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KentuckyHB 4222026 Regular SessionHouse
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Sponsored By: Daniel Fister (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Corrections And Correctional Facilities, StateCorrections ImpactCrimes And PunishmentsCriminal ProcedureMental HealthProbation And ParolePublic SafetyReports MandatedShort Titles And Popular Names
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Clearer insanity defense and jury rules
A person is not criminally responsible if, because of mental illness or intellectual disability, they lack substantial capacity to understand their act or to follow the law. A condition shown only by repeated criminal or antisocial acts does not count. In the same trial for the same conduct, a jury cannot find not guilty by reason of insanity on one count and guilty or guilty but mentally ill on another. The court must instruct the jury on this rule.
Stricter rules and penalties on reentry
The Parole Board can order mandatory reentry supervision without a hearing. The Board sets general rules by regulation and lists them in each order. The Department of Corrections uses a risk and needs assessment to set your specific terms consistent with those rules. If you violate and are returned to prison, you cannot get mandatory reentry again during the same prison term. If you abscond and are returned on a warrant, you do not get sentence credit for the time you were gone.
Six-month reentry for parole-denied inmates
The Parole Board orders mandatory reentry supervision six months before your projected sentence end if you were not granted discretionary parole. The law treats this as parole and not as clemency, so your court sentence does not change. Supervision ends at the minimum expiration of your sentence. It does not apply to people not eligible for parole by statute; people with capital or Class A felonies; those with two or more prior violent offenses; inmates at maximum or close security; sentences of two years or less; people with six months or less to serve after sentencing; people subject to KRS 532.043; those recommitted for violating probation, shock probation, parole, or conditional discharge; or anyone twice released on mandatory reentry.
Treatment after guilty but mentally ill
If you are found guilty but mentally ill, you are sentenced like any guilty person. You must get treatment while a treating professional says it is needed, or until your sentence ends. If treatment is still needed when your sentence ends, the treating professional or the Commonwealth asks the court for involuntary hospitalization or court‑ordered outpatient care. Treatment can also be required as a condition of probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, parole, or conditional release. The law defines key terms: “foreseeable future” is up to 360 days; treatment includes medication, counseling, therapy, and psychotherapy, and excludes electroshock therapy and psychosurgery; and it clarifies what facilities can treat people with mental illness or intellectual disability who are charged with or convicted of felonies.
Reentry oversight and agency duties
The Corrections commissioner has the same powers for mandatory reentry supervision as for probation and parole. The Department of Corrections must report reentry results to the Legislative Research Commission each year by February 1.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Daniel Fister
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Adam Bowling
Republican • House
Amy Neighbors
Republican • House
Aaron Thompson
Republican • House
Bobby McCool
Republican • House
Brandon J. Storm
Republican • Senate
Bill Wesley
Republican • House
Chad Aull
Democrat • House
Chris Freeland
Republican • House
Chris Fugate
Republican • House
Chris Lewis
Republican • House
Candy Massaroni
Republican • House
Daniel Elliott
Republican • House
Deanna Gordon
Republican • House
Daniel Grossberg
Democrat • House
David Hale
Republican • House
Chris Lewis
Republican • House
David Meade
Republican • House
David W. Osborne
Republican • House
DJ Johnson
Republican • House
Emily Callaway
Republican • House
Jim Gooch Jr.
Republican • House
Jared Bauman
Republican • House
John Blanton
Republican • House
Josh Branscum
Republican • House
Josh Calloway
Republican • House
Jennifer Decker
Republican • House
Jim Gooch Jr.
Republican • House
John Hodgson
Republican • House
Jason Nemes
Republican • House
J.T. Payne
Republican • House
James Tipton
Republican • House
Kim Banta
Republican • House
Ken Fleming
Republican • House
Kim Holloway
Republican • House
Kevin Jackson
Republican • House
Kim King
Republican • House
Kimberly Poore Moser
Republican • House
Mark Hart
Republican • House
Mary Beth Imes
Republican • House
Matthew Koch
Republican • House
Matt Lockett
Republican • House
Michael Sarge Pollock
Republican • House
Marianne Proctor
Republican • House
Mitch Whitaker
Republican • House
Nancy Tate
Republican • House
Nick Wilson
Republican • House
Patrick Flannery
Republican • House
Peyton Griffee
Republican • House
Ryan Bivens
Republican • House
Ryan Dotson
Republican • House
Robert Duvall
Republican • House
Rebecca Raymer
Republican • House
Richard White
Republican • House
Shane Baker
Republican • House
Steve Bratcher
Republican • House
Stephanie Dietz
Republican • House
Chris Lewis
Republican • House
Shawn McPherson
Republican • House
Steve Riley
Republican • House
Scott Sharp
Republican • House
Susan Witten
Republican • House
Thomas Huff
Republican • House
T.J. Roberts
Republican • House
Tom Smith
Republican • House
Timmy Truett
Republican • House
Vanessa Grossl
Republican • House
Walker Thomas
Republican • House
Wade Williams
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/1/2026
passed
Yes: 87 • No: 3
Senate vote • 3/31/2026
3rd reading, passed
Yes: 38 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2026
3rd reading, passed
Yes: 93 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Corrections Impact to House Committee Substitute 1
4/2/2026signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14)
4/2/2026delivered to Governor
4/1/2026enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
4/1/2026enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
4/1/2026passed 87-3
4/1/2026House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
4/1/2026posted for passage for concurrence in Senate
4/1/2026Senateposted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
3/31/2026Senateto Rules (H)
3/31/2026Housereceived in House
3/31/2026House3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
3/31/2026posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
3/27/20262nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
3/27/2026floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
3/26/2026reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
3/26/2026to Judiciary (S)
3/24/2026Senateto Committee on Committees (S)
2/25/2026Senatereceived in Senate
2/25/2026Senate3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1)
2/24/2026posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
2/23/20262nd reading, to Rules
2/19/2026reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2/18/2026to Judiciary (H)
1/27/2026Houseto Committee on Committees (H)
1/16/2026House
Bill Text
Current
4/1/2026
Introduced
1/12/2026
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