| Last Action | 03/27/26: recommitted to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General. |
| Bill Documents |
Current
Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1035 |
| Sponsor | S. Meredith |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS 15.800 to 15.876 to require staff in the Department of Law with access to or use of federal tax information to submit to a criminal background check to be provided to the Attorney General; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; establish that each state agency is for all purposes the custodian of its own records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish a 10-year statute of limitations in actions brought by the Attorney General; amend KRS 13B.140 to prohibit a hearing officer from being named as a party in any court action seeking judicial review of a final order of an agency; amend KRS 216B.115 to establish that in any appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court, neither the Attorney General nor any hearing officer shall be named as a party; amend KRS 322A.030 to remove the Attorney General as legal adviser to the Board of Registration for Professional Geologists; amend KRS 403.213 to remove the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as a member of the commission charged with review of the child support tables to conform with the transfer of child support enforcement to the Attorney General; amend KRS 367.160 to conform; make technical corrections. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Attorney General, hearing officers, specified appeals, joinder as party, prohibition Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Department of Law, background check for employees of Department of Child Support Services Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Child support guidelines, secretary, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, removal Attorney General - Background checks, authorization Attorney General - Board of Professional Geologists, legal services, removal Attorney General - Certificate of need, appeals, party to an appeal, duty to defend, exclusions Attorney General - Commencement of actions, limitations Attorney General - Party to an appeal, duty to defend, exclusions Attorney General - Records of state agencies, custody and control, exclusion Background Checks - Attorney General, Department of Child Support Services, requirement Boards And Commissions - Legal representation, Attorney General, Board of Registration for Professional Geologists, removal Civil Actions - Attorney General, commencement of actions, limitations Civil Procedure - Attorney General, commencement of actions, limitations Civil Procedure - Attorney General, specified appeals, joinder as party, prohibition Consumer Protection - Attorney General, commencement of actions, limitations Courts, Circuit - Party to specified appeals, Attorney General, hearing officer, prohibition Domestic Relations - Child support guidelines, secretary, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, removal Public Officers And Employees - Attorney General, Department of Child Support Services, background check, requirement Public Records And Reports - Attorney General, Department of Child Support Services, background check Public Records And Reports - State agencies, custody, possession and control State Agencies - Records, custody, possession and control, independent Technical Corrections - Child support guidelines, percentage change, applicable date Trade Practices And Retailing - Attorney General, commencement of actions, limitations |
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House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | S. Dietz |
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 26A.020 to establish that any person may submit an affidavit to the Attorney General asserting that an assigned judge cannot impartially preside in a pending action; authorize the Attorney General to determine if the impartiality of the judge may reasonably be questioned; authorize the Attorney General to submit the affidavit to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who shall determine whether to appoint a special judge; EMERGENCY. |
| Index Headings |
Effective Dates, Emergency - Operations of the Attorney General Attorney General - Impartiality of tribunal, appointment request for special judge, procedure, authorization Attorney General - Impartiality of tribunal, appointment request for special judge, procedure, establishment Civil Actions - Impartiality of tribunal, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Civil Procedure - Impartiality of tribunal, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Court, Supreme - Impartiality of tribunal, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Courts, Circuit - Impartiality of judge, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Courts, District - Impartiality of judge, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment Judges And Court Commissioners - Impartiality of tribunal, request for appointment of special judge, procedure, establishment |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | S. Dietz |
| Summary | Make title amendment. |
| Index Headings | Title Amendments - SB 198/GA |
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