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Bill AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Claims Commission. Establish KRS Chapter 49 for the creation of the Kentucky Claims Commission; reassign all duties and responsibilities of the Board of Claims, Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals, and Crime Victims Compensation Board to the Kentucky Claims Commission by amending various statutes; raise the cap for negligence claims against the Commonwealth for a single claim from $200,000 to $250,000 and for multiple claims from $350,000 to $400,000; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for negligence claims that may be investigated by the commission; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for contested negligence claims that shall receive a hearing; raise the threshold for appeals of the commission's awards for negligence from $1,000 to $2,500; provide that negligence claims less than $250 may not be brought before the commission; shorten the time a crime victim may file a claim from 5 years to 2 years; repeal KRS 44.075, 44.080, 131.310, 131.315, 131.320, 131.330, and 346.030; confirm Executive Order 2016-576. AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Claims Commission. Establish KRS Chapter 49 for the creation of the Kentucky Claims Commission; reassign all duties and responsibilities of the Board of Claims, Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals, and Crime Victims Compensation Board to the Kentucky Claims Commission by amending various statutes; raise the cap for negligence claims against the Commonwealth for a single claim from $200,000 to $250,000 and for multiple claims from $350,000 to $400,000; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for negligence claims that may be investigated by the commission; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for contested negligence claims that shall receive a hearing; raise the threshold for appeals of the commission's awards for negligence from $1,000 to $2,500; provide that negligence claims less than $250 may not be brought before the commission; shorten the time a crime victim may file a claim from 5 years to 2 years; repeal KRS 44.075, 44.080, 131.310, 131.315, 131.320, 131.330, and 346.030; confirm Executive Order 2016-576. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2017RS HB 453 Kentucky HB 453 (2017RS)
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Kentucky HB 453 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Claims Commission. Establish KRS Chapter 49 for the creation of the Kentucky Claims Commission; reassign all duties and responsibilities of the Board of Claims, Kentucky Board of Tax Appeals, and Crime Victims Compensation Board to the Kentucky Claims Commission by amending various statutes; raise the cap for negligence claims against the Commonwealth for a single claim from $200,000 to $250,000 and for multiple claims from $350,000 to $400,000; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for negligence claims that may be investigated by the commission; raise the threshold from $1,000 to $2,500 for contested negligence claims that shall receive a hearing; raise the threshold for appeals of the commission's awards for negligence from $1,000 to $2,500; provide that negligence claims less than $250 may not be brought before the commission; shorten the time a crime victim may file a claim from 5 years to 2 years; repeal KRS 44.075, 44.080, 131.310, 131.315, 131.320, 131.330, and 346.030; confirm Executive Order 2016-576.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HB 453 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  2. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-02-16 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2017-02-21 To State Government (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-02-21 Posted in committee
  • 2017-02-23 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute reading-1
  • 2017-02-24 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-02-24 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
  • 2017-02-27 3rd reading, passed 69-17 with Committee Substitute reading-3, passage
  • 2017-02-28 Received in Senate
  • 2017-02-28 To State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2017-03-06 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar reading-1
  • 2017-03-07 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-03-08 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
  • 2017-03-08 3rd reading, passed 37-0 reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-14 Received in House
  • 2017-03-14 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2017-03-14 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2017-03-14 Delivered to Governor
  • 2017-03-21 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 74) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef53356a-b45c-4cc7-9a7d-548f7249860d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).