Kentucky
General Assembly

02/13/20	introduced in House
02/18/20	to Judiciary (H)
02/21/20	posted in committee
03/04/20	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/05/20	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 6, 2020
03/09/20	floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
03/10/20	floor amendment (4) filed
03/12/20	3rd reading, passed 73-17 with floor amendment (4)
03/17/20	received in Senate
03/18/20	taken from Committee on Committees (S) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (S) to Judiciary (S)
03/19/20	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
04/01/20	floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill
04/15/20	recommitted to Judiciary (S)

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	R. Wiederstein
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend to add provisions requiring that evidence of previous convictions not be introduced until after a guilty verdict is rendered.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for Criminal Procedure - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	R. Wiederstein
Summary	Retain orginial provisions; amend to add requirment that the prosecution notify a defendant that a conviction could be used as an enhancment in subsequent proceedings.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for Criminal Procedure - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	R. Wiederstein
Summary	Retain original provisions; delete "driven by" and replace with "caused by" in provisions referring to substance abuse.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for Criminal Procedure - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	C. Massey
Summary	Amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8463, 238.995, 341.990, 434.650, 434.655, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, and 514.110 to increase the felony threshold for theft and fraud offenses to $1,000, create a Class B misdemeanor level for theft and fraud offenses of less than $500, amend the Class A misdemeanor level to be $500 or more but less than $1,000, and enhance the penalty for three convictions of a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony if the convictions occur within a five year period.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for Criminal Procedure - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact to Senate Committee Substitute 1 Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8463, 238.995, 341.990, 434.650, 434.655, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, and 514.110 to increase the felony threshold for theft and fraud offenses to $1,000; create a Class B misdemeanor level for theft and fraud offenses, amend the Class A misdemeanor level to be $500 or more but less than $1,000, enhance the penalty for three convictions of a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony if the convictions occur within a five year period, allow offenses that occur within 90 days to be aggregated into one offense; make technical corrections.
Index Headings	Corrections Impact - theft and fraud crimes Local Mandate - theft and fraud crimes Crimes and Punishments - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for Criminal Procedure - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for Technical Corrections - HB 424

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	D. Carroll
Summary	Delay the effective date until January 1, 2021.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - Theft and fraud crimes, raising felony threshold for, effective January 1, 2021

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	M. McGarvey
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 424

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	M. McGarvey
Summary	Provide that the time requirement for any filing, notice, recording, lien perfection, or other legal act to be accomplished or completed by a County Clerk or at the office of a County Clerk during the Governor's declaration of a State of Emergency in response to the novel coronavirus (cause of COVID-19) shall be tolled until 30 days after said declaration ends.
Index Headings	Civil Actions - Legal actions filed with county clerk, tolling of Counties - Legal actions filed with county clerk, tolling of County Clerks - Legal actions filed with county clerk, tolling of