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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses. [SB-1638]
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[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini
Co-author Authorized on 03/12/2025
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Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment and to victims' rights regarding a motion to grant a commutation. [HB-3166]
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[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment and to victims' rights regarding a motion to grant a commutation.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Cook
Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Kentucky Restoration of Voting Rights Task Force. [HCR-67]
[Voting Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Elections ]
Establish the Kentucky Restoration of Voting Rights Task Force to review, study, and recommend language for a constitutional amendment or statutory change to restore voting rights to individuals with felony convictions who have completed their sentences; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Floor Amendments (2), (3) And (4-title) Filed on 03/13/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses. [HB-3074]
[Crime ]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Read First Time on 03/20/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school personnel. [HB-779]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to provide a teacher or other employee leave with no loss of income or benefits for 60 school days following an assault against the teacher or employee that results in a physical injury; specify the terms of the leave; require the school district to pay for mental health services of the teacher or employee's choosing during the leave period; amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring expulsion when a student physically assaults or batters school personnel; provide
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Primary And Secondary Education (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crime victim notification and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-740]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 27A to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to establish and maintain a crime victim notification system; establish requirements of the system; establish authority to contract with a third-party vendor if required in compliance with the procurement process of the Administrative Office of the Courts; APPROPRIATION.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Tyler Witten
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-632]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 337.415 to define terms "crime," "immediate family," and "victim"; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with the prosecution of a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lindsey Burke
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/26/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. [SB-1278]
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[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
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Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Smithee
Vetoed By The Governor on 06/22/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to civil liability for sexual assault resulting in a pregnancy carried to term. [HB-2843]
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[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to civil liability for sexual assault resulting in a pregnancy carried to term.
Sponsored by: Rep. Erin Zwiener
Read First Time on 03/19/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain assaultive offenses. [HB-2794]
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Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain assaultive offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione
Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/29/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to victim notification of certain scheduled court proceedings. [HB-2813]
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Relating to victim notification of certain scheduled court proceedings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Briscoe Cain
Placed On General State Calendar on 05/13/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of certain offenses. [HB-2772]
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Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of certain offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Senfronia Thompson
Read First Time on 03/19/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to aggravating circumstances. [HB-442]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 532.025 to include abuse of a corpse of the victim of kidnapping or murder by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, or sexual contact as an aggravating circumstance; provide that the Act may be cited as Angela's Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
To Judiciary (h) on 02/14/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, advocate for a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim to certain information regarding a defendant's parole. [HB-2582]
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Relating to the rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, advocate for a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim to certain information regarding a defendant's parole.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lacey Hull
Referred To Criminal Justice on 05/07/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the issuance of certain protective orders for certain burglary offenses. [HB-2596]
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Relating to the issuance of certain protective orders for certain burglary offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini
Effective On 9/1/25 on 05/29/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to posthumous name changes. [HB-396]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Amend KRS 401.010 to allow a family member of a deceased person to posthumously change the deceased person's name if the name is the result of marriage to a person arrested for or charged with committing an offense intentionally, knowingly, or wantonly, which resulted in the death of the deceased; provide that the order of priority of family members is the same as in KRS 367.93117.
Sponsored by: Rep. T.J. Roberts
To Judiciary (h) on 02/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to study access to sexual assault nurse examiners. [HCR-20]
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[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to study access to sexual assault nurse examiners; require report to be submitted to the Interim Joint Committee on Health Services and the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary by December 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Raymer
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 7) on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [HB-349]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
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 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 411
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to orders of protection. [HB-366]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to define specified felony offenses that are a "qualifying offense"; allow lifetime orders of protection for victims of qualifying offenses; allow a court to vacate a lifetime order of protection if the conviction for the qualifying offense is expunged.
Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond and to the duration of certain protective orders. [SB-1120]
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[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond and to the duration of certain protective orders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman
Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025