KentuckyAN ACT relating to booking procedures in local jails.
What it does
Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; define "rapid DNA instruments"; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; allow for collection of a second DNA sample by approved local governments to be processed via rapid DNA instruments; amend KRS 17.175 to provide that a person may request expungement of the record of his or her DNA in certain enumerated circumstances; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 16to Judiciary (S)Latest
- Feb 20to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Feb 20received in Senate
- Feb 193rd reading, passed 73-18 with Committee Substitute (1)Passed House
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 19 2026
- Feb 182nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Feb 17reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Jan 23to Local Government (H)Minor
- Jan 15to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Jan 15introduced in HouseIntroduced