KY HB591 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 22 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-23 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Amend KRS 15A.020 to reorganize the Department of Juvenile Justice; amend KRS 610.190 to allow law relating to bail to apply to children detained prior to adjudication; amend KRS 610.200 to restrict issuance of a warrant or custody order to public offense cases; amend KRS 610.265 to limit detention pending a detention hearing, or after a detention hearing, to children alleged to have committed a public offense that would be a felony or Class A misdemeanor if committed by an adult; amend KRS 610.266 to prohibit detention of a child alleged to have committed a status offense or a public offense that would be a Class B misdemeanor if committed by an adult; amend KRS 630.010 to prohibit detention of status offenders; amend KRS 630.030 to prohibit taking a status offender into custody; amend KRS 630.040 to limit detention prior to a detention hearing; amend KRS 630.070 to prohibit detention of a status offender for violation of a valid court order; amend KRS 630.080 to allow detention of a status offender for transfer under the interstate compact; amend KRS 630.100 to prohibit detention of status offenders; amend KRS 635.055 to prohibit detention for contempt of a child who is a status offender or who is alleged to have committed an offense that would be a Class B misdemeanor if committed by an adult; amend KRS 635.060 to limit use of detention at disposition; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

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Title

AN ACT relating to juvenile justice and making an appropriation therefor.

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History

DateChamberAction
2023-02-23Houseto Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2023-02-22Houseto Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-22Houseintroduced in House

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