Kentucky House Bill 35

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require payment to the county of a fee and, if applicable, the fees set forth in KRS 532.100(7), for each day a prisoner is charged with a felony and lodged in the county with payment ceasing the day the prisoner is acquitted of the felony charges or has judgment rendered otherwise involving no felony; amend KRS 431.215 to provide that the state pays a fee to counties for lodging prisoners judged guilty of death or confinement to the penitentiary beginning on the date the prisoner is first lodged in the county facility and ending on the day the prisoner is delivered to the penitentiary.

AN ACT relating to jails.

Rep. Mitch Whitaker [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2025-01-07	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-01-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb35.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb35/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/25RS/hb35/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/25RS/hb35/CI.pdf