KY HB 889
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to operations within the Department of Corrections and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did KY HB 889 pass?
No. KY HB 889 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-24): to Committee on Committees (S)
What is KY HB 889 about?
Amend KRS 196.026, relating to organizational units of the Department of Corrections, to establish the Division of Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex within the Department of Corrections Office of Adult Institutions.
Who sponsors KY HB 889?
J. Decker is the primary sponsor of KY HB 889.
Description
Amend KRS 196.026, relating to organizational units of the Department of Corrections, to establish the Division of Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex within the Department of Corrections Office of Adult Institutions.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-04
- Latest action
- 2026-03-24 — to Committee on Committees (S)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- J. Deckerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-24
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-24
received in Senate
2026-03-20
3rd reading, passed 91-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-19
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
2026-03-18
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
committee-passage
2026-03-13
returned to Judiciary (H)
2026-03-13
1st reading
reading-1
2026-03-13
taken from Judiciary (H)
2026-03-09
to Judiciary (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-04
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-04
introduced in House
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Pass
2026-03-20 · pass · 91-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McCool: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meade: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Fister: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Rabourn: yes
- White: yes
- Clines: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Williams: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hale: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Riley: yes
- Willner: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Witten: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Banta: not voting
- Calloway: not voting
- Hampton: not voting
- McPherson: not voting
- Stevenson P: not voting
- Blanton: not voting
- Chester-Burton: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Rudy: not voting
Related bills
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