Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030 (Effective January 2, 2023) to move Hancock County from the Thirty-eighth Circuit and District to the Sixth Circuit and District; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Sixth Judicial Circuit; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Thirty-eighth Judicial District; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeship be designated as a family court judgeship and establish election dates; request that the division removed from the Thirty-eighth District should be DivisionTwo; Sections 1 to 5 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Amend KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030 (Effective January 2, 2023) to move Hancock County from the Thirty-eighth Circuit and District to the Sixth Circuit and District; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Sixth Judicial Circuit; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Thirty-eighth Judicial District; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeship be designated as a family court judgeship and establish election dates; request that the division removed from the Thirty-eighth District should be Division Two; establish that the District Court division eliminated shall not appear on the November 2022 regular election ballot; Sections 1 to 5 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Amend KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030 (Effective January 2, 2023) to move Hancock County from the Thirty-eighth Circuit and District to the Sixth Circuit and District; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-Seventh, and Fifty-Sixth Judicial Circuits; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Fifteenth and Thirty-eighth Judicial Districts; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeships in the Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-Seventh Circuits be designated as family court judgeships and establish election dates; request that the divisions removed from the Fifteenth and Thirty-eighth Districts should be Division Two; establish that the District Court divisions eliminated shall not appear on the November 2022 regular election ballot; amend KRS 202A.051 to provide for 24 hour access to orders for involuntary hospitalizations; Sections 1 to 6 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- M. Castlen

Summary Retain original provisions: remove amendments to KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030;. remove reduction of district judgeship in Thirty-eighth Judicial District; Sections 1 to 5, EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 23A.020, 23A.050, 24A.050
House Committee Substitute 1: 23A.020, 23A.050, 24A.050
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 23A.020, 23A.050, 24A.050, 202A.051
Current: 23A.020, 23A.050, 24A.050