Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB889: AN ACT relating to operations within the Department of Corrections and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, March 24, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to operations within the Department of Corrections and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to operations within the Department of Corrections and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 196.026 is amended to read as follows: The Department of Corrections shall consist of the following organizational (2) Division of Public Affairs; (3) Office of Adult Institutions, which shall have the following (b) Division of Medical Services; (c) Division of Mental Health Services; (d) Division of Education; (e) Division of Correctional Industries; (f) Division of Kentucky State Reformatory; (g) Division of Luther Luckett Correctional Complex; (h) Division of Roederer Correctional Complex; (i) Division of Blackburn Correctional Complex; (j) Division of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women; (k) Division of Northpoint Training Center[ Division]; (l) Division of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex; (m) Division of Bell County Forestry Camp; (n) Division of Kentucky State Penitentiary; (o) Division of Western Kentucky Correctional Complex; (p) Division of Green River Correctional Complex; (q) Division of Little Sandy Correctional Complex;[ and] (r) Division of Southeast State Correctional Complex; and (s) Division of Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex. HB088910.100 - 2528 - XXXX 3/20/2026 11:51 AM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS HB 889/GA Each division specified in paragraphs (f) to (s)[(r)] of this subsection shall be headed by a warden pursuant to KRS 196.160; (4) Office of Community Services …
Sponsors
- Jennifer Decker (R, HD-058) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 91-0
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
- : reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- : returned to Judiciary (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Judiciary (H)
- : to Judiciary (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 302 (March 20, 2026): 91 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State, Reorganization
Common questions
- What is HB889?
- HB889 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to operations within the Department of Corrections and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB889 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to operations within the Department of Corrections and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB889?
- In committee as of March 24, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (March 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB889?
- Jennifer Decker (R, HD-058).
- Where is the official record for HB889?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb889.html
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