House Bill 6

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Last Action 01/10/19: to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Title AN ACT relating to information used in redistricting.
Bill Documents Introduced
Bill Request Number 263
Sponsors R. Meeks, K. Flood
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 196 to require the Kentucky Department of Corrections to create and maintain a database of information on incarcerated persons, including last known address, and to report that information to the Legislative Research Commission following the decennial census; amend KRS 7.550 to require the Legislative Research Commission to receive prisoner population data, including last known address, from the Department of Corrections and to request the same information from federal facilities, and to allocate prisoners to their last known address, if determined; create a new section of KRS Chapter 5 to require that the adjusted prisoner population data be used in redistricting Kentucky's Senatorial and Representative districts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 118B to require that the adjusted prisoner population data be used in redistricting Kentucky's Congressional districts.
Index Headings of Original Version Elections and Voting - Legislative districts, redistricting, prisoner population
General Assembly - Legislative districts, redistricting, prisoner population
Legislative Research Commission - Redistricting, prisoner population, determination of residency
Redistricting - Prisoner population data, determination of residency
State Agencies - Department of Corrections, prisoner population database, report to LRC
Congressional Districts - Redistricting, prisoner population, determination of residency
Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State - Prisoner database, report to LRC

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12/14/18
  • Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
01/08/19
  • introduced in House
01/10/19
  • to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)


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