Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB557: AN ACT relating to correctional services.
Status: In committee, February 11, 2026
Amend KRS 441.005 to define "restricted custody center" and make technical changes; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations providing the minimum standards for holdover facilities; require the Department of Corrections to contract with a fiscal court of a county or local or regional correctional authority to provide correctional services to state prisoners; allow prisoners being held for a nonviolent or nonsexual misdemeanor conviction to be housed in a restricted custody center; require jailers to get permission from the Department of Corrections before transferring a Class C or Class D felon to another jail unless required by statute or an emergency exists; establish the regional jail authority construction fund, and establish requirements for the Department of Corrections to submit a list of regional jail construction projects to the Legislative Research Commission; establish the regional jail conversion fund and establish requirements for receiving grant funds; amend KRS 431.215 to require the Commonwealth to pay a county a fee per day based on the county's actual costs to house prisoners for the time the prisoner was held before a conviction if the sentence the prisoner receives in whole or in part includes the amount of time served prior to judgment; amend KRS 441.025 to allow counties to contract with the Department of Corrections to house state prisoners and operate holdover facilities; amend KRS 441.045 to require the Commonwealth to pay counties for the costs of providing health services to prisoners the county is responsible for; amend KRS 441.420 to require the Department of Corrections to pay for architectural plans and engineering services associated with any tentatively approved construction of a local correctional facility; amend KRS 441.430 to allow a regional jail authority to receive tentative approval for new regional jail construction; amend KRS 441.520 to specify t
What the bill says
An act relating to correctional services.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to correctional services. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 441.005 is amended to read as follows: As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise (2) "Department" means the Department of Corrections; (3) "Holdover facility" means any detention facility housing prisoners for a maximum period of ninety-six (96) continuous hours and excluding times when a prisoner is released for a minimum of seven (7) hours for the purpose of working at his or her employment, attending an educational institution, or conducting other business pursuant to a court order, or when a prisoner is released for in court proceedings; (4) "Jail" means county jails and correctional or detention facilities, including correctional facilities as defined in KRS 67B.020 and juvenile detention facilities, operated by and under the supervision of any political subdivision; (5) "Jail personnel" means deputy jailers, matrons, cooks, and other food service personnel, and other jail employees involved in the supervision, custody, care, or treatment of prisoners in jails, but does not include maintenance or clerical personnel;[ (2) "Holdover" means any jail housing prisoners for a maximum period of ninety-six (96) continuous hours and excluding times when a prisoner is released for a minimum of seven (7) hours for the purpose of working at his or her employment, …
Sponsors
- Michael Meredith (R, HD-019) · primary sponsor
- Ryan Bivens (R, HD-024)
- John Blanton (R, HD-092)
- Steve Bratcher (R, HD-025)
- Randy Bridges (R, HD-003)
- Emily Callaway (R, HD-037)
- Josh Calloway (R, HD-010)
- Mike Clines (R, HD-068)
- Myron Dossett (R, HD-009)
- Ryan Dotson (R, HD-073)
- Robert Duvall (R, HD-017)
- Daniel Elliott (R, HD-054)
Latest actions
- : to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Funds, Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State, Fiscal Note, Budget And Financial Administration, Local Mandate, Corrections Impact, Counties
Common questions
- What is HB557?
- HB557 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to correctional services.
- What does HB557 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to correctional services.
- What is the status of HB557?
- In committee as of February 11, 2026. Latest action: to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (February 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB557?
- Michael Meredith (R, HD-019), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB557?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb557.html
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