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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to off-highway vehicles and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-75]
Amend KRS 186.010 to define "off-highway vehicles" or "OHV"; consider an OHV to be a motor vehicle for registration purposes; amend KRS 186.050 to establish an annual registration fee for resident OHVs and a $30 fee for nonresident OHV registration; allow the clerk to retain $5 for nonresident OHV registration; create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to allow for the operation of OHVs on a county roadways and state roadways identified by the Transportation Cabinet and the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreational Authority; prohibit OHV operation on
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
To Transportation (h) on 04/01/2020
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AN ACT relating to nonsupport. [SB-139]
Amend KRS 530.050 to raise the amount qualifying for flagrant nonsupport from $1,000 to $10,000 and raise the time period of flagrant nonsupport from 6 months to 12 months; specify lower the service time for a person jailed for nonsupport on a second or subsequent offense and that work release shall be permitted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
To Judiciary (s) on 02/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals. [SB-142]
Amend KRS 525.130 to change mental state to knowing or reckless; delete domestic animal killed by poisoning; add requirements of legal food processing, customary veterinary practices performed by a licensed veterinarian, horse racing not governed by federal law, reasonable defense, and accepted animal or pest control practices; add requirement of legality for animals hunting; strike language regarding "equine" under penalty portion and allow costs for any animal; amend KRS 525.135 to define "physical injury" and "reasonable costs"; add knowing or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
To Agriculture (s) on 02/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to defining sexual contact. [SB-135]
Amend KRS 510.010 to define "sexual contact."
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the dignified treatment of fetal remains. [HB-370]
Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.830 to require within 24 hours after a spontaneous miscarriage or abortion, a hospital or abortion provider to inform the parents about their right to determine the final disposition of the fetal remains; parents electing a disposition method other than the customary method for that facility are responsible for the costs of disposition; within ten days following a miscarriage or abortion, the abortion provider, hospital, or parent shall provide for final disposition of the fetal remains; establish a Class
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prisoners and declaring an emergency. [HB-361]
Amend KRS 441.520, relating to the transfer of prisoners, to require an agreement between an originating and receiving jail before ordering the transfer of a prisoner; specify that if a transfer is ordered before receiving an agreement, the receiving jail shall not be required to house the prisoner nor shall the receiving jail's jailer be subject to contempt; outline what a receiving jail may charge for housing a transferred prisoner; require a sheriff to transport the transferred prisoner; require a Circuit Judge to review his or her transfer order
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 109) on 04/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to performance-based incentives for jails and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-128]
Amend KRS 197.045 on felony sentence credits to award funds to local jails which offer programming that results in credit for state inmates; create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to allow local jails to classify state inmates who have not been classified by the Department of Corrections within 30 days of the date of conviction; amend KRS 532.100 to increase the state inmate per diem paid to local jails offering approved evidence-based programming; create a new section of KRS Chapter 441 to create a negotiated contract option for jails meeting
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
To Judiciary (s) on 02/03/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medicinal marijuana and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-107]
Create various 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 medicinal marijuana by qualifying patients, visiting patients, and designated caregivers;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 01/29/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-105]
Create various new sections of KRS Chapter 245 to define terms; to allow for possession, growth, use, processing, purchasing, transfer, and consumption of cannabis; to establish limits for transfer; to allow for purchasing and manufacture of cannabis accessories; to authorize activities and operation of retail stores, consumption establishments, cultivation facilities, cannabis testing facilities, and product manufacturing facilities; to establish possession limits; to prohibit smoking cannabis in public and to establish a fine for violation; to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Perry Clark
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to probation program credits. [HB-284]
Create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to establish probation program credits; amend KRS 439.250 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 44) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sexual exploitation of minors. [HB-275]
Amend KRS 531.335 to raise the penalty for possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony; amend KRS 531.340 to raise the penalty for the distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance of a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony for the first offense and a Class B felony for each subsequent offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Posting Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to racial and ethnic community criminal justice and public safety impact statements. [SB-97]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 6 and 15A to make legislative findings and require racial and ethnic community criminal justice and public safety impact statements for certain legislation and administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (s) on 01/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-259]
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 or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 01/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of Kentucky's adults. [HB-268]
Amend KRS 381.230 to establish a simplified method for elderly or vulnerable adults to petition for an order to prevent or restrain other persons from trespassing onto the petitioner's residence; create a new section of KRS Chapter 209 to clarify abuse of an adult and establish penalties; clarify exploitation of an adult and establish penalties; restate neglect of an adult and establish penalties; amend KRS 209.990 to delete existing penalties for abuse, exploitation, and neglect; amend KRS 209.020 to define terms; create a new section of KRS Chapter
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
To Judiciary (h) on 01/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and abortion 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
Vetoed on 04/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cruelty to animals. [HB-244]
Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals, to prohibit spectators and vendors from attending an event where any animal, rather than any four-legged animal, is caused to fight.
Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To Judiciary (h) on 01/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to torture of a dog or cat. [HB-223]
Amend KRS 525.135, relating to torture of a dog or cat, to specify certain acts of torture; increase punishment to Class D felony.
Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To Judiciary (h) on 01/13/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental illness. [HB-237]
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. Derrick Graham
Posting Withdrawn on 03/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. [HB-204]
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from living within 1,000 feet of a publicly leased playground and from being on the grounds of a publicly leased playground.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 23) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marijuana possession. [HB-221]
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 431.450 to include violations for possession of personal use quantities of marijuana in the uniform citation form; amend KRS 500.080 to exclude
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Marzian
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2020