02RS HB97

HB97

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HB 97 (BR 922) - S. Riggs, J. Gray

     AN ACT relating to deputy sheriffs.
     Amend KRS 527.020 to allow sheriffs and qualified deputy sheriffs to carry concealed weapons at all times.

HB 97 - AMENDMENTS


     SFA (1/P, R. Jones II) - Include Kentucky State Police in KLEPF.

     SFA (2/Title, R. Jones II) - Amend title to read "AN ACT relating to peace officers."

     SFA (3, R. Stivers) - Permit Commonwealth attorneys, county attorneys, justices and judges of the Court of Justice and jailers, if approved by the fiscal court, to carry concealed weapons.

     SFA (4/Title, R. Stivers) - Make title amendment.

     CCR - Cannot agree.

     FCCR - Retain the provisions of HOUSE BILL 97/ GA COPY with the following changes: Amend KRS 527.020 to allow Commonwealths' and county attorneys and their assistants, justices of the Court of Justice, retired or senior status, or judges of the Court of Justice to carry concealed weapons with required training; allow sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, jailers, deputy jailers, and corrections officers who have received Department of Corrections training to carry concealed weapons throughout the state with employer approval; allow full-time paid peace officers from other states to carry a concealed weapon in the state if their jurisdiction grants reciprocity; allow those licensed to carry concealed weapons to keep ammunition in vehicles as well as a weapon; amend KRS 237.110 by deleting completion of the hunter education and fire arms safety course as a requirement for a concealed carry permit; allow any Kentucky Law Enforcement Council certified peace officer to obtain a concealed carry permit without fee or additional training; allow those licensed to carry concealed weapons to keep ammunition in vehicles as well as a weapon; require instructor trainers and instructors to lose their licenses to instruct only after an administrative hearing; require instructors to provide the Department of Criminal Justice Training 14 day notice of a concealed carry weapons class; require instructors within 5 days of completion to provide Department of Criminal Justice Training a roster of students who have passed and who have failed training; require that any instructors who are convicted of a felony automatically lose their license; require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to investigate any instructor that it believes may have provided insufficient training; require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to randomly inspect instructor classes and report the results of these investigations to the LRC; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 establishing requirements for the qualifications of certified firearms instructors, and establish fee structure for training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 establishing requirements for the qualifications of firearm instructor trainers and establish a fee structure for training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 requiring the Department of Criminal Justice Training to operate a program for the training of applicants for a concealed carry permit and limit the department’s ability to terminate that program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 establishing a new Class D felony, that of not providing firearms training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 establishing a new Class A misdemeanor for those who fail to report nonexistent training to the sheriff, Commonwealth's attorney, or county attorney; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 establishing a new Class A misdemeanor for those who fail to report insufficient training to the sheriff, Commonwealth’s attorney, or county attorney; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 establishing reporting requirements for Kentucky State Police, Commonwealth’s attorney, county attorney or the Department of Criminal Justice Training; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 granting the Department of Criminal Justice Training the power to revoke certifications of instructors for a period of 5 years after an administrative hearing; amend KRS 244.190 to require firearms seized in alcohol-related cases to be turned over to the Kentucky State Police for disposition; permit the transfer of $175,000 from the sale of confiscated weapons to the Kentucky State Police for the replacement of service firearms; make title amendment.

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s))

     Jan 8-introduced in House; to Local Government (H)
     Jan 9-posting waived
     Jan 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Jan 11-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 14, 2002
     Jan 14-3rd reading, passed 95-0
     Jan 15-received in Senate
     Jan 17-to State and Local Government (S)
     Feb 14-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Feb 15-2nd reading, to Rules
     Feb 19-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2002
     Feb 20-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
     Feb 21-floor amendments (1) and (2-title) withdrawn ; passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2002; floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed
     Feb 26-3rd reading, passed 37-1 with floor amendments (3) and (4-title)
     Feb 27-received in House; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (3) and (4-title)
     Mar 8-House refused to concur in Senate floor amendments (3) and (4-title)
     Mar 11-received in Senate
     Mar 19-posted for passage for receding from Senate floor amendments (3) and (4-title) for Wednesday, March 20, 2002
     Mar 20-Senate refused to recede from floor amendments (3) and (4-title)
     Mar 22-Conference Committee appointed in Senate
     Mar 25-Conference Committee appointed in House; Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
     Mar 26-Conference Committee report adopted in House; Free Conference Committee appointed in House
     Apr 2-Free Conference Committee report filed in House
     Apr 15-Free Conference Committee appointed in Senate; Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate; bill passed 35-0; received in House; Free Conference Committee report adopted in House; bill passed 86-9; enrolled, signed by each presiding officer; delivered to Governor
     Apr 26-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 368)


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