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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to parole for violent offenders. [SB-74]
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 02/09/2023
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AN ACT relating to public safety. [SB-80]
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a registered sex offender from loitering within 1,000 feet of the clearly defined grounds of a school, playground, or day care; amend KRS 508.025 to include healthcare providers working in an emergency room to the list of protected workers for the offense of assault in the third degree.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 109) on 03/27/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [HB-179]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.010 to define terms; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-182]
Amend KRS 531.300 to add definitions for "child sex doll" and "traffic"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 531 to prohibit the possession of a child sex doll, the trafficking of a child sex doll, the importing of a child sex doll, and the advancing of a child sex doll; amend KRS 531.340 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterinarian licensing and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-167]
Reorganize KRS Chapter 321, relating to veterinary licensing; create new sections of KRS Chapter 321 to set up rules for telehealth, records retention, and veterinary facilities; list license renewal procedures for veterinary technicians, animal euthanasia specialists, and veterinary facilities; require fingerprint-supported criminal records checks for licensing; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 321 to establish rules for occupations and facilities under the chapter, including licensing, license renewal, licensee discipline, authorized activities,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 95) on 03/24/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-3]
Amend KRS 610.030 to require a report to the court of truancy cases when there is no action implemented by the response team within 90 days; require a court-designated worker to make a finding if diversion is failed due to lack of parental cooperation; allow a court to refer cases back to the court-designated worker and order parental cooperation; amend KRS 610.990 to establish penalty; amend KRS 610.265 to require children charged with serious felony offenses to be detained pending a detention hearing and to be evaluated for treatment; amend KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 105) on 03/27/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion. [SB-91]
Amend KRS 156.496, 211.603, and 216B.400 to remove restrictions on providing abortion counseling or referral services; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 311 to create exceptions for a woman believed to be pregnant as the result of rape or incest.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/09/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sodomy. [HB-184]
Repeal KRS 510.100, relating to sodomy in the fourth degree; amend KRS 194A.380 and 532.031 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [SB-87]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class A misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class D felony; establish a short title of Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/09/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prohibiting the enforcement of a federal ban or regulation of firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-153]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit identified entities from enforcing federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances that require enforcement of federal firearm bans; and prohibit identified entities from allocating public resources or moneys in the enforcement of federal firearm bans; RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2021; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 117) on 03/28/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wagering and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-73]
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to define terms related to online poker and fantasy contests; establish requirements for registration as a fantasy contest operator; require the Public Protection Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations for the operation of fantasy contests; establish the wagering administration fund and direct the uses of that fund; require an annual audit of fantasy contest registrants; establish requirements for fantasy contest procedures; require any person offering online poker to have a license from
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 02/09/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-51]
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the 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 and to provide administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 03/01/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [HB-138]
Repeal KRS 237.115, which interprets the application of the license to carry concealed deadly weapon statute as permitting postsecondary facilities, local governments, and units of state government to limit concealed carry in governmental buildings; amend various KRS sections to conform; amend KRS 237.110 to no longer prohibit the carrying of concealed deadly weapons in schools and specify that the prohibition of carrying concealed deadly weapons in airports is limited to areas controlled by TSA; amend KRS 527.070 to add persons with valid licenses
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Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/06/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat. [HB-103]
Amend KRS 525.135 to include intentional and wanton harm to a dog or cat; define "restrain" and "serious physical injury or infirmity" and redefine "torture"; provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a seperate offense; set forth what does not constitute torture of a dog or cat.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Returned To Committee On Committees (s) on 03/16/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-107]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 139.470 to exempt the sale of medical cannabis from the state sales tax; amend KRS 138.870 to exempt medicinal cannabis from the excise tax on controlled substances; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to theft of services. [HB-109]
Amend KRS 514.060, relating to theft of services, to include the conduct of a person holding the property of another under a rental agreement longer than the period agreed upon and depriving the owner of its use for future rentals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis. [SB-47]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 146) on 03/31/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [SB-45]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/07/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-118]
Amend KRS 237.109 to lower the age requirement for carrying a concealed and deadly weapon from 21 to 18; amend KRS 237.110 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
Introduced In House on 01/05/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to aggravating circumstances. [HB-104]
Amend KRS 532.025 to include abuse of a corpse by 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 01/05/2023