County:

Neutral Bill Mar 16, 2026

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.

https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB5/2026

Jennifer Decker State Representative David Osborne State Representative Cosponsor Chad Aull State Representative Cosponsor Shane Baker State Representative Cosponsor Jared Bauman State Representative Cosponsor Ryan Bivens State Representative Cosponsor John Blanton State Representative Cosponsor Steve Bratcher State Representative Cosponsor Randy Bridges State Representative Cosponsor George Brown State Representative Cosponsor Lindsey Burke State Representative Cosponsor Emily Callaway State Representative Cosponsor Josh Calloway State Representative Cosponsor Myron Dossett State Representative Cosponsor Robert Duvall State Representative Cosponsor Daniel Elliott State Representative Cosponsor Dan Fister State Representative Cosponsor Patrick Flannery State Representative Cosponsor Ken Fleming State Representative Cosponsor Chris Freeland State Representative Cosponsor Chris Fugate State Representative Cosponsor Al Gentry State Representative Cosponsor Deanna Gordon State Representative Cosponsor Peyton Griffee State Representative Cosponsor Daniel Grossberg State Representative Cosponsor Vanessa Grossl State Representative Cosponsor Tony Hampton State Representative Cosponsor Mark Hart State Representative Cosponsor John Hodgson State Representative Cosponsor Kim Holloway State Representative Cosponsor Thomas Huff State Representative Cosponsor Mary Beth Imes State Representative Cosponsor Kevin Jackson State Representative Cosponsor Kim King State Representative Cosponsor Chris Lewis State Representative Cosponsor Scott Lewis State Representative Cosponsor Matt Lockett State Representative Cosponsor Savannah Maddox State Representative Cosponsor Candy Massaroni State Representative Cosponsor Bobby McCool State Representative Cosponsor Shawn McPherson State Representative Cosponsor David Meade State Representative Cosponsor Suzanne Miles State Representative Cosponsor Adam Moore State Representative Cosponsor Kim Moser State Representative Cosponsor Amy Neighbors State Representative Cosponsor Jason Nemes State Representative Cosponsor Marianne Proctor State Representative Cosponsor Rachel Roarx State Representative Cosponsor T.J Roberts State Representative Cosponsor Steven Rudy State Representative Cosponsor Scott Sharp State Representative Cosponsor Tom Smith State Representative Cosponsor Nancy Tate State Representative Cosponsor Walker Thomas State Representative Cosponsor James Tipton State Representative Cosponsor Timmy Truett State Representative Cosponsor Bill Wesley State Representative Cosponsor Mitch Whitaker State Representative Cosponsor Richard White State Representative Cosponsor Wade Williams State Representative Cosponsor Nick Wilson State Representative Cosponsor Susan Witten State Representative Cosponsor

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