HB 491: AN ACT relating to state government.

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Amend KRS 45.750 to redefine "equipment" to include electronic equipment that incorporates advanced computing, including smart medical, scientific, and research equipment; increase the threshold required for a lease of real property to qualify as a capital project from $200,000 annually to $500,000 annually; increase the threshold required for equipment to qualify as a capital project from $200,000 to $500,000; increase the threshold required for a lease of movable equipment to qualify as a capital project from $200,000 annually to $500,000 annually; increase the threshold for a new acquisition, upgrade, or replacement of an information technology system to qualify as a capital project from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000; amend KRS 164A.585 to permit employees of an institution or inviduals hired specifically for that project to perform work on capital construction projects costing up to $500,000; remove the requirement for a specific invoice form if a personal service contract invoice contains the information required by that form; amand KRS 45A.695 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 164.330 to remove the requirement that a public postsecondary board of regents meet within 30 days of each appointment of new members; amend KRS 61.661 to require the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to release account information to the employer or other state or federal agency upon request; amend KRS 61.880 to establish a 60-day timeframe to appeal an agency's denial of a request to inspect a public record; amend KRS 164.952 to remove the limitations on the number of retired police officers a public postsecondary education institution may employ without paying into the retirement system.

Sponsors

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. March 12, 2025to Committee on Committees (S)
2. March 12, 2025received in Senate
3. March 12, 20253rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
4. March 12, 2025placed in the Orders of the Day
5. March 12, 2025taken from Rules
6. March 11, 2025Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
7. March 7, 2025Floor Amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
8. March 6, 2025reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
9. March 5, 2025returned to State Government (H)
10. March 5, 20251st reading
11. March 5, 2025taken from State Government (H)
12. February 14, 2025to State Government (H)

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