Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB251: AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections.
Status: Chaptered, April 14, 2026
Amend KRS 197.020 to establish that the Department of Corrections shall not be required to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the death penalty; establish that execution protocols and procedures may be prescribed by internal policy, memorandum, or another form of action; amend KRS 13A.105 to conform; make technical corrections.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Department of Corrections.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 13A.100 is amended to read as follows: Subject to limitations in applicable statutes, including KRS 13A.105 and subsection (5) of Section 2 of this Act, any administrative body that is empowered to promulgate administrative regulations shall, by administrative regulation, prescribe, consistent with applicable statutes: (1) Each statement of general applicability, policy, procedure, memorandum, or other form of action that implements; interprets; prescribes law or policy; describes the organization, procedure, or practice requirements of any administrative body; or affects private rights or procedures available to the public; (2) The process for application for license, benefits available or other matters for which an application would be appropriate unless the[such] process is prescribed by a statute; (3) Fees, except for those exempted in paragraphs (a) to (j) of this subsection, to be charged by the administrative body if the[such] fees are authorized by law and are not set by (b) Prices for food in restaurants at state facilities; (c) Prices for goods at gift shops at state facilities; (d) Prices for groceries and other items sold at state facilities; (e) Prices charged for state publications; (f) Prices charged for rides and amusement activities at state facilities; (g) Admission fees to …
Sponsors
- Steve West (R, SD-027) · primary sponsor
- Matt Nunn (R, SD-017)
Latest actions
- : delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 181)
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : passed 74-16
- : posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- : taken from Rules (H)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
- : passed 30-7
- : veto overridden
Votes
- Senate: OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE SB 251 RSN# 4152 (April 14, 2026): 30 yea, 7 nay, passed
- House: Veto Override RCS# 484 (April 14, 2026): 74 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Senate: FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 251 w/ HFA 2 (HFA 2) RSN# 4102 (April 1, 2026): 27 yea, 9 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 392 (March 31, 2026): 68 yea, 23 nay, passed
- House: Adopt (HFA 2) RCS# 391 (March 31, 2026): 53 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 251 RSN# 3936 (March 16, 2026): 24 yea, 11 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Criminal Procedure, Crimes And Punishments, Deaths, Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State, Technical Corrections, Corrections Impact, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Common questions
- What is SB251?
- SB251 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections.
- What does SB251 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Department of Corrections.
- What is the status of SB251?
- Chaptered as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 181) (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB251?
- Steve West (R, SD-027), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB251?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb251.html
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