaign Bars LEO Weekly from 'Private' Press Conference
from Phillip M. Bailey
from Phillip M. Bailey
The campaign to re-elect Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell barred a Kentucky reporter from covering a press conference Monday afternoon.Louisville Metro Police were called to stop LEO Weekly's Joe Sonka from entering a hotel conference room where McConnell was holding an event with fellow Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte and a group of veterans. [...]
Tue, Mar 18, 2014 1:36:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Senate approves bill giving top lawmakers power to defend state laws in court
from Accountability Editor
from Accountability Editor
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT – With no discussion, the Senate approved a bill Monday that would allow the Senate president or House speaker to intervene in a court case when the attorney general fails to defend a state law or part of the Kentucky Constitution. The vote on Senate Bill 221, sponsored by Sen. Sara Beth Gregory, R-Monticello, was 31-6, with one Democrat passing. Six other Democrats cast the “no” votes. Gregory said the bill was filed in part due to Attorney General Jack Conway’s recent decision not to appeal a federal judge's ruling that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other [...]
Tue, Mar 18, 2014 12:16:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
By Jack Brammer jbrammer@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT – A Senate committee Monday night unanimously approved a cyber-security bill that Auditor Adam Edelen had complained was being blocked in the Senate because of political reasons. The Senate State and Local Government Committee changed House Bill 5 before approving it and sending it to the full Senate. Chairman Joe Bowen, R-Owensboro, told reporters that the amended bill had the support of Edelen. Edelen, frequently mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate for governor in 2015, said in an email that he appreciated Bowen "clearing the logjam on House Bill 5 and moving this important cyber-security bill forward.” House Bill 5 [...]
Tue, Mar 18, 2014 12:04:00 AM, Continue reading at the source
Kentucky lawmakers at odds on 'snow day' legislation, leaving school districts in limbo
from vhoneycutt@herald-leader.com (Valarie Honeycutt Spears)
from vhoneycutt@herald-leader.com (Valarie Honeycutt Spears)
With leading lawmakers at loggerheads, Kentucky school districts remain in limbo as they attempt to finalize the calendar for a school year pocked with snow days.Click to Continue » [...]
Mon, Mar 17, 2014 10:07:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
A man identifying himself as a Louisville Metro Police officer, right, stopped Joe Sonka, news editor at LEO Weekly, from entering a press conference held by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. Photo by Alton Strupp/CJ U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign on Monday barred Joe Sonka, the news editor for LEO Weekly magazine, from attending a press conference following a round-table discussion with veterans. The campaign called on the Louisville Metro Police to make sure that Sonka, who has been critical of McConnell in the past, from entering the conference room at the Hilton Garden Inn, on Crittenden Drive, where the event was held. McConnell, [...]
Mon, Mar 17, 2014 9:17:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
WASHINGTON – Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul leads the potential Republican field of 2016 White House contenders, according to the latest CNN/ORC International Poll. Paul has the backing of 16 percent of Republicans and independents who lean toward that party, the survey found. Right behind the Kentuckian is Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee, with 15 percent. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is at 11 percent, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is at 10 percent, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has 9 percent, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz each have 8 percent, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio [...]
Mon, Mar 17, 2014 7:00:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
Tom Loftus In balancing its version of the 2014-16 state budget last week, the Kentucky House raided smaller state funds for nearly $7 million more than Gov. Steve Beshear proposed to support spending in the next two years. Beshear drew some criticism for tapping 51 various small agency funds and accounts for $370 million during the upcoming two-year budget period. The House appears to have okayed all of those transfers, and added these: * $1.6 million moved from the Equine Drug Research Fund to General Fund in 2014-15. * $1.2 million more than Beshear proposed during the two-year period from the Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Fund to General [...]
Mon, Mar 17, 2014 6:56:00 PM, Continue reading at the source
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