---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to jails."
description: "Amend KRS 441.265 to require a prisoner in a county jail to begin paying fees from the prisoner's booking date; require a jail to reimburse and waive fees if a prisoner is not convicted of any charges; require the Department of Corrections to annually adjust the maximum room and board fee of $50 per day based on changes in the Consumer Price Index; set procedure by which automatic deductions from a prisoner's canteen account may be made by the jail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 590"
citation: "Kentucky HB 590 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Counties", "Fees", "Jails and Jailers", "Local Government", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ef008ee-f99f-4014-b72e-08bd2bbd5bfd"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb590.html"
source_hash: "bb0b320dd98f5508cdee2936027e64172e93f396db6451594a1287908225054d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 590 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to jails.

Amend KRS 441.265 to require a prisoner in a county jail to begin paying fees from the prisoner's booking date; require a jail to reimburse and waive fees if a prisoner is not convicted of any charges; require the Department of Corrections to annually adjust the maximum room and board fee of $50 per day based on changes in the Consumer Price Index; set procedure by which automatic deductions from a prisoner's canteen account may be made by the jail.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb590/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0188.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb590/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE HB 590 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Judiciary (S)
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 18-13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 188) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ef008ee-f99f-4014-b72e-08bd2bbd5bfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).