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Senate Bill 9

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Last Action	returned to Judiciary (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to judicial redistricting.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	976
Sponsors	J. Schickel, T. Buford, J. Adams, J. Carpenter, R. Girdler, E. Harris, P. Hornback, C. McDaniel, S. West, W. Westerfield
Summary of Original Version	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 and caseload; require the analysis to be completed within two years of December 31 of the year of the decennial census; require the Supreme Court to submit the analysis to the General Assembly by January 31 of the following year; provide that if the analysis indicates a need for rearrangement of judicial circuits and districts or reallocation of the number of judges due to population or caseload, the Supreme Court may submit certification as required by the Constitution of Kentucky which may include a proposal; amend KRS 23A.020 to realign the boundaries of the judicial circuits; 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 the allocation of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit to six judges and six numbered divisions of the Circuit Court; 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.
Index Headings of Original Version	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources
Proposed Amendments	Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 Senate Floor Amendment 3 House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 House Floor Amendment 4 House Floor Amendment 5 House Floor Amendment 6
Votes	Vote History

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02/07/17	introduced in Senate
02/08/17	taken from Committee on Committees (S) 1st reading returned to Committee on Committees (S) to State & Local Government (S)
02/09/17	taken from State & Local Government (S) 2nd reading returned to State & Local Government (S)
02/10/17	reassigned to Judiciary (S)
02/15/17	floor amendment (1) filed
02/24/17	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
02/27/17	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 1, 2017
03/01/17	3rd reading floor amendment (1) ruled out of order floor amendments (2) and (3) defeated passed 23-13 with Committee Substitute
03/02/17	received in House
03/03/17	floor amendmentst (1) and (2) filed
03/06/17	to Judiciary (H) floor amendments (3) and (4) filed
03/07/17	floor amendments (5) and (6) filed taken from Judiciary (H) 1st reading returned to Judiciary (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Keep original provisions; insert Section 10 with non-codified language regarding effective dates, the renumbering of certain circuits, and the impact on the office of Commonwealth Attorney in the affected circuits.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	R. Webb
Summary	Add the thirty-second judicial district to the judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	R. Webb
Summary	Add the thirty-second judicial district to the judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	J. Bowen
Summary	Amend to restore three District Judges to the Sixth Judicial District in Daviess Co., rather than reducing district judgeships to two.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	T. Couch
Summary	Amend to restore two District Judges to the Forty-first Judicial District, rather than reducing district judgeship to one.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	L. Brown
Summary	Amend KRS 23A.045 to restore three Circuit Judges to the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit, rather than reducing circuit judgeships to two; amend KRS 23A.040 to conform; amend KRS 23A.050 to restore two District Judges to the Thirty-first Judicial District, rather than reducing district judgeship to one.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	S. Wells
Summary	Amend to move Martin County from the 35th judicial district into the 24th judicial district and restore a second district judge to the 24th district; return the 35th judicial district to three circuit judges, rather than four; combine Perry and Letcher into the 33rd judicial district with one district judge and two circuit judges; renumber the 55th Judicial district to be the 47th judicial district and renumber the 56th judicial district to be the 55th.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	R. Webber
Summary	Amend KRS 23A.050 to restore two district judges to the Fifty-fourth judicial district in Bullitt County, rather than reducing the number of district judgeships to one.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	S. Miles
Summary	Amend to restore three District Judges to the Sixth Judicial District in Daviess Co., rather than reducing district judgeships to two.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	D. Bentley
Summary	Add the thirty-second judicial district to the judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court.
Index Headings	Courts - Judicial circuits and districts, analysis of Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, Circuit - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, District - Administrative Office of the Courts, caseload analysis and proposed redrawing of districts Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Redistricting - Courts, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources

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