Kentucky Senate Bill 220 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-28 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 441.265 to add that the requirement for a prisoner to reimburse the county for jail fees is to start from the prisoner's booking date; require a county jail to clear a prisoner of any outstanding expenses and to reimburse any expenses already paid if the prisoner's case does not result in a conviction; allow the Department of Corrections to annually adjust the maximum per diem for room and board based on the Consumer Price Index; allow jails to automatically deduct 100% of an initial deposit and 50% of subsequent deposits in a prisoner's account for owed jail fees.

AN ACT relating to county jails.

Sen. Ralph Alvarado [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-28	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2022-02-24	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-02-24	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb220.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb220/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/sb220/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/sb220/CI.pdf