Kentucky
General Assembly

01/24/14	introduced in Senate
01/28/14	to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) taken from Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) 1st reading returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
01/29/14	taken from Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) 2nd reading returned to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)
01/30/14	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 30, 2014 3rd reading, passed 34-4 with Committee Substitute
01/31/14	received in House
02/03/14	to Economic Development (H)
03/11/14	posted in committee
03/13/14	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
03/14/14	2nd reading, to Rules
03/20/14	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 21, 2014
03/24/14	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/27/14	floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed
04/14/14	floor amendments (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain most original provisions; delete subsection which would exempt modifying utilities from parts of KRS 278.020 and KRS 278.510; retain Public Service Commission and local government jurisdiction over transfers of ownership or control of telephone utilities; other technical and conforming changes.
Index Headings	Public Utilities - Telecommunications, deregulation of Information Technology - Broadband services, remove PSC jurisdiction over consumer complaints Communications - Telecommunications, deregulation of

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain most original language; make technical corrections; clarify definition of IP-enabled service; provide that commission’s current jurisdiction remain unchanged, as it relates to wholesale issues, carrier-to-carrier, anti-competitive practices.
Index Headings	Public Utilities - Telecommunications, deregulation of Information Technology - Broadband services, remove PSC jurisdiction over consumer complaints Communications - Telecommunications, deregulation of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	L. Clark
Summary	Amend to allow the Public Service Commission to retain the ability to take certain actions in the resolution of consumer complaints; require modifying utilities to offer voice service at a location at which landline facilities do not exist as of the effective date of this Act; allow a customer 90 days to give written notice to the modifying utility that the customer no longer wants the IP-enabled service or wireless service and return to basic local exchange service.
Index Headings	Public Utilities - Telecommunications, deregulation of Information Technology - Broadband services, remove PSC jurisdiction over consumer complaints Communications - Telecommunications, deregulation of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	G. Stumbo
Summary	Amend KRS 337.010 to raise the amount of annual gross volume of sales that is exempted from minimum wage; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.10 per hour on July 1, 2014, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2015, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2016; amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2015; amendments to KRS 337.423 effective July 1, 2016; declare an EMERGENCY for Sections 4 and 5 and effective upon approval of the governor.
Index Headings	Public Utilities - Telecommunications, deregulation of Information Technology - Broadband services, remove PSC jurisdiction over consumer complaints Communications - Telecommunications, deregulation of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	G. Stumbo
Summary	Amend KRS 337.010 to raise the amount of annual gross volume of sales that is exempted from minimum wage; amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage to $8.10 per hour on July 1, 2014, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2015, and $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2016; amend KRS 337.420 to define "equivalent jobs" as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2015; amendments to KRS 337.423 effective July 1, 2016; declare an EMERGENCY for Sections 4 and 5 and effective upon approval of the governor.
Index Headings	Public Utilities - Telecommunications, deregulation of Information Technology - Broadband services, remove PSC jurisdiction over consumer complaints Communications - Telecommunications, deregulation of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	G. Stumbo
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Public Utilities - Telecommunications, deregulation of Information Technology - Broadband services, remove PSC jurisdiction over consumer complaints Communications - Telecommunications, deregulation of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	S. Westrom
Summary	Amend to allow Public Service Commission to assist in the resolution of consumer complaints.
Index Headings	Public Utilities - Telecommunications, deregulation of Information Technology - Broadband services, remove PSC jurisdiction over consumer complaints Communications - Telecommunications, deregulation of

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	S. Westrom
Summary	Allow a customer 60 days to give written notice to the modifying utility that the customer no longer wants the IP-enabled service or wireless service and return to basic local exchange service.
Index Headings	Public Utilities - Telecommunications, deregulation of Information Technology - Broadband services, remove PSC jurisdiction over consumer complaints Communications - Telecommunications, deregulation of