republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-164.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to jail standards.	Amend KRS 441.055 to require that the minimum standards for jails allow the employment or appointment of persons at least 18 years old to work in the secure perimeter of a jail and establish guidelines for persons' service when less than 21 years of age.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 164	Kentucky HB 164 (2023RS)	bill	Counties Jails and Jailers Local Government Local Mandate Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Personnel and Employment Public Officers and Employees Public Protection Public Safety State Agencies	enacted		3	24	3	2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5b989a88-889c-4480-9f93-f6d3d3efa567	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb164.html	67f7b0aa09c879fe7853a1be05649b8647923e78f68b96d5254fa302ceb942e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 164 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to jail standards.

Amend KRS 441.055 to require that the minimum standards for jails allow the employment or appointment of persons at least 18 years old to work in the secure perimeter of a jail and establish guidelines for persons' service when less than 21 years of age.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 44 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 164 W/ sfa1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 17, 2023
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 99-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 75-16 passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 44) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b989a88-889c-4480-9f93-f6d3d3efa567. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).