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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-83]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," and "ammunition sellers"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited
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Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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AN ACT relating to sexual offenses by peace officers. [SB-52]
Amend KRS 510.060, rape in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.090, sodomy in the third degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to deviate sexual intercourse; amend KRS 510.120, sexual abuse in the second degree, to include a peace officer who subjects a person in custody or under arrest to sexual contact.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 135) on 03/25/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to road safety. [SB-34]
Amend KRS 512.070 to include, as criminal littering, permitting unsafe amounts of mowed grass to remain on a highway.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Introduced In Senate on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-70]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; grant authority to District Court to issue search warrants to law enforcement officers to seize firearms from persons believed to be dangerous due to untreated mental illness or documented evidence of a propensity for violence; grant authority to law enforcement officers to seize firearms from persons believed to be dangerous without a warrant; establish protocols for court hearing to determine dangerousness of person and authority to prohibit person from possessing firearms; establish protocol
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Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to assistance dogs. [SB-57]
Amend KRS 258.500 to prohibit the misrepresentation of assistance dogs; allow peace officers to investigate; amend KRS 258.991 to remove jail penalty and to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Introduced In Senate on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-164]
Amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to create a mandatory fine of $5,000 and a minimum sentence of 30 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release, for certain offenses; amend KRS 508.010, relating to assault in the first degree, to create a mandatory fine of $15,000 and a minimum sentence of 90 days' incarceration, which is not subject to any form of early release; create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to require the court to order full restitution in any conviction under KRS 512.020, 512.030,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to deceptive lawsuit advertising and solicitation practices. [SB-20]
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to regulate advertising for legal services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Economic Development, Tourism, And Labor (s) on 01/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal damage to rental property. [SB-11]
Amend KRS 512.010 to define "lease or rental agreement", "residential rental property", and "tenant"; amend KRS 512.020, 512.030, and 512.040 to specifically include damage to residential rental property in the crime of criminal mischief.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 164) on 03/29/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. [SB-26]
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from being on the grounds of a senior citizen center.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Introduced In Senate on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [SB-64]
Amend KRS 510.010 to define "registrant" and "adult intermediary"; amend KRS 510.155 to include communications with adult intermediaries for minors and enhance punishment if the minor or perceived minor is under 12 years old, the offender is a registered sex offender, or a person travels into the Commonwealth for the purpose of procuring or promoting the use of a minor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 88) on 03/23/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-126]
Amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8463, 238.995, 341.990, 434.650, 434.655, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, and 514.110 to increase the felony threshold for theft and fraud offenses to $1,000; create a Class B misdemeanor level for theft and fraud offenses; amend the Class A misdemeanor level to be $500 or more but less than $1,000; enhance the penalty for three convictions of a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony if the convictions occur within a five year period; allow offenses that occur within 90 days to be
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 66) on 03/22/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [SB-60]
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 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal various statutes relating to imposition of the death
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Introduced In Senate on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the performance of an abortion upon a minor and declaring an emergency. [HB-96]
Amend KRS 311.732, relating to performance of an abortion upon a minor, to require the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian to include a copy of that parent's or legal guardian's government-issued identification and to include specific language; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least 7 years; require the physician to execute an affidavit; require additional criteria and standards for when a court determines whether to allow a minor to self-consent to an abortion; require the court hearing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental illness. [HB-148]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 03/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of the infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of medically appropriate and reasonable medical care, medical treatment, or surgical care; require a physician performing an abortion to take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born-alive infant; specify that if the physician is unable to perform those duties
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 1) on 01/22/2021
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require a person who intends to perform an abortion to determine whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion before determining whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; provide exceptions for medical emergencies; require documentation of whether an abortion was performed to preserve the health of the pregnant woman; specify
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 020) on 03/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-85]
Amend KRS 189A.005 to provide a definition for "cabinet" and to clarify the definitions of "ignition interlock device", "ignition interlock certificate of installation", "ignition interlock device provider", and "ignition interlock license"; amend KRS 189A.010 to clarify that laboratory tests for controlled substances are admissible for DUI prosecutions under (1)(c) or (e); amend KRS 189A.040 to provide that alcohol or substance abuse treatment pursuant to this statute shall be authorized as Medicaid-eligible services for defendants who are Medicaid-eligible;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 103) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marijuana possession. [SB-82]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make the penalty for possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana a prepayable non-criminal fine; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "personal use quantity of marijuana" and "marijuana accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding marijuana possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use marijuana accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on marijuana trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 431.450 to include violations for possession of personal use quantities
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Judiciary (s) on 02/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-80]
Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 245 to define terms, allow for possession, growth, use, processing, purchasing, transfer, and consumption of cannabis; establish limits for transfer; allow for purchasing and manufacture of cannabis accessories; authorize activities and operation of retail stores, consumption establishments, cultivation facilities, cannabis testing facilities, and product manufacturing facilities; establish possession limits; prohibit smoking cannabis in public and establish a fine for violation; prohibit operation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to traffic fines. [SB-73]
Amend KRS 189.990 to increase the fine for a violation of passing a stopped school or church bus to $500 for the first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent offense occurring within three years; make technical correction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Judiciary (s) on 01/11/2019