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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-540]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to define terms; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with 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. Rachel Roarx
Introduced In House on 02/14/2024
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A RESOLUTION recognizing October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Kentucky. [HR-73]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Recognize October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Dietz
Adopted By Voice Vote on 02/13/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Kentucky. [SR-130]
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[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Recognize October 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/21/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to human trafficking. [HB-431]
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[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 529.160 to allow a conviction to be vacated when a person's participation in the offense is determined to be the result of being a victim of human trafficking; RETROACTIVE.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/31/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-362]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[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. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/24/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION designating January 11, 2024, as Human Trafficking Awareness Day. [SR-61]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Designate January 11, 2024, as Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
Adopted By Voice Vote on 01/11/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the agencies and organizations who combat human trafficking. [SR-60]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
Honor the agencies and organizations who combat human trafficking.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Adopted By Voice Vote on 01/11/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse. [HB-223]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse; require every civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse to be accompanied by a motion to seal the record.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
Introduced In House on 01/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to exceptions to restrictions on maternal healthcare. [SB-99]
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[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. Denise Harper Angel
Introduced In Senate on 01/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to aggravating circumstances. [HB-198]
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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 intercouse, or sexual contact as an aggravating circumstance; provide that the Act may be cited as Angela's Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samara Heavrin
Introduced In House on 01/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-5]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is stolen, defaced, loaded with restricted ammunition, or otherwise violates state law; amend KRS 610.070 to require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian to be present at court proceedings involving a child in the juvenile justice system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish penalty; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 174) on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to home incarceration. [SB-88]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 532.260 to create new eligibility requirements for a person to serve the remainder of his or her sentence under home incarceration or conditional release; require the Department of Corrections to immediately transfer a person if he or she is being held on a detainer; allow a victim or concerned citizen to appeal the decision that a person may serve the remainder of his or her sentence under home incarceration or conditional release.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Judiciary (s) on 01/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workplace violence against healthcare workers. [HB-194]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Safety ]
Amends KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate if the event occurs in or on the premises of a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 80) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to disposition of property and declaring an emergency. [HB-155]
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[Crime ]
[Insurance ]
[Retirement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 403.190 to state that criminal misconduct against the other spouse may be considered in the disposition of marital property; provide that a spouse who is convicted of committing a felony against the other spouse shall not be entitled to claim retirement or life insurance as marital property; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 04/15/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school personnel. [HB-125]
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[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
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
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-118]
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[Unemployment ]
[Human Services ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-73]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Human Services ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
Withdrawn on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to bonds. [HB-69]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 431.520 to prohibit individuals who are subject to a protective order under KRS Chapter 403 or 456 from being released on the surety of, or deposit paid by, a person protected by the protective order.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
To Judiciary (h) on 02/13/2024
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to expedited forcible detainer suits to evict certain occupants of a dwelling. [HB-5043]
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[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to expedited forcible detainer suits to evict certain occupants of a dwelling.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josey Garcia
Read First Time on 03/23/2023
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Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the duties of law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories, and the Department of Public Safety following the performance of certain DNA profile comparisons. [HB-4628]
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[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to the duties of law enforcement agencies, crime laboratories, and the Department of Public Safety following the performance of certain DNA profile comparisons.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman
Effective On 9/1/23 on 06/13/2023