HB 590 Kentucky House · 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to jails.

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Feb 24, 2022 Signed Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 14, 2022

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 188)
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 18-13
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Committee
to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
upper
Mar 15, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 78-13
lower
Mar 10, 2022
Committee
recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Committee
to Local Government (H)
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Michael Meredith
Michael Meredith
RRepublican
KY
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