Kentucky
General Assembly

08/25/10	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/04/11	introduced in Senate to State & Local Government (S) taken from State & Local Government (S) 1st reading returned to State & Local Government (S)
01/05/11	taken from State & Local Government (S) 2nd reading returned to State & Local Government (S)
01/07/11	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 7, 2011 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute
02/02/11	received in House
02/04/11	to State Government (H)
02/24/11	posting waived
02/25/11	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/28/11	taken from the Consent Calendar and placed on Regular Calendar 2nd reading, to Rules
03/02/11	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2011
03/03/11	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/04/11	floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3-title) filed
03/08/11	3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3-title) received in Senate posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3-title) Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute, floor amendment (3-title) passed 33-0 enrolled, signed by each presiding officer delivered to Governor
03/17/11	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 105)

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions of the bill; amend KRS 164A.565 to require the governing boards of each postsecondary educational institution to display certain information on their Web sites rather than making financial data available to the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
Index Headings	Budget and Financial Administration - State funds, expenditures, Web site with records of Courts - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Legislative Research Commission - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Popular Names and Short Titles - Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2011 State Agencies - Finance and Administration Cabinet, Web site, creation of State Agencies - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Universities and Colleges - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 requiring the Legislative Research Commission to provide public access to legislative branch financial information by January 1, 2012; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide public access to judicial branch financial information by January 1, 2012; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to provide public access to executive branch financial information by January 1, 2012; amend KRS 164A.565 to require the governing boards of each postsecondary educational institution to make budget, financial statements, and governing board meeting records available on each institution's Web site by January 1, 2012; direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the use of the Internet by local governments to provide citizen access to their financial and other information.
Index Headings	Budget and Financial Administration - State funds, expenditures, Web site with records of Courts - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Legislative Research Commission - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Popular Names and Short Titles - Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2011 State Agencies - Finance and Administration Cabinet, Web site, creation of State Agencies - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Universities and Colleges - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	L. Napier
Summary	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to require every food stamp card issued by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to bear a photographic likeness of the food stamp recipient; require the cabinet to ensure, by July 1, 2012, that every recipient has been issued a food stamp card that bears his or her photographic likeness; require retail establishments that accept food stamps to demand this photographic identification before receiving payment; amend KRS 205.990 to establish penalties for retail establishments that do not comply; amend KRS 205.200 to require an applicant for food stamp benefits to present a government-issued identification card at the initial interview; EFFECTIVE, IN PART, JULY 1, 2012.
Index Headings	Budget and Financial Administration - State funds, expenditures, Web site with records of Courts - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Legislative Research Commission - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Popular Names and Short Titles - Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2011 State Agencies - Finance and Administration Cabinet, Web site, creation of State Agencies - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Universities and Colleges - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	R. Meeks
Summary	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 requiring the Legislative Research Commission to provide public access to legislative branch financial information by January 1, 2012; create a new section of KRS Chapter 26A requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide public access to judicial branch financial information by January 1, 2012; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to provide public access to executive branch financial information by January 1, 2012; amend KRS 164A.565 to require the governing boards of each postsecondary educational institution to make budget, financial statements, and governing board meeting records available on each institution's Web site by January 1, 2012; direct the staff of the Legislative Research Commission to study the use of the Internet by local governments to provide citizen access to their financial and other information; amend KRS 171.620 relating to preservation of the Governor's papers and other public records to add various new types of record formats.
Index Headings	Budget and Financial Administration - State funds, expenditures, Web site with records of Courts - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Legislative Research Commission - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Popular Names and Short Titles - Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2011 State Agencies - Finance and Administration Cabinet, Web site, creation of State Agencies - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Universities and Colleges - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	R. Meeks
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Budget and Financial Administration - State funds, expenditures, Web site with records of Courts - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Legislative Research Commission - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Popular Names and Short Titles - Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2011 State Agencies - Finance and Administration Cabinet, Web site, creation of State Agencies - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site Universities and Colleges - State funds, reporting requirements for expenditures, posting on Web site