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Passed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB428

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Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT relating to corrections.

Description: Amend KRS 196.037 to allow Department of Corrections Internal Affairs officers and supervisors of the department to have the powers of peace officers while carrying out their duties; amend KRS 186.412 to remove the requirement that offenders released by DOC present a birth certificate in order to obtain a driver's license; amend KRS 237.110 to allow current and retired Department of Corrections officers who have completed firearms training to be exempt from training requirements for permits to carry a concealed deadly weapon; amend KRS 441.064 to ensure that the governing bodies of local correctional facilities are properly notified of findings of jail inspections and jail conditions; amend KRS 441.115 to require that jail employees receive training on communicable diseases. Amend KRS 441.045 to allow the release from custody to receive medical treatment of a person in the custody of the Department of Corrections who is placed in a local jail.

Session: 2015 Regular Session

Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 126)

Last Action Date: April 6, 2015

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Brent Yonts;

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Apr 6, 2015 signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 126)
House Mar 25, 2015 delivered to Governor
House Mar 25, 2015 enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
House Mar 24, 2015 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1)
House Mar 24, 2015 to Rules (H)
House Mar 24, 2015 received in House
Senate Mar 24, 2015 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Senate Mar 24, 2015 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with floor amendment (1)
House Mar 24, 2015 Bill passed 97-1
House Mar 24, 2015 House concurred in Senate floor amendment (1)
Senate Mar 10, 2015 2nd reading, to Rules
Senate Mar 9, 2015 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Senate Mar 9, 2015 floor amendment (1) filed
Senate Mar 3, 2015 to Judiciary (S)
Senate Mar 2, 2015 received in Senate
House Mar 2, 2015 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute
House Feb 25, 2015 2nd reading, to Rules
House Feb 25, 2015 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2015
House Feb 24, 2015 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
House Feb 23, 2015 posting waived
House Feb 12, 2015 to State Government (H)
House Feb 11, 2015 introduced in House
Texts
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Amendments
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Link: link to state bill page

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