HB 5 KY

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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.

• J. Decker Republican · primary
• D. Osborne Republican · primary
• C. Aull Democratic · primary
• S. Baker Republican · primary
• J. Bauman Republican · primary
• R. Bivens Republican · primary
• J. Blanton Republican · primary
• S. Bratcher Republican · primary
• R. Bridges Republican · primary
• G. Brown Jr. Democratic · primary
• L. Burke Democratic · primary
• E. Callaway Republican · primary
• J. Calloway Republican · primary
• M. Dossett Republican · primary
• R. Duvall Republican · primary
• D. Elliott Republican · primary
• D. Fister Republican · primary
• P. Flannery Republican · primary
• K. Fleming Republican · primary
• C. Freeland Republican · primary
• C. Fugate Republican · primary
• A. Gentry Democratic · primary
• D. Gordon Republican · primary
• P. Griffee Republican · primary
• D. Grossberg Democratic · primary
• V. Grossl Republican · primary
• T. Hampton Republican · primary
• M. Hart Republican · primary
• J. Hodgson Republican · primary
• K. Holloway Republican · primary
• T. Huff Republican · primary
• M. Imes Republican · primary
• K. Jackson Republican · primary
• K. King Republican · primary
• C. Lewis Republican · primary
• S. Lewis Republican · primary
• M. Lockett Republican · primary
• S. Maddox Republican · primary
• C. Massaroni Republican · primary
• B. McCool Republican · primary
• S. McPherson Republican · primary
• D. Meade Republican · primary
• S. Miles Republican · primary
• A. Moore Democratic · primary
• K. Moser Republican · primary
• A. Neighbors Republican · primary
• J. Nemes Republican · primary
• M. Proctor Republican · primary
• R. Roarx Democratic · primary
• T. Roberts Republican · primary
• S. Rudy Republican · primary
• S. Sharp Republican · primary
• T. Smith Republican · primary
• N. Tate Republican · primary
• W. Thomas Republican · primary
• J. Tipton Republican · primary
• T. Truett Republican · primary
• B. Wesley Republican · primary
• M. Whitaker Republican · primary
• R. White Republican · primary
• W. Williams Republican · primary
• N. Wilson Republican · primary
• S. Witten Republican · primary

1. Feb 12, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 12, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 20, 2026 to Judiciary (H) · lower
4. Feb 25, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Feb 26, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Feb 26, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
7. Mar 2, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026 · lower
8. Mar 4, 2026 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
9. Mar 5, 2026 received in Senate · upper
10. Mar 5, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
11. Mar 11, 2026 to Judiciary (S) · upper
12. Mar 16, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar · lower
13. Mar 17, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill · lower
14. Mar 26, 2026 taken from the Orders of the Day · lower
15. Mar 26, 2026 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026 · lower
16. Mar 31, 2026 3rd reading, passed 38-0 · lower
17. Mar 31, 2026 received in House · lower
18. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
19. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
20. Apr 1, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
21. Apr 9, 2026 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64) · lower