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Bill	AN ACT relating to prison educational programs.	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Prison Education Program within the Department of Corrections in partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to provide inmates with job training; require KCTCS to construct a facility to house the program at Northpoint Training Center; establish convictions that preclude participation in the program; require the parties to enter into a memorandum of agreement establishing the responsibilities of each party; amend KRS 196.281 to establish entitlement to a certificate of employability upon successful completion of the program and require reporting by the department; amend KRS 335B.020 to establish that a person shall not be disqualified from public employment or obtaining an occupational license solely because of previous criminal conviction and obtaining a certificate of employment from the department shall constitute rebuttable evidence of rehabilitation and fitness for the occupation; amend KRS 355B.030 to remove a conviction of a Class A felony, Class B felony, or any other felony offense other than a conviction that would qualify the individual as a registrant as defined in KRS 17.500 as supportive of a rebuttable presumption of a connection between that conviction and a license issuance request.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 5	Kentucky HB 5 (2026RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Boards And Commissions Corrections And Correctional Facilities State Corrections Impact Education Vocational Labor And Industry Licensing Occupations And Professions Reports Mandated State Agencies Universities And Colleges Workforce	enacted	A. Gentry A. Moore A. Neighbors B. McCool B. Wesley C. Aull C. Freeland C. Fugate C. Lewis C. Massaroni D. Elliott D. Fister D. Gordon D. Grossberg D. Meade D. Osborne E. Callaway G. Brown Jr. J. Bauman J. Blanton J. Calloway J. Decker J. Hodgson J. Nemes J. Tipton K. Fleming K. Holloway K. Jackson K. King K. Moser L. Burke M. Dossett M. Hart M. Imes M. Lockett M. Proctor M. Whitaker N. Tate N. Wilson P. Flannery P. Griffee R. Bivens R. Bridges R. Duvall R. Roarx R. White S. Baker S. Bratcher S. Lewis S. Maddox S. McPherson S. Miles S. Rudy S. Sharp S. Witten T. Hampton T. Huff T. Roberts T. Smith T. Truett V. Grossl W. Thomas W. Williams	3	21	2	2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8e604e35-c3c0-45c7-a688-7387c7d56726	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb5.html	c546bcc580726a9823bc97352e98356db0e572f3371bb2322ce789d4a3562d1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 5 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to prison educational programs.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Prison Education Program within the Department of Corrections in partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to provide inmates with job training; require KCTCS to construct a facility to house the program at Northpoint Training Center; establish convictions that preclude participation in the program; require the parties to enter into a memorandum of agreement establishing the responsibilities of each party; amend KRS 196.281 to establish entitlement to a certificate of employability upon successful completion of the program and require reporting by the department; amend KRS 335B.020 to establish that a person shall not be disqualified from public employment or obtaining an occupational license solely because of previous criminal conviction and obtaining a certificate of employment from the department shall constitute rebuttable evidence of rehabilitation and fitness for the occupation; amend KRS 355B.030 to remove a conviction of a Class A felony, Class B felony, or any other felony offense other than a conviction that would qualify the individual as a registrant as defined in KRS 17.500 as supportive of a rebuttable presumption of a connection between that conviction and a license issuance request.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 64 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 5 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Gentry — primary (person)
• A. Moore — primary (person)
• A. Neighbors — primary (person)
• B. McCool — primary (person)
• B. Wesley — primary (person)
• C. Aull — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• C. Lewis — primary (person)
• C. Massaroni — primary (person)
• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Fister — primary (person)
• D. Gordon — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• D. Meade — primary (person)
• D. Osborne — primary (person)
• E. Callaway — primary (person)
• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
• J. Bauman — primary (person)
• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• J. Calloway — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. Hodgson — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. Fleming — primary (person)
• K. Holloway — primary (person)
• K. Jackson — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• L. Burke — primary (person)
• M. Dossett — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• M. Imes — primary (person)
• M. Lockett — primary (person)
• M. Proctor — primary (person)
• M. Whitaker — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• N. Wilson — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• P. Griffee — primary (person)
• R. Bivens — primary (person)
• R. Bridges — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• R. Roarx — primary (person)
• R. White — primary (person)
• S. Baker — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. Maddox — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• S. Miles — primary (person)
• S. Rudy — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• S. Witten — primary (person)
• T. Hampton — primary (person)
• T. Huff — primary (person)
• T. Roberts — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)
• T. Truett — primary (person)
• V. Grossl — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from the Orders of the Day
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e604e35-c3c0-45c7-a688-7387c7d56726. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).