Kentucky
General Assembly

02/01/11	introduced in House
02/02/11	to Licensing & Occupations (H)
02/04/11	posted in committee
02/09/11	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/10/11	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2011
02/15/11	3rd reading, passed 85-12 with Committee Substitute
02/16/11	received in Senate
02/18/11	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
02/25/11	taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) 1st reading returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
02/28/11	taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) 2nd reading returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
03/01/11	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
03/02/11	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 2, 2011 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
03/03/11	received in House
03/04/11	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) passed 91-4 enrolled, signed by each presiding officer delivered to Governor
03/16/11	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 74)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Change definition for "residential building" to mean 1 to 4 rather than 1 to 2 family dwellings not more than 3 stories in height; delete per diem fee of $50 per day for each member of the advisory committee other than the commissioner; delete language under advisory committee duties indicating the committee to assist the cabinet in addition to advising; delete language under advisory committee duties requiring that the committee have the opportunity to review and comment on administrative regulations and instead stating that the committee shall review and comment; delete "from the cabinet" language under exemptions to state more generally that no person or business entity shall conduct radon measurement, mitigation, or laboratory analysis without the appropriate certification; require measurement contractors to maintain errors and omissions coverage in an amount of at least $500,000.
Index Headings	Archives and Records - Record keeping, radon mitigation and measurement contractors, requirements for Fees - Radon mitigation & measurement contractors, radon laboratories, establishment of certification fees Health and Medical Services - Kentucky Radon Program Advisory Committee, composition of Insurance - Radon mitigation and measurement contractors, general liability coverage, requirement for Licensing - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Occupations and Professions - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Public Health - Kentucky Radon Program Advisory Committee, composition of Public Health - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for State Agencies - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Appropriations - Radon mitigation and control fund

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Prohibit a person or business entity from conducting radon measurement, mitigation, or laboratory analysis without the appropriate certification after January 1, 2013, rather than July 1, 2012; delete language requiring a person who is performing measurement on a residential or commercial building that he or she owns to conduct the measurement in accordance with measurement standard operating procedures established by the cabinet through promulgation of an administrative regulation; delete requirement for a radon measurement contractor to report all measurement information to the cabinet; delete requirement for a mitigation contractor to register each mitigation system installation; direct that mitigation systems repaired or altered after January 1, 2013, shall meet the mitigation standard operating procedures established by administrative regulation; delete requirement for a mitigation contractor to report all measurement and mitigation information to the cabinet; delete requirement for a radon laboratory to report all measurement and laboratory information to the cabinet; prohibit a person certified as both a measurement and mitigation contractor who conducts mitigation on a residential or commercial building from conducting measurement on that same building unless used for diagnostic purposes only; mandate that the results of any measurement conducted to determine the need for mitigation or the successful completion of mitigation activities shall be sent to the person providing the compensation for the mitigation by the independent measurement contractor conducting the measurement; delete requirement for cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a registration program for all mitigation systems installations; delete registration requirements for installation including the registration fee, reinspection fee, and display of registration number; delete prohibition against using a mitigation system not registered with the cabinet; authorize the cabinet to examine records of mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, and radon laboratories; delete requirement for measurement contractors, mitigation contractors, and radon laboratories to report at times prescribed by the cabinet by administrative regulation; amend KRS 227A.060 to authorize the Department of Housing, Buildings, and Construction to issue a master electrician license or an electrician license to an applicant who meets the years of verifiable experience since the applicant's sixteenth birthday; amend KRS 339.230 to specify that a minor who has passed his or her fourteenth birthday, but is under eighteen, may be permitted to work in a place of employment or occupation hazardous or injurious to the life, health, safety, or welfare of a minor only if certain requirements are met, including that the minor shall be at least sixteen, employed by a parent or person standing in place of a parent when working under adult supervision, and engaged in nonhazardous aspects of electrical trades.
Index Headings	Archives and Records - Record keeping, radon mitigation and measurement contractors, requirements for Fees - Radon mitigation & measurement contractors, radon laboratories, establishment of certification fees Health and Medical Services - Kentucky Radon Program Advisory Committee, composition of Insurance - Radon mitigation and measurement contractors, general liability coverage, requirement for Licensing - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Occupations and Professions - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Public Health - Kentucky Radon Program Advisory Committee, composition of Public Health - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for State Agencies - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Appropriations - Radon mitigation and control fund

Amendment	Senate Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Higdon
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Archives and Records - Record keeping, radon mitigation and measurement contractors, requirements for Fees - Radon mitigation & measurement contractors, radon laboratories, establishment of certification fees Health and Medical Services - Kentucky Radon Program Advisory Committee, composition of Insurance - Radon mitigation and measurement contractors, general liability coverage, requirement for Licensing - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Occupations and Professions - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Public Health - Kentucky Radon Program Advisory Committee, composition of Public Health - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for State Agencies - Radon mitigation contractors, measurement contractors, radon laboratories, requirements for Appropriations - Radon mitigation and control fund