KY HB 5

enacted

AN ACT relating to prison educational programs.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did KY HB 5 pass?

Yes. KY HB 5 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-09): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64)

What is KY HB 5 about?

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Prison Education Program within the Department of Corrections in partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to provide inmates with job training; require KCTCS to construct a facility to house the program at Northpoint Training Center; establish convictions that preclude participation in the program; require the parties to enter into a memorandum of agreement establishing the responsibilities of each party; amend KRS 196.281 to establish entitlement to a certificate of employability upon successful completion of the program and require reporting by the department; amend KRS 335B.020 to establish that a person shall not be disqualified from public employment or obtaining an occupational license solely because of previous criminal conviction and obtaining a certificate of employment from the department shall constitute rebuttable evidence of rehabilitation and fitness for the occupation; amend KRS 355B.030 to remove a conviction of a Class A felony, Class B felony, or any other felony offense other than a conviction that would qualify the individual as a registrant as defined in KRS 17.500 as supportive of a rebuttable presumption of a connection between that conviction and a license issuance request.

Who sponsors KY HB 5?

S. Witten, N. Wilson, W. Williams and 60 others are the primary sponsors of KY HB 5.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-12
Latest action: 2026-04-09 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-09
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64)
executive-signature
2026-04-01
delivered to Governor
2026-04-01
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-04-01
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-03-31
received in House
2026-03-31
3rd reading, passed 38-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-26
posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
2026-03-26
taken from the Orders of the Day
2026-03-17
2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2
2026-03-16
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-11
to Judiciary (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-05
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-05
received in Senate
2026-03-04
3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
passage,reading-3
2026-03-02
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
2026-02-26
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction
2026-02-26
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-25
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-20
to Judiciary (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-12
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-12
introduced in House
introduction

Versions

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Acts Chapter 64Compare
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Documents

Votes

Pass
2026-03-04 · pass · 99-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- McCool: yes
- Smith: yes
- Banta: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bray: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Proctor: yes
- White: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Williams: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Riley: yes
- Willner: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hale: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Witten: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Rabourn: not voting
CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 5
2026-03-31 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Givens: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb5.html

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