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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion. [HB-711]
Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, and 311.781 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.725, 311.727, 311.732, 311.7706, 311.772, 311.780, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when the unborn child has a lethal fetal anomaly and delineate additional medical circumstances for the performance of an abortion; allow an abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the abortion occurs no later than six weeks after the first day of the woman's last menstrual period; amend KRS 311.800 to provide for an abortion in a publicly owned hospital under
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Fleming
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [SB-293]
Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 and to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 02/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-725]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 526 to establish a framework for law enforcement wiretaps compliant with federal Title III requirements (18 U.S.C. sec. 2510 et. seq.); repeal and reenact, amend, and repeal various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 526.060, which establishes the crime of divulging illegally obtained information; repeal KRS 526.070, which establishes exceptions to the crime of eavesdropping.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-796]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon," "large capacity ammunition feeding device," and "permanently inoperable"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of unregistered large capacity ammunition feeding devices; establish a large capacity ammunition feeding device registration program under the Department of Kentucky State Police; authorize a trust and agency account; criminalize the possession and transfer of assault weapons; amend KRS 237.104 to conform; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to assault weapons. [HB-758]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon" and "large capacity ammunition feeding device"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices; criminalize the possession and transfer of assault weapons; provide exceptions for large capacity ammunition feeding devices and assault weapons lawfully owned prior to the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 237.104 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to waiting periods for sales of firearms. [HB-696]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require a waiting period of five business days between the sale and transfer of a firearm; amend KRS 237.990 to establish a penalty for a violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to correctional services. [SB-283]
Create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 441 to require the Department of Corrections to contract with a fiscal court of a county or local or regional correctional authority to provide correctional services to state prisoners; provide that the per diem rate agreed to shall not exceed five percent over the actual cost to provide correctional services; amend KRS 196.030 and KRS 441.025 to conform; provide that current contracts between counties to house prisoners shall remain in effect until the contract periods ends; provide that any contract between
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
2nd Reading, To Rules on 03/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle inspectors. [HB-833]
Amends KRS 70.030 to allow a sheriff to appoint nonsworn special inspectors solely to perform motor vehicle inspections; amends KRS 186A.115 to allow sheriffs to appoint up to two employees of a motor vehicle dealer licensed under KRS Chapter 190 and doing business in the sheriff’s county as special inspectors solely to complete inspections of motor vehicles to be sold by that dealer if the motor vehicle dealer is a new motor vehicle dealer or a used motor vehicle dealer that makes an average of 100 motor vehicle sales per month for the preceding
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 103) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion-inducing drugs. [HB-838]
Amend KRS 216B.210 to specify that referral of complaints from the Kentucky Abortion-Inducing Drug Certification Program complaint portal may be made to the Office of the Attorney General or any other state department for enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to background checks on the sale or transfer of firearms. [HB-735]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require background checks for private firearms sales and transfers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to weapons on school property. [HB-798]
Amend KRS 527.010 to include knives longer than three inches in weapons prohibited on school grounds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
To Education (h) on 03/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [HB-755]
Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 and to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the acquisition and ownership of real property by a foreign principal. [SB-284]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to define terms; prohibit a foreign principal from acquiring or owning agricultural land; require a foreign principal that owns or acquires agricultural land before the effective date of this Act to register the ownership with the Department of Agriculture; require a purchaser of agricultural land to file an affidavit with the Department of Agriculture attesting that the purchaser is not a foreign principal; authorize the Department of Agriculture to promulgate regulations; prohibit a foreign principal from
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
To Agriculture (s) on 02/28/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to pretrial release. [HB-718]
Amend KRS 431.066 to limit the use of money bail to certain high-risk defendants and create a preventive detention process for defendants of select risk levels and charge types; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a preventive detention hearing process and define the limited circumstances in which money bail can be imposed; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [SB-262]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of 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; provide that the Act may be cited as the Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local jails. [HB-660]
Amend KRS 532.100 to provide that a Class C or D felon may serve his or her term of imprisonment in a local jail in which the fiscal court of the county has agree to house state prisoners, under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Bray
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex offenders. [SB-249]
Creates a new section of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to define “social media platform,” to require sex offenders who have committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to display their full legal name on social media platforms, and to provide penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 204) on 04/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sexual extortion. [HB-649]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to establish the crime of sexual extortion as a felony; provide for enhancements to penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for sexual extortion; amend KRS 17.500 to include sexual extortion in the definition of "sex crime"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require superintendents of local school districts to notify students in grades six and above and parents and guardians of all students of the crime of sexual extortion; create a new section of KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shane Baker
Introduced In House on 02/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex crimes. [HB-625]
Amend KRS 510.040 to enhance the penalty for rape in the first degree to a Class A felony; amend KRS 510.070 to enhance the penalty for sodomy in the first degree to a Class A felony.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
Introduced In House on 02/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal fighting. [SB-243]
Amend KRS 525.125 to define "animal fight"; provide that a person is guilty of cruelty to animals in the first degree when he or she knowingly causes an animal to engage in an animal fight, participates in the organization or operation of an animal fight, is present at an animal fight, or allows a minor to attend an animal fight; provide that falconry authorized by a valid permit and hunting license shall not constitute a violation of this section; provide that cruelty to animals in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor if a person is present
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Sponsored by: Sen. Greg Elkins
To Judiciary (s) on 02/23/2024