GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR HAS VETOED HOUSE BILL FIVE….ALSO KNOWNAS THE “SAFER KENTUCKY ACT”….
HOUSE BILL FIVE IS A SWEEPING CRIMINAL JUSTICE MEASURE….BUT OPPONENTS HAVE CLAIMED IT CRIMINALIZES HOMELESSNESS…..
IN VETOING THE BILL…..BESHEAR SAID THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE BILL HE SUPPORTS……BUT IT WOULD “CRIMINALIZE HOMELESNESS” AND
“SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE INCARCERATION COSTS WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION……