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House Bill 507

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Last Action	03/29/23: returned to State & Local Government (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to jail construction and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Current/Final Introduced
Bill Request Number	1572
Sponsors	J. Bray, M. Meredith, D. Osborne, J. Petrie, B. Reed
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS 441.420 to 441.450 to place a moratorium on building, constructing, remodeling, or making other physical changes to local correctional facilites, and the remodeling of local correctional facilities if that remodeling is financed with debt; include an exception in the case that a court of law orders specific construction; provide that the provisions be repealed effective December 31, 2028; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Effective Dates, Emergency - Jail construction, moratorium Housing, Building, and Construction - Jail construction, moratorium Jails and Jailers - Jail construction, moratorium Local Government - Jail construction, moratorium Sunset Legislation - Jail construction, moratorium, December 31, 2028 Bonds, Public - Jail construction, moratorium Counties - Jail construction, moratorium
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2
Votes	Vote History

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02/22/23	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/24/23	to Local Government (H)
03/01/23	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/02/23	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 03, 2023
03/07/23	3rd reading, passed 63-34 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/08/23	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/10/23	to State & Local Government (S)
03/14/23	taken from State & Local Government (S) 1st reading returned to State & Local Government (S) floor amendment (1) filed
03/16/23	floor amendment (2) filed
03/29/23	taken from State & Local Government (S) 2nd reading returned to State & Local Government (S)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; state that these provisions do not prevent acting to keep an existing facility in compliance with law or prevent replacing or rebuilding a facility following a catastrophic event; change date of repeal to December 31, 2025; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Effective Dates, Emergency - Jail construction, moratorium Housing, Building, and Construction - Jail construction, moratorium Jails and Jailers - Jail construction, moratorium Local Government - Jail construction, moratorium Sunset Legislation - Jail construction, moratorium, December 31, 2025 Bonds, Public - Jail construction, moratorium Counties - Jail construction, moratorium

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	J. Howell
Summary	Retain original provisions; remove requirement that a facility rebuilt following a catastrophic event maintain its prior capacity.
Index Headings	Jails and Jailers - Jail construction, moratorium Local Government - Jail construction, moratorium

Amendment	Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	R. Webb
Summary	Retain original provisions; include exception from moratorium for entities that have entered a consent decree or that have completed feasibility studies concerning jail construction prior to the effective date of the act.
Index Headings	Jails and Jailers - Jail construction, moratorium Local Government - Jail construction, moratorium

Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)