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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [HB-68]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes when the defendant intentionally committed the offense because of a person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the offense of using hate symbols to intimidate; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.031.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/04/2025
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AN ACT relating to expiration of protective orders. [SB-54]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
Amend KRS 209A.122, relating to data tracking and dissemination, to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide the Criminal Justice Statistcal Analysis Center the number of protective orders rescinded under KRS 403.735 and 456.050; amend KRS 403.735 and 456.050, relating to the continuance of protective orders, to extend the time period for expiration from six months to 12 months.
Sponsored by: Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong
To Judiciary (s) on 01/09/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to orders of protection. [HB-38]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 403.763 and 456.180 to enhance criminal penalties for repeated violations of an order of protection; establish what constitutes a repeated violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 75) on 03/24/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to protective orders. [SB-46]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 403.730, relating to petitions for orders of protection, to allow for service in accordance with Rule 4.05 of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure in addition to personal service; amend KRS 403.745, relating to the effective date of protective orders, to allow for service in accordance with Rule 4.05 of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure in addition to personal service; amend KRS 453.060 to direct that attorney's fees for a warning order attorney shall be paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 456.040, relating to
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Judiciary (s) on 01/09/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to exceptions to restrictions on maternal healthcare. [SB-35]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, 311.781, and 311.787 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.727, 311.732, 311.735, 311.7706, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when there is a lethal fetal anomaly or the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside the womb, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the fetus has not reached viability as determined in the good-faith medical judgment of the physician; amend KRS 311.782 to establish a rebuttable presumption that the physician complied with the requirements of the section; amend KRS
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Introduced In Senate on 01/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to court proceedings on petitions for order of protection. [SB-56]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 403.735, relating to continuance of an emergency protective order, to allow the petitioner to be excused from future court appearances until the respondent has been served; amend KRS 456.050, relating to continuance of an interpersonal protective order, to allow the petitioner to be excused from future court appearances until the respondent has been served.
Sponsored by: Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong
To Judiciary (s) on 01/09/2025
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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 trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses. [SB-535]
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[Human Rights ]
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Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman
Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses. [SB-487]
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[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Effective On 9/1/25 on 05/13/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses. [HB-502]
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Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Laid On The Table Subject To Call on 04/28/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an exemption from jury service for certain crime victims or close relatives of deceased crime victims. [HB-745]
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Relating to an exemption from jury service for certain crime victims or close relatives of deceased crime victims.
Sponsored by: Rep. Valoree Swanson
Referred To Criminal Justice on 04/29/2025
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Amy Roe Leenerts to the Crime Victims Compensation Board. [SR-305]
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[Public Safety ]
Confirm the reappointment of Amy Roe Leenerts to the Crime Victims Compensation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Introduced In Senate on 04/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Kentucky. [SR-287]
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[Public Health ]
Recognize April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
Adopted By Voice Vote on 04/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Kentucky. [HR-141]
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[Public Health ]
Recognize April 2024 as Child Abuse Prevention in Kentucky Month.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to victims of crime. [SB-319]
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[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
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Amends KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amends KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amends KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amends KRS 49.330 to increase access for victims to file claims; amends KRS 49.340 to limit the time for an investigation; amends KRS 49.350 to allow a claim in default to be revived; amends KRS 49.360 to increase the allowable amount of emergency awards; amends KRS 49.370 to raise award limits and expand the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 67) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of mothers and their children. [HB-700]
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[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
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[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
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Create a new section of Subtitle17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amend KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with the special enrollment requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 03/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workplace violence. [HB-739]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 338 to define terms; provide that an employer may petition the court for an order of protection after incidents of workplace violence; establish procedures for petitioning the court, service of process, hearings, and penalties for violating an order of protection; amend KRS Chapter 336.130 to include workplace violence, and order of protection based on workplace violence; direct that provisions of this Act are not severable; EFFECTIVE March 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [SB-293]
[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 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 employer requirements for victims of domestic abuse. [HB-824]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms related to employer requirements for victims of domestic violence; require employers to grant leave from work for employees who seek protection or treatment for themselves or a family member due to dating violence and abuse, domestic violence and abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking; require that employees give their employers advance notice when feasible before taking leave or by the end of the first day in which the employee takes leave when advance notice is not feasible;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton
Introduced In House on 02/26/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [HB-755]
[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 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 posthumous name changes. [HB-634]
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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. Ruth Palumbo
Introduced In House on 02/21/2024