Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB336: AN ACT relating to juvenile justice, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, March 2, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to create the juvenile services fund within the Department of Juvenile Justice; appropriate money to the fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to juvenile justice, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 15A IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) There is hereby created in the Department of Juvenile Justice a trust and agency account to be known as the juvenile services fund. The fund shall consist of moneys received from state appropriations, gifts, grants, and federal funds. (2) The fund shall be administered by the Department of Juvenile Justice. (3) Amounts deposited in the fund shall be used (b) Providing individualized, community-based wraparound services for justiceinvolved youths and their families; (c) Alternatives to detention; and (d) Re-entry programs and facilities. (4) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, fund amounts not expended at the close of a fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year. (5) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall provide a report on or before September 30 of each year to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary, detailing: (a) The total amount of funds from the juvenile services fund disbursed since the last reporting period; (b) A list of each organization awarded funding from the juvenile services fund during the reporting period; (c) The …
Sponsors
- Keturah Herron (D, SD-035) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : introduced in Senate
Subjects: Funds, Crimes And Punishments, Effective Dates, Emergency, Children And Minors, Appropriations, Corrections Impact
Common questions
- What is SB336?
- SB336 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to juvenile justice, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
- What does SB336 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to juvenile justice, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of SB336?
- In committee as of March 2, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (March 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB336?
- Keturah Herron (D, SD-035).
- Where is the official record for SB336?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb336.html
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