AN ACT relating to coal mine safety.
     Amend KRS 351.010, relating to mine safety, to add definitions for "probation" and "final order of the commission"; amend KRS 351.120 to establish notification requirements for failure of an alcohol or drug test required for certification or licensing relating to mining; provide for notice of right to appeal of certification or licensing suspension; allow for deferral from certification or licensing revocation for medical treatment; establish consequences for failure to appeal or complete the deferral program; amend KRS 351.122 to require the commissioner of the Department for Natural Resources to impose analogous sanctions against the Kentucky licenses or certifications of a miner who has violated corresponding drug and alcohol testing requirements in reciprocal states with Kentucky; amend KRS 351.182 to replace methaqualone with buprenorphine in the panel urine test required to establish drug-free status; allow the Mine Safety Review Commission to set additional panels for the urine test by order; amend KRS 351.183 to conform; amend KRS 351.184 to conform; establish the rights of appeal or deferral for certification denial for failure of a drug or alcohol test; provide for consequences for failure to appeal or successfully complete deferral; amend KRS 351.990 to establish penalties for first, second, and third offenses for failure of a drug or alcohol test required for a mining certification or license.

     Feb 9-introduced in House
     Feb 13-to Natural Resources & Environment (H); posted in committee
     Feb 23-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Feb 24-2nd reading, to Rules
     Feb 27-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 29, 2012
     Feb 29-3rd reading, passed 98-0
     Mar 1-received in Senate
     Mar 5-to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
     Mar 7-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Mar 8-2nd reading, to Rules
     Mar 26-posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 26, 2012; 3rd reading, passed 36-0
     Mar 27-received in House; enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
     Mar 30-enrolled, signed by President of the Senate; delivered to Governor
     Apr 11-signed by Governor (Acts ch. 89)