Kentucky Senate Bill 128 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-03 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 197.045 on felony sentence credits to award funds to local jails which offer programming that results in credit for state inmates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to allow local jails to classify state inmates who have not been classified by the Department of Corrections within 30 days of the date of conviction; amend KRS 532.100 to increase the state inmate per diem paid to local jails offering approved evidence-based programming; create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to create a negotiated contract option for jails meeting certain standards; amend KRS 441.055 to authorize administration regulations regarding contracts; APPROPRIATION.

AN ACT relating to performance-based incentives for jails and making an appropriation therefor.

Sen. Jimmy Higdon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-03	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2020-01-30	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb128.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb128/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/sb128/CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/sb128/LM.pdf