republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-568.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the public defender system.	Amend KRS 31.030 to remove references to local plans and local counsel; amend KRS 31.211 to remove references to public advocate fees being held in a local public advocate fund; require that the funds be deposited with the Department of Public Advocacy; amend KRS 31.215 to remove references to attorneys participating in a public advocacy plan; amend KRS 31.219 to remove reference to public advocacy plans; amend KRS 31.235 to remove references to district plans; repeal KRS 31.050, 31.060, 31.065, 31.071, and 31.085; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 568	Kentucky HB 568 (2023RS)	bill	Attorneys Criminal Procedure Effective Dates Delayed Public Advocate	enacted		3	47	5	2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2b91af80-06ab-4066-a03a-695422396b34	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb568.html	01579042a97496912cb05cb1ab4ba3fbc4cedc483f2a9d79c87981f0327a76f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 568 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the public defender system.

Amend KRS 31.030 to remove references to local plans and local counsel; amend KRS 31.211 to remove references to public advocate fees being held in a local public advocate fund; require that the funds be deposited with the Department of Public Advocacy; amend KRS 31.215 to remove references to attorneys participating in a public advocacy plan; amend KRS 31.219 to remove reference to public advocacy plans; amend KRS 31.235 to remove references to district plans; repeal KRS 31.050, 31.060, 31.065, 31.071, and 31.085; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 144 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Veto Override Final Passage HB 568 — pass (pass) · lower
• Veto Override — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 568 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 77-19 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 30 -6 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 77-20 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
• 2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed 79-19 passage
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed 30 -6 passage
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 144) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b91af80-06ab-4066-a03a-695422396b34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).