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Senate Bill 54

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Last Action	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Title	AN ACT related to uniforms acquired by and on behalf of public employers.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	167
Sponsors	C. Gibson, W. Blevins Jr., D. Boswell, J. Turner
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to prohibit public employers in the Commonwealth from purchasing, acquiring, furnishing, or requiring an employee to purchase or acquire uniforms, wearing apparel, safety equipment, or protective accessories not manufactured in the United States of America, unless such items are not manufactured or available for purchase in the United States of America.
Index Headings of Original Version	State Employees - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired Local Mandate - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired for or by employees Labor and Industry - Uniforms and safety equipment, require public entities to buy American made Purchasing - Uniforms and safety equipment, require public entities to buy American made Local Government - American made uniforms and safety equipment, require acquisition Public Officers and Employees - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired Universities and Colleges - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired for or by employees
Proposed Amendments	Senate Committee Substitute 1 House Committee Substitute 1
Votes	Vote History

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12/18/09	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/05/10	introduced in Senate
01/06/10	to State & Local Government (S)
01/20/10	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
01/21/10	2nd reading, to Rules
01/27/10	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 28, 2010
01/28/10	3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute
02/01/10	received in House
02/08/10	to State Government (H)
03/09/10	posted in committee
03/11/10	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
03/12/10	2nd reading, to Rules
03/15/10	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2010
03/29/10	taken from the Regular Orders of the Day recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements	Local Mandate
Summary	Retain original provisions, but also allow public employers to purchase uniforms and safety equipment manufactured outside the United States if similar items are only available from one United States manufacturer and the price is substantially higher than the foreign-made items; require public employers purchasing uniforms and safety equipment made outside the United States to retain written documentation concerning why the purchases were made and make available to the public under state open records statutes; require that if public employers provide stipends to employees to purchase uniforms and safety equipment they encourage employees to purchase such items made in the United States; require that a public employer producing an annual report or audit include information about purchase of uniforms and safety equipment made in the United States in those documents; require the Department for Local Government to develop and publish guidelines for local governments regarding the purchase of uniforms and safety equipment made in the United States.
Index Headings	State Employees - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired Local Mandate - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired for or by employees Labor and Industry - Uniforms and safety equipment, require public entities to buy American made Purchasing - Uniforms and safety equipment, require public entities to buy American made Local Government - American made uniforms and safety equipment, require acquisition Public Officers and Employees - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired Universities and Colleges - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired for or by employees

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements	Local Mandate
Summary	Retain most provisions of the original bill and add a requirement that items purchased, rented, or leased be transacted with a business that employs at least 25 individuals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; delete requirements that a public employer make detailed reports regarding purchases and that the Department of Local Government develop guidelines for the purchase of items subject to this Act.
Index Headings	State Employees - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired Local Mandate - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired for or by employees Labor and Industry - Uniforms and safety equipment, require public entities to buy American made Purchasing - Uniforms and safety equipment, require public entities to buy American made Local Government - American made uniforms and safety equipment, require acquisition Public Officers and Employees - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired Universities and Colleges - American made uniforms and safety equipment to be acquired for or by employees

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