Kentucky House Bill 412 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 21 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-24 - to Judiciary (S)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Amend KRS 532.090 to establish gross misdemeanors as a new category of misdemeanor offense and set penalty range; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 500, 530, 532, and 533 to conform; amend KRS 441.127 to require local jailers to grant limited service credits against an inmate's sentence for good behavior and educational achievement; amend KRS 532.110, relating to multiple sentences, to prohibit the aggregate of consecutive definite terms from exceeding the longest term authorized for the highest class of crime for which any of the sentences is imposed; amend KRS 439.340 to make parole mandatory for Class D offenders who are not violent offenders or sexual offenders and have not committed any violent acts while incarcerated; amend KRS 218A.135 to require that certain findings utilized in pretrial release decisions be made by clear and convincing evidence; amend KRS 532.080 to make persistent felony offender sentencing discretionary; amend KRS 534.070 to increase jail credit for fines; amend various KRS sections to conform.

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Rep. Brent Yonts [D]	Rep. Tom Riner [D]	Rep. Martha King [D]	Rep. Jerry Miller [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Taylor [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-24	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2016-03-21	Senate	received in Senate
2016-03-18	House	3rd reading, passed 65-30 with Committee Substitute (1)
2016-03-17	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2016-03-11	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2016
2016-03-10	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2016-03-09	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2016-02-29	House	posted in committee
2016-02-17	House	to Judiciary (H)
2016-02-16	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412/HFA1.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412/LM.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412/CI.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412/HCS1LM.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412/vote_history.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/16RS/HB412/HCS1CI.pdf