AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.
Summary
Amend KRS 610.030 to require a court referral for truancy cases when there is no improvement within 30 days; require a court-designated worker to make a finding if diversion is failed due to lack of parental cooperation; allow a court to refer cases back to the court-designated worker and order parental cooperation; amend KRS 610.265 to require children charged with serious felony offenses to be detained pending a detention hearing; amend KRS 610.340 to provide that confidentiality does not apply to cases in which a child has admitted to or been adjudicated for a violent felony offense; amend KRS 635.060 to require a juvenile's probationary period to remain open until any violations are resolved, if a violation is pending at the time of completion.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2022
Last action Mar 30, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 14, 2022
How they voted
66–19
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 90
Mar 14, 2022
D
Democratic23
82% Nay
R
Republican67
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Mar 30, 2022
Introduced
floor amendments (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) filed
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, to Rules
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Mar 15, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 73-19
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
C. Ed Massey
RRepublican
P
Daniel Elliott
RRepublican
P
John Blanton
RRepublican
P
Kevin Bratcher
RRepublican
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