AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
Signed into Law
Apr 2018
Introduced Feb 9, 2018
Signed Apr 2, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Apr 2, 2018
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57)
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed 63-31
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate committee amendment (1)
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendment (1)
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Committee
To Rules (H)
lower
Mar 14, 2018
Committee
To Judiciary (S)
upper
Feb 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
Posted in committee
lower
Feb 13, 2018
Committee
To Judiciary (H)
lower
Feb 9, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
D.J. Johnson
RRepublican
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