Jails And Jailers
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to solitary confinement. [HB-615]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to prohibit the use of solitary confinement, with limited exceptions; and require reporting of data on its use.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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AN ACT relating to virtual court proceedings. [HB-683]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A to establish remote or virtual attendance by a defendant who is in jail or other detention facility; specify proceedings when remote or virtual attendance is permitted; establish parameters to ensure protection of rights; provide permissive authority to attend civil hearing remotely or virtually.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jails. [HB-590]
Amend KRS 441.265 to require a prisoner in a county jail to begin paying fees from the prisoner's booking date; require a jail to reimburse and waive fees if a prisoner is not convicted of any charges; require the Department of Corrections to annually adjust the maximum room and board fee of $50 per day based on changes in the Consumer Price Index; set procedure by which automatic deductions from a prisoner's canteen account may be made by the jail.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 188) on 04/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to county jails. [SB-220]
Amend KRS 441.265 to add that the requirement for a prisoner to reimburse the county for jail fees is to start from the prisoner's booking date; require a county jail to clear a prisoner of any outstanding expenses and to reimburse any expenses already paid if the prisoner's case does not result in a conviction; allow the Department of Corrections to annually adjust the maximum per diem for room and board based on the Consumer Price Index; allow jails to automatically deduct 100% of an initial deposit and 50% of subsequent deposits in a prisoner's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Judiciary (s) on 02/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to legal proceedings and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-90]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 533 to establish a behavioral health conditional dismissal pilot program beginning October 1, 2022, and continuing for four years to provide eligible individuals an alternative to receive treatment for a behavioral health disorder instead of incarceration, resulting in dismissal of the criminal charges upon successful completion of the program; identify the counties participating in the pilot program; define terms; establish program procedures, reporting requirements, and program requirements including access to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Stivers
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 230) on 04/20/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jail fees. [HB-544]
Amend KRS 441.265 to require a conviction for the court to order a prisoner to reimburse a county for unpaid jail fees; require a conviction for a jailer to be able to bill and attempt to collect unpaid jail fees from a prisoner; and require any fees that were automatically deducted from a prisoner's account to be reimbursed if the prisoner's case does not result in a conviction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
Introduced In House on 02/22/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to training for deputy jailers. [HB-439]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 441 to require deputy jailers to have basic training and continuing education; create the Kentucky Jail Training Council and set membership; establish provisions for the conduct of business for the council; set reimbursement for members of the council; administratively attach the council to the Department of Criminal Justice Training; require the council to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission; require the council to establish a universal core curriculum and approve training subjects for basic
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Taken From Local Government (h) on 03/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to first responders. [SB-101]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to create the misdemeanor of unauthorized capture of photographic or videographic images by a first responder.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jared Carpenter
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-285]
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2021-2022: $125,187,900, 2022-2023: $2,727,314,100, 2023-2024: $2,018,630,000; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $291,800, 2022-2023: $377,258,800, 2023-2024: $32,308,300; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2021-2022: $134,400, 2022-2023: $6,791,287,300, 2023-2024: $6,938,460,600; appropriate to the Education and Labor Cabinet: 2021-2022: $5,749,500, 2022-2023: $861,376,300, 2023-2024: $818,991,800; appropriate
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jails. [SB-81]
Amend KRS 431.215 to provide that the state pays a fee to counties for lodging prisoners judged guilty of death or confinement to the penitentiary beginning on the date the prisoner is delivered to the penitentiary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require payment to the county of that fee and, if applicable, the fees set forth in KRS 532.100(7) for each day a prisoner is charged with a felony and lodged in the county with payment, ceasing the day the prisoner is acquitted of the felony charges, or has judgement rendered otherwise involving
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Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
To Judiciary (s) on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-1]
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2021-2022: $925,391,000, 2022-2023: $2,450,394,100, 2023-2024: $1,945,550,500; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $631,100, 2022-2023: $42,311,100, 2023-2024: $43,841,800; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2021-2022: $4,038,300, 2022-2023: $6,272,487,700, 2023-2024: $6,338,219,700; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $4,302,200, 2022-2023: $226,803,000, 2023-2024: $228,602,800;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 199) on 04/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jails. [HB-211]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to provide that the state pay a per diem, to include additional fees that may be applicable under KRS 532.100(7), for the amount of time an inmate serves in a jail or other local correctional facility when the inmate is convicted of a felony and the sentence in whole or in part includes the amount of time served prior to conviction.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Taken From Local Government (h) on 03/14/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pregnant inmates. [HB-38]
Amend KRS 196.173 to allow an inmate who is known to be pregnant or who has given birth in the last six weeks access to reasonable accommodations for the provision of available certified professional midwifery services or doula services.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to elections. [HB-168]
Establish new chapter KRS Chapter 118C and create new sections of chapter to establish a system of electing the offices of Commonwealth's attorney, circuit clerk, county attorney, county clerk, sheriff, jailer, and coroner under a nonpartisan system; amend KRS 118.215, 118.315, 118.225, 118.325, and 118.115 to conform; EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Duplessis
Taken From Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (h) on 03/14/2022
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to virtual court proceedings. [HB-551]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A to establish remote attendance by a defendant who is in jail or a detention facility via two-way audio-video communications; specify proceedings when remote attendance is required and when permitted; establish parameters to ensure protection of rights; establish local determination in juvenile criminal cases in district court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Westrom
Taken From Rules on 03/30/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to create the Task Force on Economic Effects of Casino Gambling and Cannabis Legalization. [HCR-63]
Create the Task Force on Economic Effects of Casino Gambling and Recreational Marijuana Legalization to study economic effects of legalization of casino gambling and cannabis on governments, corrections, judiciary, small business, wages, and employment; establish task force membership; require five meeting of the task force during the 2021 interim and report findings to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Introduced In House on 02/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to first responders. [SB-222]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to create the misdemeanor of unauthorized capture of photographic or videographic images by a first responder.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jared Carpenter
Taken From Committee On Committees (h) on 03/12/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to telecommunications for inmates in jails. [SB-187]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to provide oversight protocols to telecommunications services provided by jails for inmates.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/10/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION urging county-level advocacy groups to review the compensation of county officials whose duties are not coextensive with the Commonwealth. [SR-70]
Urge the associations representing county level elected officials whose duties are not coextensive with the Commonwealth to confer and report any identified compensation issues to the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government by November 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Buford
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/10/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jails. [SB-140]
Amend KRS 441.055 to specify what jail regulations must allow regarding receipt of documents, mail, and meetings with attorneys.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 138) on 03/25/2021