House passes juror and radon bills; GOP fails again with discharge petition

FRANKFORT — Any Kentuckian who is at least 80 and disabled may have his or her name removed from the list of prospective jurors under a bill the House approved 85-5 Friday.

House Bill 372, sponsored by Rep. Tom Riner, D-Louisville, now goes to the Senate for its consideration.

The House also approved on a 85-5 vote HB 494, which regulates professionals who measure radon gas in buildings.

Also, Rep. Stan Lee, R-Lexington, tried to get the House to remove from a committee and bring to the House for a vote a resolution that would declares states have sovereignty over powers not given to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution.

But House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said Lee’s discharge petition was out of order.

Stumbo had made the same ruling Thursday when Rep. Joe Fischer, R-Fort Thomas, filed a discharge petition to remove from a committee a bill to require women to see ultrasound images of their fetuses before undergoing abortions.

–Jack Brammer

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