Kentucky House Bill 348 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on April 2 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-02 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits.

Rep. Jeff Hoover [R]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. Joseph Fischer [R]	Rep. DJ Johnson [R]
Rep. Adam Koenig [R]	Rep. Tommy Turner [R]

2018-03-22 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 395 (Y: 63 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2018-03-21 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/SCA 1 RSN# 600 (Y: 32 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-03-21 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 600 (Y: 32 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-03-12 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 269 (Y: 69 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 14) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-02	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57)
2018-03-27	House	delivered to Governor
2018-03-27	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2018-03-22	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2018-03-22	House	passed 63-31
2018-03-22	House	House concurred in Senate committee amendment (1)
2018-03-22	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendment (1)
2018-03-22	House	taken from Rules (H)
2018-03-22	House	to Rules (H)
2018-03-22	House	received in House
2018-03-21	Senate	3rd reading, passed 32-5 with committee amendment (1)
2018-03-20	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
2018-03-16	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-03-15	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1)
2018-03-14	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2018-03-13	Senate	received in Senate
2018-03-12	House	3rd reading, passed 69-17 with Committee Substitute
2018-03-07	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
2018-03-06	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-03-05	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
2018-02-20	House	posted in committee
2018-02-13	House	to Judiciary (H)
2018-02-09	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB348.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB348/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB348/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB348/SCA1.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB348/vote_history.pdf