HB 12 Kentucky House · 2024 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to jails and declaring an emergency.

Summary

Create a new section of KRS 441.420 to 441.450 to prohibit the building, reconstructing, remodeling, or renovation of a jail unless it is a regional jail and the General Assembly provides express approval; provide exceptions to the prohibition including where a court has ordered jail construction, construction is necessary to comply with state or federal law or regulations, or to replace or rebuild a facility following a catastrophic event; EMERGENCY.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2024

House Passage

Mar 2024

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 26, 2024 Last action Mar 13, 2024

Floor votes · House Mar 8, 2024

How they voted

82–2

Passed · 14 other

Total votes 98

Mar 8, 2024

D Democratic20

17 Yea 3

85% Yea

R Republican78

65 Yea 2 Nay 11

83% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 13, 2024

Committee

to State & Local Government (S)

upper

Mar 11, 2024

Committee

to Committee on Committees (S)

upper

Mar 8, 2024

Lower · Passed

3rd reading, passed 82-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

lower

Mar 6, 2024

Lower · Passed

reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

lower

Feb 28, 2024

Committee

to Local Government (H)

lower

Feb 26, 2024

Committee

to Committee on Committees (H)

lower

Feb 26, 2024

Introduced

introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors