republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2018rs/hb-348.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.	AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2018RS	HB 348	Kentucky HB 348 (2018RS)	bill		enacted	A. Koenig DJ Johnson J. Fischer J. Hoover J. Nemes T. Turner	4	23	0	2018-02-09	2018-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/ef557d85-871d-4773-a650-b97a1d0f8d09	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB348.htm	59267875b43e8b2e2350f7d0741717587a0a9aeb3dcf950d632398255bdd45e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 348 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

Version chain

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

1. HB 348 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
2. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
4. SCA1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• A. Koenig — primary (person)
• DJ Johnson — primary (person)
• J. Fischer — primary (person)
• J. Hoover — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• T. Turner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-09 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-13 To Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Posted in committee
• 2018-03-05 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute reading-1
• 2018-03-06 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-03-07 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
• 2018-03-12 3rd reading, passed 69-17 with Committee Substitute reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-13 Received in Senate
• 2018-03-14 To Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with committee amendment (1) reading-1
• 2018-03-16 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-03-20 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
• 2018-03-21 3rd reading, passed 32-5 with committee amendment (1) reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-22 Received in House
• 2018-03-22 To Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 Taken from Rules (H)
• 2018-03-22 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate committee amendment (1)
• 2018-03-22 House concurred in Senate committee amendment (1)
• 2018-03-22 Passed 63-31
• 2018-03-22 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2018-03-27 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2018-03-27 Delivered to Governor
• 2018-04-02 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef557d85-871d-4773-a650-b97a1d0f8d09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).