Corrections Impact
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jails. [SB-81]
Amend KRS 431.215 to provide that the state pays a fee to counties for lodging prisoners judged guilty of death or confinement to the penitentiary beginning on the date the prisoner is delivered to the penitentiary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require payment to the county of that fee and, if applicable, the fees set forth in KRS 532.100(7) for each day a prisoner is charged with a felony and lodged in the county with payment, ceasing the day the prisoner is acquitted of the felony charges, or has judgement rendered otherwise involving
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AN ACT relating to mental illness. [HB-269]
Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex crimes. [HB-262]
Amend KRS 530.020 to specify the family relationships covered in the statute; to specify that a person who does not consent to incest is a victim; make changes to the enhancement requirements.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal abuse. [HB-263]
Amend KRS 508.100 to increase penalties if the victim is under 12 years of age.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental illness. [HB-265]
Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the unauthorized practice of law. [HB-256]
Amend KRS 524.130 to increase the class of the crime of the unauthorized practice of law from a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense to a Class A misdemeanor, and establish each subsequent offense as a Class D felony.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to deceptive lawsuit advertising and solicitation practices. [SB-51]
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to regulate advertising for legal services.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis. [HB-225]
Propose to create a new section of the Kentucky Constitution 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 5 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; direct
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cannabis. [HB-224]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-215]
Amend KRS 218A.1410, 218A.1412, and 218A.142 to enhance the penalty for importing or trafficking carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives from a minimum of 50 percent of the sentence served to a minimum of 85 percent of the sentence served and establish prohibition against the use of pretrial diversion for those criminal offenses.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to incest. [SB-38]
Amend KRS 439.3401 to include incest, as defined in KRS 530.020, as a qualifying crime for designation of a "violent offender".
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to intimidation of a sports official. [HB-220]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to create the crime of intimidation of a sports official as a Class A misdemeanor.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-216]
Amend KRS 508.075 to include domestic violence shelters as a covered location for terroristic threatening in the first degree.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to jails. [HB-211]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to provide that the state pay a per diem, to include additional fees that may be applicable under KRS 532.100(7), for the amount of time an inmate serves in a jail or other local correctional facility when the inmate is convicted of a felony and the sentence in whole or in part includes the amount of time served prior to conviction.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [HB-223]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes when he or she intentionally selected the person because of that person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.420 to define "hate crime"; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to possess a written policy and procedures manual related to hate crimes by January 1, 2023; amend
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public safety. [SB-44]
Amend KRS 500.080 to define "emergency services personnel," "firework," and "riot"; amend KRS 503.055 to allow a person to use defensive force; create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of crimes committed during the course of a riot; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to restrict when a person shall be released after an arrest for a violation of an offense of during the course of a riot; amend KRS 508.025, 520.090, 525.015, and 525.140 to provide enhanced penalties for violations
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to controlled substances. [HB-142]
Amend KRS 218A.010 to define "kratom"; amend KRS 218A.1412 to include kratom to the list of controlled substances that are unlawful to traffic; amend KRS 218A.1415 to include kratom in the list of controlled substances that are unlawful for a person to possess.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to theft of mail matter. [SB-23]
Amend KRS 514.140 to include common carriers and delivery services in protection against theft of mail matter.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and declaring an emergency. [HB-185]
Amend KRS 189A.085 to allow the court to order a peace officer to seize a license plate from a person who is convicted of KRS 189A.010.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pretrial release. [SB-31]
Amend KRS 431.066 and 431.520 to require that conditions of pretrial release for a person released on an unsecured bond be the least restrictive to reasonably mitigate the risk of flight or danger to others.