---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Parole Board and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 439.320 to establish a term of 4 years for members of the Parole Board; allow the Governor to extend a term not more than 1 year if the expiration of the term causes more than 2 terms to expire in the same calendar year; allow the board to utilize panels of 2 or more members for parole and final parole revocation hearings; amend KRS 439.340 to change the time for parole review eligibility to 180 or more days to serve."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "Kentucky HB 529 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards And Commissions", "Governor", "Probation And Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott", "G. Brown Jr.", "J. Nemes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0778975-85f8-4665-9680-037964155d0a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb529.html"
source_hash: "6ab478c24ec955ad9be51a2c5ed5fa536849a91e9c4a078d4403a2ef01394d04"
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 529 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Parole Board and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 439.320 to establish a term of 4 years for members of the Parole Board; allow the Governor to extend a term not more than 1 year if the expiration of the term causes more than 2 terms to expire in the same calendar year; allow the board to utilize panels of 2 or more members for parole and final parole revocation hearings; amend KRS 439.340 to change the time for parole review eligibility to 180 or more days to serve.

## 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/26RS/hb529/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 46** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0046.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb529/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 529 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13 2026
- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0778975-85f8-4665-9680-037964155d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).