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Last action · March 28, 2025

Delivered To Secretary Of State (Acts Ch. 122)

Introduced January 8, 2025

House

Veto Override

2025 Regular Session

HB136

AN ACT relating to corrections.

Amend KRS 439.3103 to require the Department of Corrections to include in its report certain data on time served by persons released from a correctional institution and on persons released from a correctional institution on parole; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.

Probation and Parole Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Corrections and Correctional Facilities, State Reports Mandated Effective Dates, Delayed

Effective date: set within the act

This act specifies its own effective date(s) for some or all of its sections instead of following the standard 90-day rule (Ky. Constitution § 55) — see the act text for the exact dates.

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This bill requires the Kentucky Department of Corrections to add new data to its existing reports, specifically information about how long people served before being released from prison and details about those released on parole. The change takes effect January 1, 2026. It is intended to increase transparency and provide better public information about how the corrections system operates. Who it may affect: people who have been incarcerated or are on parole, policymakers, and members of the public seeking information about the corrections system.

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Legislative History

Jan 8, 2025 · House

In House

Jan 8, 2025 · House

To Committee On Committees (H)

Feb 4, 2025 · House

To Judiciary (H)

Feb 19, 2025 · House

, 1st Reading, To

Feb 20, 2025 · House

2nd Reading, To Rules

Feb 25, 2025 · House

For Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Feb 26, 2025 · House

3rd Reading, 82-10

Yea: 82

Nay: 10

Absent: 8

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Feb 27, 2025 · Senate

Received In Senate

Mar 12, 2025 · Senate

38-0 With Floor Amendments (2) And (3) And (4-Title)

Yea: 38

Nay: 0

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Mar 13, 2025 · House

85-7

Yea: 85

Nay: 7

Absent: 8

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Mar 27, 2025 · House

House

Passed

Yea: 80

Nay: 17

Absent: 3

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Mar 27, 2025 · Senate

Senate

Passed

Yea: 32

Nay: 6

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Primary Sponsor

Jared Bauman

Representative · House District 028

Primary sponsor

jared.bauman@kylegislature.gov

AN ACT relating to corrections.

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Legislative History

Primary Sponsor

Jared Bauman

Co-sponsors (16)

John Blanton

Emily Callaway

Jennifer Henson Decker

Robert Duvall

Chris Fugate

Peyton Griffee

John Hodgson

Kimberly Holloway

DJ Johnson

Chris Lewis

Derek Lewis

Michael Pollock

Billy Wesley

Wade Williams

Nicolas Wilson

Susan Tyler Witten

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