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KY HB 256

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AN ACT relating to criminal procedure.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Amend KRS 23A.080 to allow appeals to be taken to the Circuit Court by the state in criminal cases from an adverse decision or ruling of the District Court.

Introduced
2026-01-08
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-01-15 — to Judiciary (H)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • C. Freelandprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-08

    introduced in House

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-08

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-15

    to Judiciary (H)

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb256.html

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:24.357326Z

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