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HB889Introduced in the House

AN ACT relating to operations within the Department of Corrections and declaring an emergency.

EngrossedSenate Committee on Committees

Introduced by Jennifer Henson Decker, District 58

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amend KRS 196.026, relating to organizational units of the Department of Corrections, to establish the Division of Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex within the Department of Corrections Office of Adult Institutions.

Where it stands

to Committee on Committees (S)

March 24, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House: Veto Override RCS# 302 · March 20, 2026

91

Yes

0

No

9

Absent or Not Voting

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Bill history

  1. introduced in House

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. to Judiciary (H)

  4. taken from Judiciary (H)

  5. 1st reading

  6. returned to Judiciary (H)

  7. reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules

  8. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026

  9. 3rd reading, passed 91-0

  10. received in Senate

  11. to Committee on Committees (S)

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