Adam Koenig

Legislative Success

 

  • 2022 HB 607- Modernized many aspects of Kentucky’s pari-mutual laws, including satisfying the desire of many to generate more money to the general fund from HHR machines without raising the HHR rate, allowing KTDF funds to go to claiming raves and eliminating breakage.
  • 2022 HB 239- Removed the peace offer powers of untrained Constables.
  • 2021 HB 415- A cleanup bill from the 2020 HB 415, including allowing 3rd party fulfillment centers
  • 2021 SB 120- This Senate bill changed the pari-mutual laws to allow for Historical Horse Racing in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling.  I managed the passage of the bill on the House side and was involved in the drafting of the bill.
  • 2020 HB 415- HB 415 allows for direct shipment of alcohol from producers to your home, as long as you live in a wet territory.  This bill has been heralded as model legislation in the country, as Kentucky is going from being able to ship only wine from small farm wineries to being able to ship ANY type of alcohol.
  • 2019 HB 411– This bill protects the important therapeutic relationship for those who need a qualified assistance animal while keeping others from abusing the system.
  • 2019 HB 176– This bill removed an unelected bureaucrat from having the ability to raise the state insurance premium tax, and put that responsibility back into the hands of the people’s representatives, the Legislature.
  • 2018 HB 2– This bill is an updating of Kentucky’s workers compensation law.  Our workers compensation laws had not been updated since 1996.  In addition, there were several Kentucky Supreme Court rulings in recent years that needed to be addressed.  Specifically, the Parker v. Webster decision, if not addressed, would have increased every employers costs at least 5%, with many employers receiving larger increases. Also addressed were the need to implement treatment guidelines and pharmaceutical formularies.  These 2 items will save money, improve outcomes, and are already used in 40 other state programs. In the 4 years since this bill passed, workers compensation rates for employers have gone down over 33%!
  • 2018 HB 136– Allows microbrewers to sell up to 31 gallons, per person per day, of their own product in their own store.  Previously the law stated that a microbrewer could only sell up to 288 ounces (a case of 12 ounce bottles), per person per day.
  • 2018 HB 138– Submitted at the request of the Kenton County Mayors group and PDS, this law allows joint planning and zoning boards of adjustments to appoint members from all participating communities.
  • 2018 HB 329– This bill is related to animal assistance.  In essence, it allows a landlord to ensure that a renter has a true medical need for an assistance animal before renting to someone.
  • 2017 HB 3– It was truly my honor to be able to draft, co-sponsor and carry this bill which repealed the prevailing wage in Kentucky.  This law artificially inflated the cost of labor for most public projects between 5-20%. 
  • 2017 HB 26– This bill eliminated an antiquated statute that required the county sheriff to visit and inspect each dance hall and roadhouse in the county and provide a monthly report to the county attorney and Circuit Court.  These responsibilities now reside with the Alcohol Beverage Control in Frankfort.
  • 2017 HB 183– This bill was a comprehensive modernization of our alcohol laws.  HB 183 eliminated many unnecessary, prohibition era, rules and brought our alcohol laws into the 21st century.
  • 2016 HB 162– This was a simple bill that was brought to me by my County Attorney.  It simply included electronic communications in the definition of harassing communications.
  • 2013 HB 148– HB 148 eliminated the Kentucky Wood Products Competitiveness Corporation.  This little known entity was shut down after an investigation in 2003 for misuse of money.  However, even though the state stopped appropriating money to it and there were no board members, it still existed in statute.  After 10 years of inaction, and 5 years of filing bills to eliminate it, it was passed.
  • 2012 HB 369– This bill ensured that KLEPF funds (training funds for police officers to keep up with their training) would continue to be paid to any active officer who is a member of the national guard and is called up to active service.  This bill was the idea of a (then) Covington police officer Brian Smallwood.  He believed it was wrong to take away that payment to these officers at that time in their lives.  I agreed.  If you click on the hyperlink, you will see another member as the primary sponsor.   I filed this bill for several years (as you can see here, here, here, here,and  here,), but was told by the then Democrat majority that if I gave it to one of their members, they would pass it. I cared much more about helping our police officers than I did about who got the credit.   As you can see, it passed the House unanimously.
  • 2011 HB 250– This bill updated and modernized the Board of Home Inspectors.
  • 2011 HB 192– This bill required every senior in high school to receive instruction on how to register to vote, the mechanisms of voting, and how to get an absentee ballot.  This bill was the idea of a civics class from Lloyd High School.
  • 2011 HCR 37– This resolution came as a result of the federal consent decree regarding storm water that had raised everyone’s Sanitation District rates in Northern Kentucky.  This resolution was used as a model in several other states.
  • 2010 HB 276– This bill dealt with small independent board of less than 100 licensed professionals.  It required they use a government agency rather than setting up their own shop to run their operations and required oversight from the Legislature if they continue under 100 licensees.