Bill > HB5

Introduced Session

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.

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Jennifer Decker (R)*,  Chad Aull (D),  Shane Baker (R),  Ryan Bivens (R),  John Blanton (R),  Steve Bratcher (R),  Randy Bridges (R),  Emily Callaway (R),  Josh Calloway (R),  Myron Dossett (R),  Robert Duvall (R),  Daniel Elliott (R),  Dan Fister (R),  Patrick Flannery (R),  Ken Fleming (R),  Deanna Frazier Gordon (R),  Chris Freeland (R),  Chris Fugate (R),  Al Gentry (D),  Peyton Griffee (R),  Vanessa Grossl (R),  Tony Hampton (R),  Mark Hart (R),  John Hodgson (R),  Kimberly Holloway (R),  Thomas Huff (R),  Mary Beth Imes (R),  Kevin Jackson (R),  Kim King (R),  Chris Lewis (R),  Scott Lewis (R),  Matt Lockett (R),  Savannah Maddox (R),  Candy Massaroni (R),  Bobby McCool (R),  Shawn McPherson (R),  David Meade (R),  Suzanne Miles (R),  Kim Moser (R),  Amy Neighbors (R),  Jason Nemes (R),  David Osborne (R),  Marianne Proctor (R),  T.J. Roberts (R),  Steven Rudy (R),  Scott Sharp (R),  Tom Smith (R),  Nancy Tate (R),  Walker Thomas (R),  James Tipton (R),  Timmy Truett (R),  Bill Wesley (R),  Mitchum Whitaker (R),  Richard White (R),  Wade Williams (R),  Nick Wilson (R),  Susan Witten (R), 

to Judiciary (H) (on 02/20/2026)

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