SB 9 Kentucky Senate · 2017 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to judicial redistricting. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population and caseload; require the analysis to be completed within two years of December 31 of the year of the decennial census; require the Supreme Court to submit the analysis to the General Assembly by January 31 of the following year; provide that if the analysis indicates a need for rearrangement of judicial circuits and districts or reallocation of the number of judges due to population or caseload, the Supreme Court may submit certification as required by the Constitution of Kentucky which may include a proposal; amend KRS 23A.020 to realign the boundaries of the judicial circuits; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase the allocation of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit to six judges and six numbered divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court.

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Feb 2017
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Introduced Feb 7, 2017 Last action Mar 7, 2017
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Mar 7, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendments (5) and (6) filed
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Mar 6, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendments (3) and (4) filed
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Mar 6, 2017
Committee
To Judiciary (H)
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Mar 3, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendmentst (1) and (2) filed
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Mar 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed 23-13 with Committee Substitute
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Mar 1, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendment (1) ruled out of order
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Feb 24, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
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Feb 24, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
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Feb 15, 2017
Introduced
Floor amendment (1) filed
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Feb 8, 2017
Committee
To State & Local Government (S)
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Feb 8, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
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Feb 8, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
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Feb 7, 2017
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