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House Bill 454

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Last Action	03/05/21: to State & Local Government (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to ethics and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	1648
Sponsor	S. Baker
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 6.686 to require the Legislative Ethics Commission to make findings for complaints regarding whether they are grounded in fact, warranted by law, and filed in good faith; amend KRS 11A.060 to reorganize the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, terminating the current membership and increasing the number of members from five to seven, two of which would be appointed by the Governor with the Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State, and Attorney General appointing one member each; amend KRS 11A.080 to require the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to make findings for complaints regarding whether they are grounded in fact, warranted by law, and filed in good faith; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Governor - Executive Branch Ethics Commission, members, appointment Secretary of State - Executive Branch Ethics Commission, member, appointment Treasurer - Executive Branch Ethics Commission, member, appointment Ethics - Commissions, complaint standards, establishment Agriculture - Commissioner, Executive Branch Ethics Commission, member, appointment Attorney General - Executive Branch Ethics Commission, member, appointment Auditor of Public Accounts - Executive Branch Ethics Commission, member, appointment General Assembly - Legislative Ethics Commission, complaints, findings for Education, Finance - Ethics Commissions, complaints, appointments
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2
Votes	Vote History

Actions

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02/09/21	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/22/21	to State Government (H)
02/23/21	posted in committee
02/25/21	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/26/21	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 1, 2021
03/01/21	floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
03/02/21	3rd reading, passed 71-22 with Committee Substitute and floor amendments (1) and (2)
03/03/21	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/05/21	to State & Local Government (S)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except: delete provisions relating to Legislative Ethics Commission; require the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to elect a chair and vice chair every two years; and require four members to be present for a quorum and the votes of four members to take action.
Index Headings	Ethics - Commission, executive branch, chair, vice chair, every two years, election Ethics - Commission, executive branch, four votes to take action, requirement Ethics - Commission, executive branch, quorum, four members, requirement

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Baker
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend KRS 6.080 to increase the fine against a disobedient witness or an attempt to corrupt a legislator from $1,000 to $15,000, and allow the Attorney General to bring an enforcement action in either Franklin County or the county in which the accused person resides.
Index Headings	General Assembly - Witness, disobedient, increase in fine Attorney General - General Assembly, corruption of member, enforcement Attorney General - General Assembly, corruption of member, jurisdiction Attorney General - General Assembly, disobedient witness, enforcement Attorney General - General Assembly, disobedient witness, jurisdiction Crimes and Punishments - General Assembly, corruption of member, increase in fine Crimes and Punishments - General Assembly, disobedient witness, increase in fine General Assembly - Member, corruption, increase in fine

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	S. Baker
Summary	Amend KRS 11A.010 to include the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in the definition of "officer" for the purposes of the Executive Branch Ethics Commission; amend KRS 230.230 to require members of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission be subject to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission.
Index Headings	Ethics - Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, Executive Branch Ethics Commission, inclusion

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