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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental illness. [SB-17]
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: Sen. Gerald Neal
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 03/01/2019
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AN ACT relating to medicinal marijuana and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-170]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; to exempt the medicinal marijuana program from existing provisions in Kentucky law to the contrary; to require the Department for Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control to implement and regulate the medicinal marijuana program in Kentucky; to establish the Division of Medicinal Marijuana within the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; to establish restrictions on the possession of and cultivation for personal use of medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 02/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to drones. [SB-157]
Amend KRS 511.100 to protect correctional institutions from trespass; amend KRS 520.010 to include drones in definition of dangerous contraband.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 061) on 03/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abuse of a corpse. [SB-155]
Amend KRS 525.120 to provide that in all cases abuse of a corpse is a Class D felony; provide that Act shall be known as "Kristen's Law."
Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 060) on 03/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to grain. [SB-153]
Amend KRS 246.120 to expand the membership of the Board of Agriculture to eighteen members; set board member terms; amend KRS 246.130 to conform; repeal and reenact KRS 251.010 to define terms as used in this chapter; create new sections of KRS Chapter 251 to establish the purpose of the provisions of the chapter; authorize the board, in conjunction with the department, to adopt and oversee policies, procedures, and programs pertaining to this chapter; require a licensee to issue scale tickets; set forth requirements related to issuing scale tickets;
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Givens
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 088) on 03/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons. [SB-150]
Create a new section of Chapter 237 to allow concealed deadly weapons to be carried by persons age 21 and over without a license in same locations where concealed carry license holders may carry them; amend KRS 527.020 and 237.115 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 010) on 03/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to personal information. [SB-14]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to provide definitions; enumerate what information is protected from disclosure for a person who is a law enforcement officer or other listed individual; provide the requirements for use or disclosure of protected persons' information by a public agency or third party contractor; enumerate the penalties for use of a person's Social Security number in violation of Sections 1 to 7 of the Act; establish requirements of third party contractors who contract with public agencies; establish requirements for filing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Introduced In Senate on 01/08/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals. [SB-101]
Amend KRS 525.130 to expand cruelty to animals in the second degree to include causing any animals to fight or killing any animal by poisoning.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Judiciary (s) on 02/08/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [SB-102]
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, and the importing of a child sex doll; amend KRS 531.340 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Thursday, March 7, 2019 on 03/06/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cruelty to equines. [HB-98]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to prohibit cruelty to equines including situations involving abuse, neglect, and sexual contact; make cruelty to equines a Class D felony and provide for the termination of ownership; list exceptions; establish a short title of "Klaire's Law"; specify that the provisions of KRS 6.945(1) do not apply to this Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Diane St Onge
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pretrial release. [HB-94]
Amend KRS 431.066 to provide that financial bail be solely imposed for ensuring a defendant's appearance; require a detention hearing for any defendant determined by the court to be a danger to the public if released; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a detention hearing process; amend KRS 27A.360, 218A.135, 222.204, 431.520, 431.525, 431.530, 431.535, 431.540, 452.260, and 431.510 to conform; repeal KRS 431.021; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Posted In Committee on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms fabricated with additive manufacturing. [HB-77]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "additive manufacturing" and "major firearm component"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize the possession of a firearm made using additive manufacturing technology for anyone under the age of 21 and to criminalize the possession of a firearm made using additive manufacturing technology for those over the age of 21 who do not permanently engrave or attach serial numbers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 authorizing the Kentucky State Police to issue serial numbers for firearms made with additive
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Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-76]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," "bump stocks," 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; and to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or transfer of a bump stock; 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,
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [HB-71]
Amend KRS 532.031, relating to an offense committed as a result of a hate crime, to include criminal homicide and fetal homicide as well as the attempt to commit or solicitation of those crimes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry Miller
Posted In Committee on 02/08/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-70]
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 B misdemeanor unless a physical injury results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; exempt this section from KRS 6.945(1).
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to road safety. [HB-59]
Amend KRS 512.070 to include, as criminal littering, permitting unsafe amounts of mowed grass to remain on a highway.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
To Transportation (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to controlled substances. [HB-470]
Amend KRS 217.186 to allow a pharmacist to dispense naloxone to a person or agency who provides training on the use of naloxone as a part of a harm reduction program; amend KRS 218A.1412 to make a technical correction to clarify that heroin trafficking is not eligible for a Class D felony; amend KRS 507.040 to add the unlawful distribution for remuneration of a Schedule I or II drug where the drug is the proximate cause of death to the elements of manslaughter in the second degree.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad McCoy
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 130) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pretrial release. [HB-467]
Amend KRS 431.066 to limit the use of monetary bail to certain high-risk defendants and provide pretrial release conditions for defendants based on risk levels and charge types; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a preventative detention hearing process for high-risk defendants and define the limited circumstances in which unsecured bail can be imposed; create new section of KRS Chapter 431 to require statistical reporting on bail decisions; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021, 431.530, 431.531, 431.532, 431.535,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Booker
To Judiciary (h) on 02/21/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms possession by domestic abusers. [HB-462]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Judiciary (h) on 02/21/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-463]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the possession of an assault weapon by a person under 21 years of age unless the person is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a law enforcement officer; prohibit sale or transfer of an assualt weapon to a person under 21 years of age; create penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Harris
To Judiciary (h) on 02/21/2019