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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of children. [HB-278]
Amends KRS 15A.190 to require that the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet include crimes involving childhood sexual assault or abuse on the JC-3 form; amends KRS 160.380 to provide that a superintendent shall not employ any person who has been convicted of an offense that would classify the person as a violent offender, a sex crime, or a misdemeanor offense under KRS Chapter 510, or who is required to register as a sex offender; amends KRS 413.249 to provide that a civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse shall be brought within
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 106) on 04/05/2024
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AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat. [HB-258]
Amends KRS 525.135 to define “serious physical injury or infirmity” and to redefine “torture,” to provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a separate offense, and to provide what does not constitute torture of a dog or cat.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 81) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Department of Public Advocacy. [HB-254]
Amend KRS 18A.115 to exclude attorneys in the Department of Public Advocacy from classified service; amend KRS 31.010 to delete references to legal representation for persons with disabilities and make technical corrections; provide that the Department of Public Advocacy is an independent agency that is administratively attached to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; create a new section of KRS Chapter 31 to establish an independent division of the Department of Public Advocacy, the Division of Protection and Advocacy, to provide the protection
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-240]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to require an owner or custodian of a firearm to store the firearm in a safe storage depository or to render the firearm incapable of being fired using a gun-locking device; require an owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm or any person who sells ammunition to report the loss or theft of the firearm or ammunition to a law enforcement agency.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/11/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to controlled substances. [HB-211]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a program for harm reduction centers; amend possession of controlled substance statutes to reduce penalties; amend KRS 218A.275 to provide for referrals to treatment for persons charged with possession of controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.500 to decriminalize possession of items to test, store, or consume controlled substances; amend KRS 218A.992, 533.274, 431.078, 218A 275, and 218A.010 to conform; repeal KRS 218A.14151, 218A.1450, 218A.1451, 218A.1452, 27.099, and 218A.276; EFFECTIVE, in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 01/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to exceptions to restrictions on maternal healthcare. [SB-99]
Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, 311.781, and 311.787 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.727, 311.732, 311.735, 311.7706, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when there is a lethal fetal anomaly or the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside the womb, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the fetus has not reached viability as determined in the good-faith medical judgment of the physician; amend KRS 311.782 to establish a rebuttable presumption that the physician complied with the requirements of the section; amend KRS
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Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
Introduced In Senate on 01/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to aggravating circumstances. [HB-198]
Amend KRS 532.025 to include abuse of a corpse of the victim of kidnapping or murder by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercouse, or sexual contact as an aggravating circumstance; provide that the Act may be cited as Angela's Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Introduced In House on 01/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-5]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is stolen, defaced, loaded with restricted ammunition, or otherwise violates state law; amend KRS 610.070 to require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian to be present at court proceedings involving a child in the juvenile justice system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish penalty; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 174) on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-207]
Amends KRS 17.500 to include distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in the definition of “sex crime”; amends KRS 531.010 to define “child sex doll,” “computer,” “computer-generated image,” and “identifiable person”; creates a new section of KRS 531.300 to 531.370 to provide that in a prosecution where the offense involves material portraying a computer-generated image of a minor, the Commonwealth shall not be required to prove the actual identity or age of the computer-generated minor, or that the minor exists; creates
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.15) on 03/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to persistent felony offenders. [SB-85]
Amend KRS 532.080 to provide that a jury may fix an enhanced term of imprisonment when they find a defendant to be a persistent felony offender; provide that persistent felony offender in the first degree and second degree only applies to offenders who are convicted of a felony within the same KRS Chapter as the one previously committed; RETROACTIVE.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Storm
To Judiciary (s) on 01/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to home incarceration. [SB-88]
Amend KRS 532.260 to create new eligibility requirements for a person to serve the remainder of his or her sentence under home incarceration or conditional release; require the Department of Corrections to immediately transfer a person if he or she is being held on a detainer; allow a victim or concerned citizen to appeal the decision that a person may serve the remainder of his or her sentence under home incarceration or conditional release.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Judiciary (s) on 01/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to violent offenders. [HB-182]
Amend KRS 439.3401 to amend the definition of "violent offender" to include the attempted commission of any offense listed, a felony involving the death of the victim or serious physical injury to a victim, burglary in the first degree as described in KRS 511.020 if a person other than a participant in the crime was present in the building during the commission of the offense, burglary in the second degree as described in KRS 511.030 if a person other than participant in the crime was present in the dwelling during the commission of the offense,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workplace violence against healthcare workers. [HB-194]
Amends KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate if the event occurs in or on the premises of a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 80) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to parole for violent offenders. [SB-86]
Amend KRS 439.3401 to change requirements for parole or credit on sentences for violent offenders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to establish a specialized treatment program for violent offenders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Judiciary (s) on 01/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence of intoxicating hemp products. [SB-72]
Amend KRS 189A.010 to prohibit driving under the influence of intoxicating hemp products.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marijuana. [SB-73]
Amend KRS 218A.1421, 218A.1422, and 218A.1423 to remove penalties for possession, cultivation, or trafficking of up to eight ounces, or five plants, of marijuana; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis; amend KRS 218A.276 to conform; RETROACTIVE; EFFECTIVE, in part; January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis. [HB-160]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to five cannabis plants for personal use; and for the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products to be controlled by the General Assembly; specify the question to be printed on the ballot; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation;
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-98]
Amend KRS 506.040 to provide that any person who is 18 years of age or older who engages in a criminal conspiracy with a minor shall be subject to the same penalty provided for the offense which is the object of the conspiratorial agreement; amend KRS 527.100 to enhance the penalty of possession of handgun by a minor to a Class D felony for the first offense and a Class C felony for each subsequent offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sale of alcohol to minors. [HB-132]
Amend KRS 244.085 to enhance penalties for any person who aids or assists any person under 21 years of age in purchasing or being delivered or served any alcoholic beverage; amend KRS 244.990 to enhance penalties for violations related to retail sales of alcoholic beverages to any person under 21 years of age; establish that the Act may be cited as the Jordan Bratcher and Chance Goostree Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn McPherson
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-90]
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the oversight of cannabis operations
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Withdrawn on 01/31/2024