republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-529.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 529	Kentucky HB 529 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Governor Probation And Parole	enacted	D. Elliott G. Brown Jr. J. Nemes	3	21	2	2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c0778975-85f8-4665-9680-037964155d0a	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb529.html	6ab478c24ec955ad9be51a2c5ed5fa536849a91e9c4a078d4403a2ef01394d04	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Acts Chapter 46 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/c0778975-85f8-4665-9680-037964155d0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).