Legislation

House Bill 5 — also known as the Safer Kentucky Act — is a collection of recycled so-called “tough on crime” policies have been around since the 1970s and have been disproven as effective crime deterrent.

The expungement process is prohibitively lengthy and expensive, even for eligible Kentuckians. It's time to automate portions of that process to give eligible Kentuckians access to employment, housing, and other resources required for success.

Most Kentuckians leaving incarceration don’t have a basic tool required for housing, employment, food, & health care: a photo ID.