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The bill passed 35-0 with 3 people not voting.

Not voting:
Denton
Kerr
McGarvey

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SB100 looks neat.  I looked through the bill text but didn't see any sort of deadline for when such a system would need to be in place.  How would that work?  ASAP once the thing is passed?  Whenever the Commonwealth IT guys get around to it?  ACA web guru's in charge?



15 days is pretty boss.  Doesn't that even beat VA's "if we don't answer you in XX days, your app is your de facto permit"?

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The electronic application shouldn't take that long to program but I'm not sure which agency will be putting that together for them.  The state constitution specifies that new laws take effect 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.  With SB106/HB351 being a higher profile law it will be pushing the state police to get the system implemented ASAP. That law gives the state police 1 day or as soon as possible to issue the temporary permit.  The electronic system would make things a lot easier for the State Police so I don't see any reason they wouldn't want to implement it ASAP.

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Several bills being discussed tomorrow, Wednesday 3/12, in the House Judiciary committee.

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So what happens next?  How many hurdles does this need to clear to pass?  Who do we need to contact?  Is there going to be a hearing on it in Frankfort that we can attend and speak?

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The House Orders of the Day today are 2 item.  These items can be discussed and voted on today but there is no requirement that it has to be done today.

HCR 11  A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging recognition of trapshooting as a high school sport. (Rep. Wilson Stone)




HB 213 - The bill that would exempt corrections officers with firearm training from the training requirement for a CCDW.
A floor amendment was introduced that would allow someone who moves to Kentucky and has an out of state CCW permit to use that permit for 120 days.  It also gives them 60 days to submit documentation of the valid out of state permit which would them exempt them from the Kentucky training requirement.

The floor amendment was submitted by Senator Lee who also wrote a separate bill, HB 465, with the exact same language.  It looks like they are merging the content of HB 465 into this bill.  This is a very good bill now so please contact your state Representative and ask them to support HB 213.
 

Dear fellow outdoor enthusiast:
I'm sending this email out BCC to implore you to take IMMEDIATE ACTION (as in first thing Monday) regarding the reappointment of Dr James Angel to the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Commission.  Please call Senator Jared Carpenter AS SOON AS YOU READ THIS on Monday morning and ask him to not allow Senate Resolution 273 out of committee.  SR 273 is a resolution to reappoint Dr Angel to the KDFWR Commission and this needs to be DEFEATED.
Senator Carpenter can be reached at:
Senate Office# 800-372-7181 ext 730 or  502-564-8100 ext 730
Home: 859-623-7199
[email protected]

If you are an NRA member, please identify yourself as an NRA member as this carries a lot of weight with elected officials.  If you are a member of any other organized sporting group, please tell Sen. Carpenter and advise him the sportsmen and women of Kentucky will be watching how the vote goes.  Please forward this email to all your fellow outdoor enthusiasts!

I have included text regarding the corrupt and illegal activities of Dr Angel below:


Dr. Angel willingly participated in the corrupt practices at Ballard County WMA
If you need proof of corruption at the top levels of KDFWR, look no further than the recent OIG Report regarding what took place at Ballard County WMA.
Section 301 KAR 2:222 requires EVERY hunter to “apply” for hunts at Ballard County WMA. Doctor Angel and other commissioners deliberately and intentionally disregarded KDFWR’s own regulations and hunted there. They apparently believe they are more special and important than you, me, and every other hunter in this state, and they weren’t required to follow their own rules.
When Dr. Angel and the other commissioners hunted at Ballard County WMA, they not only broke the regs by skirting the public draw, they received preferable blind treatment and were assigned the best blinds. Even worse, these elitists at KDFWR actually KNEW what they were doing was illegal, because they showed up for the public draws with full knowledge that they would not hunt in the blind they were drawn. In the sworn words of the KDFWR’s waterfowl biologist at Ballard County WMA, Robert Colvis, it was “all for show.”
Colvis also averred that Dr. Angel contacted him via phone repeatedly and asked him to shut off a productive area of Ballard County WMA from the public in order for Dr. Angel and his cronies to hunt there. The phone records support Mr. Colvis’s sworn statements. Incredibly, Dr. Angel claims that his seven (7) phone calls with Mr. Colvis were simply to explore the weather and the hunting conditions at Ballard County WMA.
These facts are all contained in the OIG Report.
Dr. Angel’s Reappointment Violates the Letter and Spirit of SB 64
The Kentucky legislator unanimously voted SB 64 into law. Key features of this bill included Senate confirmation of appointments to the commission seats and term limits to insure turnover at KDFWR. These provisions of SB 64 were codified at KRS 150.022(2) which reads: “The Governor shall appoint the commission subject to confirmation by the Senate. Each of the members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years and may be reappointed only once.”
Dr. Angel is now seeking a 4th term. Despite having rejected prior nominations from other applicants on the basis that it would violate the stated term limitations, Governor Beshear ignored this for Dr. Angel and is disappointingly trying to have him reappointed. The ostensible basis for avoiding the clear intent of this language is that it cannot be retroactively applied.
Regardless of whether this reappointment violates the letter of the term limit language, it clearly violates the spirit of the law.
See a pattern here? Dr. Angel seeks to skirt this law because he is entitled. Dr. Angel gets to displace the public hunter at Ballard County WMA, because KDFWR is his department and he is entitled.
The sportsmen & women deserve better.



Dear Senator Jared Carpenter:
As a sportsman citizen of the Commonwealth, I write to you to vote NO and reject the nomination of Dr. James Angel to serve as 4th District Commissioner to the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources (“KDFWR”).
As is plainly evident by the recent OIGSS Report regarding KDFWR, Dr. Angel has abused his position of authority and violated KDFWR’s own regulations by participating in illegal hunts at Ballard County WMA.
Moreover, Dr. Angel’s nomination to a 4th term violates the spirit, if not the very letter, of legislation (SB 64) passed unanimously by both chambers, which states that KDFWR district commissioners could only be reappointed once. Dr. Angel’s putative reappointment to a 4th term plainly contravenes the intent of this law, which was to insure turnover at the commission level to avoid the exact abuses which were reflected in the OIG Report.
Senator, there are over 400,000 sportsmen in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and many will be watching this vote closely and will punish any public official at the ballot box who votes against our wishes.

Vote NO to James Angel!

Last Friday, Governor Steve Beshear (D) signed into law a comprehensive pro-gun bill, House Bill 128.

As initially introduced by state Representative Robert Damron (D-39), HB 128 allows retired peace officers with a valid Concealed Deadly Weapons License (CDWL), in accordance with the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to carry at all times in Kentucky, with an exception for detention facilities.

HB 128 also contains amendments added in the state Senate, which incorporated the following pro-gun reform bills from this session:

Senate Bill 100, sponsored by state Senator Sara Beth Gregory (R-16), streamlines the Concealed Deadly Weapons License (CDWL) process by allowing applicants to submit their forms electronically.  This applies to both new and renewing applicants.  Allowing applicants to submit license information electronically provides them with greater access to the CDWL process.
Senate Bill 125, sponsored by state Senator Dennis Parrett (D-10), allows honorably discharged service members to waive the training requirement for a concealed deadly weapon license with the proper documentation.
Senate Bill 192, sponsored by state Senator R.J. Palmer (D-28), allows for special law enforcement officers employed by school districts to be included in the definition of "police officer" and make them eligible for certain Kentucky Office of Homeland Security grants.
Senate Bill 232, sponsored by state Senator Brandon Smith (R-30), requires that a chief law enforcement officer (CLEO) sign an application for the transfer of any item regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA) within fifteen days if the applicant is not prohibited by law from receiving it.  By removing any possibility of personal bias and creating a statewide standard, SB 232 protects the rights of law-abiding gun owners across the Bluegrass State.
House Bill 213, sponsored by state Representative Joni Jenkins (D-44), allows corrections officers, current or retired, of urban-county governments or consolidated local governments to use their professional training to satisfy the training requirement in applying for a concealed-carry permit.  HB 213, as amended by state Representative Stan Lee (R-45), also allows new residents in Kentucky who have valid concealed carry licenses from other states that have a reciprocal agreement with the Kentucky Department of State Police, to waive the training requirements for Kentucky licenses and to use the out-of-state license in Kentucky for their first 120 days of residence, providing that within sixty days of the resident moving to Kentucky, he or she delivers a form and accompanying documents by registered or certified mail to the Department of Kentucky State Police, evidencing proof of a valid out-of-state license to carry a concealed deadly weapon.  This amendment also stipulates that an out-of-state concealed carry license will become invalid in Kentucky upon either the passage of 120 days or issuance to the person a valid Kentucky concealed deadly weapons license.
House Bill 351, sponsored by state Representative Gerald Watkins (D-3), allows an individual who has legally sought a court-issued Emergency Protection Order (EPO) the ability to better defend themselves by expediting the permitting process for a CDWL, after a background check.  Senate Bill 106, sponsored by state Senator Jared Carpenter (R-34), was the Senate counterpart to HB 351 and its language and identical intent were included as well.
As reported here, the Kentucky House of Representatives concurred on HB 128, as amended by the state Senate, by a 92-6 vote on March 31.  HB 128 passed in the state Senate by a 37-1 vote on March 27.

Thank you to Governor Beshear for signing this bill into law, as well as all NRA members across Kentucky who tirelessly worked to see these important pro-gun reforms through to final passage this year.

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I haven't yet parsed all this out but it sounds like a good year for gun rights in Kentucky.