SB309

AN ACT relating to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.

Introduced·3/2/26
Bill Text

Kentucky SB309 reorganizes the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, detailing departments and their divisions, and establishes local juvenile.

Kentucky SB309 amends the structure of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, detailing its departments and divisions. It specifies the Department of Corrections, Department of Criminal Justice Training, and Department of Juvenile Justice, among others. Each department is headed by a commissioner appointed by the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. The bill also establishes local juvenile restorative justice advisory committees in each county or assigns existing bodies with these responsibilities.

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History

Mar 2

Senate

introduced in Senate

Mar 2

Senate

to Committee on Committees (S)