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HB254 - AN ACT relating to the Department of Public Advocacy.
Daniel B. Elliott, Alan Gentry
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 18A.115 to exclude attorneys in the Department of Public Advocacy from classified service; amend KRS 31.010 to delete references to legal representation for persons with disabilities and make technical corrections; provide that the Department of Public Advocacy is an independent agency that is administratively attached to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to establish an independent division of the Department of Public Advocacy, the Division of Protection and Advocacy, to provide the protection of rights for persons with disabilities; amend KRS 31.020 to provide that the compensation of attorneys employed by Department of Public Advocacy shall be set by the public advocate; amend KRS 31.030 to require the departmant to provide assistance and education to attorneys representing indigent persons under KRS Chapter 31; delete the requirement that the department shall submit information regarding funding to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 31.211 to provide that all attorneys providing representation under KRS Chapter 31 shall forward all information that indicates payment or reimbursement for legal assistance to the public advocate; amend KRS 31.215 to prohibit any attorney providing representation under KRS Chapter 31 from accepting any compensation except unsolicited gifts of de minimis value; amend to a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 31.219 to provide that any attorney providing representation under KRS Chapter 31 shall file a notice of appeal unless the appeal would be frivolous.
STATUS
Introduced
HB320 - AN ACT relating to civil procedure.
Daniel B. Elliott
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends KRS 337.385 to establish a statute of limitations of three years for wage and hour violations; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations of three years for actions against an employer for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy and for a violation of KRS 344.030 to 344.110 or KRS 344.372; and amends KRS 454.210 to expand personal jurisdiction of courts over nonresidents.
STATUS
Passed
HB451 - AN ACT relating to wills.
Nicolas Wilson, Stephanie A. Dietz, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 394 to allow for a will to refer to a separate written statement or list in order to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically bequeathed.
STATUS
Engrossed
HCR68 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Kentucky Housing Task Force.
Randall Bridges, Jason Michael Nemes, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 6 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Housing Task Force to study, review, and provide policy recommendations on how to address the housing shortage in the Commonwealth; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2024 Interim; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB333 - AN ACT relating to prosecution proceedings.
David Meade, Daniel B. Elliott, Derek Lewis
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 69.210 to establish that any prosecution by attorneys for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services under KRS Chapter 620 shall occur only upon written consent of the county attorney and presiding judge.
STATUS
Passed
HB100 - AN ACT relating to birth certificates.
Susan Tyler Witten, Sarah Stalker, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 6 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 213.141 to establish that a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700, or a homeless youth, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 11434a(2), who is under the age of 25 does not have to pay a fee to get a copy of his or her birth certificate.
STATUS
Passed
HB581 - AN ACT relating to retail filling stations.
Ken Upchurch, Jim Gooch, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define “retail filling station” and “electric vehicle charging station”; prohibits local governments from using the zoning process or adopting any measure to prohibit or restrict the ability of a retail filling station from locating in areas in which similar businesses may locate, to discriminate against the use or location of a retail filling station, or to treat retail filling stations differently from electric vehicle charging stations; and allows restrictions on retail filling stations, provided they are similar to those for other businesses, do not prohibit their operation, and are not in conflict with state or federal law.
STATUS
Passed
HB689 - AN ACT relating to domestic relations.
Daniel B. Elliott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 454.220 to include gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
HB693 - AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.
Daniel B. Elliott
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 630.030 to include gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
HB68 - AN ACT relating to motor vehicle license plates.
Kimberly Banta, Daniel B. Elliott
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 186.162 to set fees for personalized license plates for recreational vehicles and to change extra fees for additional special license plates to match their initial fee upon renewal; and amends KRS 186.174 to allow issuance of personalized vehicle license plates to recreational vehicles registered under KRS 186.050(11), and to eliminate fees for a personalized standard-issue license plate in excess of those identified in KRS 186.162; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-054
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Kentucky House
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Daniel B. Elliott was Colorado state representative for District 26. He assumed office in 2005. Rep. Elliott serves as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and sits on the House Finance Committee. Prior to his election, Rep. Elliott served as deputy district attorney for the 18th Judicial District. He has experience prosecuting homicides, sexual assaults, domestic violence and crimes against children. Rep. Elliott also served as chief counsel and director of enforcement for the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies Division of Insurance.read less
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