Kentucky House Bill 820

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-26 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 27A to define terms; require the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to develop and maintain a statewide database and searchable public website that contains information on state and local fines and fees assessed in criminal cases and civil enforcement actions; require governmental entities to submit an annual report to the AOC on fines and fees assessed; require the director of the AOC to publish an annual report and submit the report to the Legislative Research Commission, Attorney General, and Governor by November 30 of each year; provide penalties for a governmental entity that does not submit the information required to the AOC; allow the Auditor of Public Accounts to perform a financial audit of records related to revenue assessed and collected through fines and fees and require a copy of the audit report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission, Attorney General, Governor, and director of AOC; provide that data and reports compiled under the Act are subject to public inspection under the Kentucky Open Records Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the Fines and Fees Reporting Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

AN ACT relating to reporting fines and fees.

Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]

Rep. Stephanie Dietz [R]

Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-26	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-26	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb820.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb820/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb820/LM.pdf