HB 557 KY

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Introduced

Amend KRS 441.005 to define "restricted custody center" and make technical changes; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations providing the minimum standards for holdover facilities; require the Department of Corrections to contract with a fiscal court of a county or local or regional correctional authority to provide correctional services to state prisoners; allow prisoners being held for a nonviolent or nonsexual misdemeanor conviction to be housed in a restricted custody center; require jailers to get permission from the Department of Corrections before transferring a Class C or Class D felon to another jail unless required by statute or an emergency exists; establish the regional jail authority construction fund, and establish requirements for the Department of Corrections to submit a list of regional jail construction projects to the Legislative Research Commission; establish the regional jail conversion fund and establish requirements for receiving grant funds; amend KRS 431.215 to require the Commonwealth to pay a county a fee per day based on the county's actual costs to house prisoners for the time the prisoner was held before a conviction if the sentence the prisoner receives in whole or in part includes the amount of time served prior to judgment; amend KRS 441.025 to allow counties to contract with the Department of Corrections to house state prisoners and operate holdover facilities; amend KRS 441.045 to require the Commonwealth to pay counties for the costs of providing health services to prisoners the county is responsible for; amend KRS 441.420 to require the Department of Corrections to pay for architectural plans and engineering services associated with any tentatively approved construction of a local correctional facility; amend KRS 441.430 to allow a regional jail authority to receive tentative approval for new regional jail construction; amend KRS 441.520 to specify the rate that a jail that receives a transferred inmate can charge the originating jail; amend KRS 441.810 to require that the jailer of each county within a regional jail authority be a member of the board; amend various sections to conform.

• M. Meredith Republican · primary
• R. Bivens Republican · primary
• J. Blanton Republican · primary
• S. Bratcher Republican · primary
• R. Bridges Republican · primary
• E. Callaway Republican · primary
• J. Calloway Republican · primary
• M. Clines Republican · primary
• M. Dossett Republican · primary
• R. Dotson Republican · primary
• R. Duvall Republican · primary
• D. Elliott Republican · primary
• P. Flannery Republican · primary
• C. Freeland Republican · primary
• C. Fugate Republican · primary
• A. Gentry Democratic · primary
• J. Gooch Jr. Republican · primary
• D. Gordon Republican · primary
• P. Griffee Republican · primary
• V. Grossl Republican · primary
• D. Hale Republican · primary
• T. Hampton Republican · primary
• M. Hart Republican · primary
• S. Heavrin Republican · primary
• K. Holloway Republican · primary
• T. Huff Republican · primary
• M. Imes Republican · primary
• K. Jackson Republican · primary
• DJ Johnson Republican · primary
• W. Lawrence Republican · primary
• S. Maddox Republican · primary
• C. Massaroni Republican · primary
• B. McCool Republican · primary
• S. McPherson Republican · primary
• S. Miles Republican · primary
• A. Neighbors Republican · primary
• J. Nemes Republican · primary
• M. Pollock Republican · primary
• R. Raymer Republican · primary
• S. Riley Republican · primary
• R. Roarx Democratic · primary
• S. Sharp Republican · primary
• T. Smith Republican · primary
• N. Tate Republican · primary
• W. Thomas Republican · primary
• A. Thompson Republican · primary
• T. Truett Republican · primary
• M. Whitaker Republican · primary
• R. White Republican · primary
• W. Williams Republican · primary
• N. Wilson Republican · primary
• S. Witten Republican · primary

1. Feb 4, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 4, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 11, 2026 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower