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Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Adopted 35-1

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Confirms Executive Order 2007-1079 appointing Bridget Skaggs Brown to the Kentucky Parole Board to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of Theodore R. Kuster, which will expire on June 30, 2008.
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 439 to establish the "Probation and Parole Trust Fund"; provide for payments out of the trust fund for 2008 salary increases for probation and parole employees, uniform allowances, and the purchase of vehicles; raise all probation and parole employees two (2) pay grades effective August 1, 2008 with a ten percent (10%) pay raise; amend KRS 439.315 to raise the minimum felony supervision fee from ten dollars ($10) to twenty-five dollars ($25); impose a ten dollar ($10) per month fee for drug testing; provide that one-half (1/2) of the felony supervision fee be paid into the trust fund and one-half (1/2) be paid into the general fund; provide that all of the drug testing fee be paid into the trust fund; amend KRS 439.570 to add the drug testing fee and a one hundred dollar ($100) transfer fee to be paid under the interstate compact as conditions of supervision, with payments made into the trust fund; amend KRS 532.050 to impose a one hundred dollar ($100) [...]

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Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Amend KRS 196.010 to include a halfway house within the definition of a "correctional institution"; amend KRS 196.070 to prohibit the placement of person under the control of the Department of Corrections in a halfway house located within 300 feet of a public park; amend KRS 196.730 to prohibit the awarding of funds for expenditure towards a halfway house located within 300 feet of a public park.
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Adopted 36-0

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Confirms Executive Order 2007-1079 reappointing Mark D. Gibson to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2011.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - 3rd reading, adopted 35-0

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Confirms Executive Order 2007-1079 appointing Charles T. Massarone to the Parole Board.

HB412

HB412 Sponsored by Mike Denham
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 439.3401 to included robbery in the second degree within the violent offender statute.

SB25

SB25 Sponsored by Jack Westwood
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Discharge petition filed

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Amend KRS 439.265 to prohibit shock probation if the defendant has been convicted of KRS 507.040 involving driving under the influence or KRS 507.050 involving driving under the influence.

HB223

HB223 Sponsored by Carl Rollins
Latest Action: 01/11/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Amend KRS 439.265, relating to shock probation, to deny shock probation to any person who has ever been convicted of an offense which would make the defendant a violent offender under KRS 439.3401, or who has been convicted on three or more previous occasions of a felony in Kentucky or another state, under federal law, or in a United States military court martial.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 158)

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Amend KRS 439.320 to replace the two part time members of the Parole Board with two full time members; amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to review the parole application of a Class C felon without a hearing; include noncodified effective date of July 1, 2008; EMERGENCY.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee

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Amend KRS 439.440 and 533.050 to make gender neutral.

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SB217

SB217 Sponsored by Ed Worley
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 439, relating to parole, to require the Parole Board to create a program for the supervised release of nonviolent felony drug offenders with requirements for substance abuse treatment and monitoring; create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to require the Department of Corrections to assist the board in identifying eligible inmates.

SB214

SB214 Sponsored by Ray S. Jones
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

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Amend KRS 510.155, relating to using a communications system to procure a minor to engage in sexual offenses, to add to "minor" "any individual the person has reason to believe is a minor" to the elements of the offense; amend KRS 508.130 to include in the definitions used for Kentucky's stalking offenses stalking activity that is done electronically; amend KRS 531.010 and 531.300 to include live images transmitted over the Internet within material subject to the standards of Kentucky's obscenity laws; amend KRS 17.500 to create definitions for "electronic identity or online membership information" and "substantial change in appearance" and amend the definition of "registrant information" to require registrants on the sex offender registry to disclose more information; amend KRS 17.510 to require a new photograph of registrant if there is a substantial change in appearance; create provisions governing when a registrant changes or creates an electronic identity or online membership; amend [...]

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Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee

Bill Text
Amend KRS 439.440 and 533.050 to make gender neutral.
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 158)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 439.320 to replace the two part time members of the Parole Board with two full time members; amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to review the parole application of a Class C felon without a hearing; include noncodified effective date of July 1, 2008; EMERGENCY.

SB180

SB180 Sponsored by Damon Thayer
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 500, the general provisions for the Kentucky Penal Code, to require forfeiture of all real and personal property used in or acquired as a result of certain sexual offenses against minors and create forfeiture procedures; amend KRS 500.090, relating to forfeiture, and KRS 16.210, relating to disposition of property by the Kentucky State Police to conform.

HB412

HB412 Sponsored by Mike Denham
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To Judiciary (H)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 439.3401 to included robbery in the second degree within the violent offender statute.
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - To Judiciary (S)

Bill Text
Amend KRS 196.010 to include a halfway house within the definition of a "correctional institution"; amend KRS 196.070 to prohibit the placement of person under the control of the Department of Corrections in a halfway house located within 300 feet of a public park; amend KRS 196.730 to prohibit the awarding of funds for expenditure towards a halfway house located within 300 feet of a public park.
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Adopted 35-1

Bill Text
Confirms Executive Order 2007-1079 appointing Bridget Skaggs Brown to the Kentucky Parole Board to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of Theodore R. Kuster, which will expire on June 30, 2008.
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Adopted 36-0

Bill Text
Confirms Executive Order 2007-1079 reappointing Mark D. Gibson to the Parole Board for a term expiring June 30, 2011.
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - 3rd reading, adopted 35-0

Bill Text
Confirms Executive Order 2007-1079 appointing Charles T. Massarone to the Parole Board.