Thursday, March 6, 2014

Day Thirty Eight & Thirty Nine of KY's 2014 Session In Review

 The House passed a total of seventeen bills on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week while the Senate passed nine. 
The Senate approved two bills affecting the application process for licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons in the state on Wednesday. Senate Bill 106, sponsored by Sen. Jared Carpenter, would utilize the electronic application process to allow anyone who has been granted an emergency protective or domestic violence order to receive a provisional concealed carry permit in one business day. Under the bill, these petitioners would undergo the same background checks and application requirements as other applicants but would have up to 45 days to complete the necessary training for a full-concealed carry license. Senate Bill 100, sponsored by Sen. Sara Beth Gregory, would create an electronic application for the concealed carry license.  It would require the applications to be processed within 14 days.  Currently, paper applications must be processed within 60 days.
The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights along with the other members of the Allied Organizations for Civil Rights held the 50th Anniversary Civil Rights March on Frankfort on Wednesday, brining a large crowd to Capital. The sun was shining bright for the visitors outside and inside the halls were busy trying to recapture the time lost due to snow earlier in the week.

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     UPCOMING MEETINGS:

    Thursday, March 6, 2014
    8:30am, Annex Room 171
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND REVENUE
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 396, HB 407 and HB 483
    9:00am, Annex Room 169
    SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON VETERANS, MILITARY AFFAIRS, AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
    Agenda: Consideration of SB 158,
    10:00am, Annex Room 149
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 419 and HB 467
    10:00am, Annex Room 131
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 466, FOR DISCUSSION ONLY - HR 195
    10:00am, Annex Room 129
    SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, AND LABOR
    10:00am, Annex Room 154
    SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
    Agenda: Consideration of SB 113, SB 86, SB 108 and HB 69
    Noon, Annex Room 169
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 256, HB 411, HB 453, HB 460 and SB 65
    Noon, Annex Room 154
    HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
    Agenda: Consideration of HB 26, HB 374, HB 390, SB 4 and SB 142 - INFORMATIONAL HEARING - FOR DISCUSSION ONLY: HB 399

    2:00pm, House Chambers
    House Convenes
    2:00pm, Senate Chambers
    Senate Convenes (Orders of the Day)

    SOME OF THE LATEST POLITICAL STORIES:

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