---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public safety, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 15A.061 to require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to maintain a comprehensive data system for the Department of Juvenile Justice; amend KRS 15A.305 to provide additional requirements for facilities operated under the statewide juvenile detention plan; require the Department for Medicaid Services to apply for an amendment to the submitted waiver to allow Medicaid coverage for youth incarcerated in DJJ facilities; direct the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to promulgate regulations expediting the investigation of complaints; and require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to submit and implement various plans within specified time frames with reporting to the Legislative Research Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Kentucky SB 162 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Fiscal Note", "Local Mandate", "Medicaid"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4568632-e610-4cf0-b172-81302ed0824f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb162.html"
source_hash: "1233e9b0ac97189f6f9c136fea11ce761eda40d75c591d383d5ae01042679f52"
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 SB 162 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to public safety, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 15A.061 to require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to maintain a comprehensive data system for the Department of Juvenile Justice; amend KRS 15A.305 to provide additional requirements for facilities operated under the statewide juvenile detention plan; require the Department for Medicaid Services to apply for an amendment to the submitted waiver to allow Medicaid coverage for youth incarcerated in DJJ facilities; direct the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to promulgate regulations expediting the investigation of complaints; and require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to submit and implement various plans within specified time frames with reporting to the Legislative Research Commission.

## 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/23RS/sb162/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 106** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0106.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb162/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 162 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 162 W/ scs1 sfa1 sfa2 sfa3 sfa4 sfta5 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (5-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** committee amendment (1-title) withdrawn
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3), and (4) and Floor Amendment (5-title) `passage`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 106) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4568632-e610-4cf0-b172-81302ed0824f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).