Kentucky
General Assembly

02/02/21	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/25/21	taken from Committee on Committees (H) 1st reading to Judiciary (H) posted in committee
03/01/21	reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute
03/02/21	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
03/03/21	3rd reading, passed 90-4 with Committee Substitute
03/04/21	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S) to Judiciary (S) taken from Judiciary (S) 1st reading returned to Judiciary (S)
03/05/21	taken from Judiciary (S) 2nd reading returned to Judiciary (S)
03/11/21	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 12, 2021
03/12/21	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/15/21	passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
03/16/21	3rd reading floor amendment (1) ruled not germane passed 23-13 with Committee Substitute (1) received in House to Rules (H)
03/29/21	taken from Rules posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
03/30/21	House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute received in Senate to Rules (S)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Amend KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030 (Effective January 2, 2023) to move Hancock County from the Thirty-eighth Circuit and District to the Sixth Circuit and District; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Sixth Judicial Circuit; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Thirty-eighth Judicial District; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeship be designated as a family court judgeship and establish election dates; request that the division removed from the Thirty-eighth District should be Division Two; establish that the District Court division eliminated shall not appear on the November 2022 regular election ballot; Sections 1 to 5 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Delayed - Change to Thirty-eighth Circuit and District, county, removal, effective January 2, 2023 Judicial Circuits - Number of judges, increase Judicial Circuits - Sixth Circuit and District, county, addition Judicial Circuits - Sixth Circuit, family court judge, addition Judicial Circuits - Thirty-eighth District, county, remove Judicial Districts - Thirty-eighth District, county, remove Judicial Districts - Thirty-eighth District, reduction in judges Courts, Family - Number of judges, increase Courts - Reallocation of resources, Circuit and District judgeships Courts, Circuit - Number of judges, increase Courts, Circuit - Sixth Circuit, family court judge, addition Courts, District - Thirty-eighth District, eliminated division, ballot, not to appear Courts, District - Thirty-eighth District, reduction in judges Effective Dates, Delayed - Change to Sixth Circuit and District, county, addition, effective, January 2, 2023

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Amend KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030 (Effective January 2, 2023) to move Hancock County from the Thirty-eighth Circuit and District to the Sixth Circuit and District; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-Seventh, and Fifty-Sixth Judicial Circuits; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Fifteenth and Thirty-eighth Judicial Districts; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeships in the Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-Seventh Circuits be designated as family court judgeships and establish election dates; request that the divisions removed from the Fifteenth and Thirty-eighth Districts should be Division Two; establish that the District Court divisions eliminated shall not appear on the November 2022 regular election ballot; amend KRS 202A.051 to provide for 24 hour access to orders for involuntary hospitalizations; Sections 1 to 6 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.
Index Headings	Courts, Circuit - Fifty-Sixth Circuit, judge, addition Courts, Circuit - Number of judges, increase Courts, Circuit - Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-Seventh Circuit, family court judge, addition Courts, District - Fifteenth and Thirty-eighth District, eliminated division, ballot, not to appear Courts, District - Fifteenth and Thirty-eighth District, reduction in judges Effective Dates, Delayed - Change to Sixth Circuit and District, county, addition, effective, January 2, 2023 Effective Dates, Delayed - Change to Thirty-eighth Circuit and District, county, removal, effective January 2, 2023 Effective Dates, Delayed - Changes to Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-Seventh and Fifty-Sixth Circuits, January 2, 2023 Judicial Circuits - Number of judges, increase Judicial Circuits - Sixth Circuit and District, county, addition Judicial Circuits - Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-Seventh Circuit, family court judge, addition Judicial Circuits - Thirty-eighth District, county, remove Judicial Districts - Fifteenth and Thirty-eighth District, reduction in judges Judicial Districts - Thirty-eighth District, county, remove Courts, Family - Number of judges, increase Courts - Involuntary hospitalization orders, twenty-four hour access, provide Courts - Reallocation of resources, Circuit and District judgeships

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	M. Castlen
Summary	Retain original provisions: remove amendments to KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030;. remove reduction of district judgeship in Thirty-eighth Judicial District; Sections 1 to 5, EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.
Index Headings	Courts - Involuntary hospitalization orders, twenty-four hour access, provide Courts - Reallocation of resources, Circuit and District judgeships Courts, Circuit - Sixth and Fifty-Sixth Circuit, judge, addition Courts, Circuit - Number of judges, increase Courts, Circuit - Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-Seventh Circuit, family court judge, addition Courts, District - Fifteenth District, eliminated division, ballot, not to appear Courts, District - Fifteenth District, reduction in judges Effective Dates, Delayed - Change to Sixth Circuit and District, county, addition, effective, January 2, 2023 Effective Dates, Delayed - Changes to Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-Seventh and Fifty-Sixth Circuits, January 2, 2023 Judicial Circuits - Number of judges, increase Judicial Circuits - Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-Seventh Circuit, family court judge, addition Judicial Districts - Fifteenth District, reduction in judges Courts, Family - Number of judges, increase