House Bill 340

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Last Action recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Title AN ACT relating to inmate recidivism reduction.
Bill Documents Bill
Impact Statements Corrections Impact
Bill Request Number 27
Sponsors R. Adkins, J. Bell, J. Crenshaw
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 relating to prisons, to permit the Department of Corrections to operate a Prison Industries Enhancement (PIE) program in which the labor of prisoners is leased to private entities to make products and provide services for private employers which shall be in compliance with federal law; create a commission to oversee the program; provide that the program is temporary and shall expire ten years after the first program begins reauthorized by the General Assembly.
Index Headings of Original Version Corrections Impact - Prison industries enhancement program
Labor and Industry - Prison industries enhancement program
Occupations and Professions - Prison industries enhancement program
State Agencies - Prison industries enhancement program
Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Prison industries enhancement program
Crimes and Punishments - Prison industries enhancement program
Criminal Procedure - Prison industries enhancement program
Federal Laws and Regulations - Prison industries enhancement program
Jails and Jailers - Prison industries enhancement program
Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1

Actions

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01/28/10
  • introduced in House
02/01/10
  • to Judiciary (H)
02/12/10
  • posted in committee
02/17/10
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/18/10
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
02/24/10
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 25, 2010
03/24/10
  • taken from the Orders of the Day
  • returned to Rules (H)
03/25/10
  • recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements Corrections Impact
Summary Retain most original provisions except, in Section 1 limit the provisions to being a pilot project in a facility that is designed to support prison industries and which can be expanded by 800 inmates, require a civilian worker being displaced to be performing the same task as a prisoner for an exclusion to apply, name the organization contracting with the state a "private sector partner"; in Section 2 relating to the Kentucky Prison Industry Enhancement Commission to limit the term of the House of Representatives member of the commission to two years or the remainder of the term of office whichever is shorter, limit the term of the Senate member of the commission to four years or the remainder of the term of office whichever is shorter, require that the Kentucky State AFL-CIO labor union rather than the commission recommend replacements for labor union members to the Governor, change the grievance process to require the first appeal to the commissioner, the next appeal to the Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the next appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court.
Index Headings Corrections Impact - Prison industries enhancement program
Labor and Industry - Prison industries enhancement program
Occupations and Professions - Prison industries enhancement program
State Agencies - Prison industries enhancement program
Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Prison industries enhancement program
Crimes and Punishments - Prison industries enhancement program
Criminal Procedure - Prison industries enhancement program
Federal Laws and Regulations - Prison industries enhancement program
Jails and Jailers - Prison industries enhancement program

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