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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to restitution for driving under the influence. [SB-193] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 allowing restitution in the form of child support to be ordered after a violation of KRS 189A.010 if the violation caused the death of a person who was a parent or guardian of a minor child.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield To Judiciary (s) on 02/23/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the protection of children. [HB-470] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Insurance ] [Taxes ] [Mental Health ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; state that the provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years by a health care provider or mental health care provider is unethical and unprofessional conduct; require an investigation of any report of provision of gender transition services to a person under the age of 18 years; require revocation of the provider's license if confirmed and termination of public funding for a public employee; require that providers be jointly and severally liable for all damages (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson Laid On Clerk's Desk on 03/15/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-491] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 421.510 to raise the age of when a person is a victim of a sexual offense from 16 years old to 18 years old; amend KRS 510.020 to raise the age of when a person is deemed incapable of consent to a sexual act from 16 years old to 18 years old; amend KRS 510.040 to increase the classification for rape in the first degree to a Class A felony is the victim becomes pregnant as a result of the rape; amend KRS 510.050 to increase the classification for rape in the second degree to a Class B felony if the victim becomes pregnant as a result of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Dotson Introduced In House on 02/21/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to home incarceration. [SB-167] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 532.260 to create new requirements for eligibility to serve the remainder of a sentence under home incarceration or conditional release; require the Department of Corrections to immediately transfer a person if he or she are 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. Denise Harper Angel To Judiciary (s) on 02/21/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

A RESOLUTION recognizing the importance of Rapid DNA and the need to further utilize it in Kentucky. [HR-45] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Science ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Express the commitment of the Kentucky House of Representatives to investigate the utilization of Rapid DNA in the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/16/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to intimidation of a sports official. [HB-314] [Sports ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to create the crime of intimidation of a sports official as a Class A misdemeanor.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale Introduced In House on 02/15/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to sex offenses. [SB-119] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 403.720 to remove "sexual abuse" from the definition of "domestic violence and abuse" and replace with "sexual assault"; define "sexual assault"; amend KRS 510.010 to redefine "sexual contact."

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 34) on 03/20/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse. [HB-246] [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. George Brown Introduced In House on 02/10/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to aggravating circumstances. [HB-249] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 532.025 to include the intentional killing of a child under 12 as an aggravating circumstance in cases of offenses for which the death penalty may be authorized; provide that subsection (2)(a)9. of Section 1 of this Act may be cited as Kimber's law.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 96) on 03/24/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the enforcement of the rights of crime victims. [SB-819] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the enforcement of the rights of crime victims.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry Read First Time on 03/01/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Safe at Home Program. [SB-79] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 14.260 to change the name of the address protection program to the Safe at Home Program; amend KRS 14.300 to include definitions of "application assistant" and "human trafficking"; amend KRS 14.302 to set forth the intentions of the Safe at Home Program; amend KRS 14.304 to specify who may apply to be a part of the Safe at Home Program; establish additional information that must be contained in an application for the Safe at Home Program and allow applicants to consult with application assistants; extend the certification of applicants (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 172) on 04/04/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to public safety. [SB-80] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a registered sex offender from loitering within 1,000 feet of the clearly defined grounds of a school, playground, or day care; amend KRS 508.025 to include healthcare providers working in an emergency room to the list of protected workers for the offense of assault in the third degree.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 109) on 03/27/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-147] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ]
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, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 02/07/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the rights of victims, guardians of victims, and close relatives of deceased victims in the criminal justice system. [HB-1739] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Rights ]
Relating to the rights of victims, guardians of victims, and close relatives of deceased victims in the criminal justice system.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Leach Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 04/24/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction and to the administration of the address confidentiality program by the office of the attorney general. [SB-461] [Crime ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to the confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction and to the administration of the address confidentiality program by the office of the attorney general.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Donna Campbell Read First Time on 02/17/2023

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State (Arizona)
Arizona Fifty-sixth Legislature - First Regular Session (2023)

Sexual assault kits; victim notification [HB-2482] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Sexual assault kits; victim notification

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kevin Payne Chapter 154 on 05/19/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the rights of victims, guardians of victims, and close relatives of deceased victims in the criminal justice system. [SB-409] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Rights ]
Relating to the rights of victims, guardians of victims, and close relatives of deceased victims in the criminal justice system.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Effective On 9/1/23 on 06/18/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of certain evidence of a crime that resulted in the death of a person. [SB-435] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the disclosure under the public information law of certain evidence of a crime that resulted in the death of a person.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Effective Immediately on 05/24/2023

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State (Texas)
Texas 88th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to authorizing the comptroller to release a reported owner's unclaimed property to the owner's crime victim in certain circumstances and payment by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of certain amounts owed by an inmate. [HB-1221] [Crime ] [Consumer Protection ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to authorizing the comptroller to release a reported owner's unclaimed property to the owner's crime victim in certain circumstances and payment by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of certain amounts owed by an inmate.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Effective On 9/1/23 on 06/07/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to children's health. [HB-120] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Insurance ] [Taxes ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of the child before the child attains the age of 18 years and by the child within 30 years of the child attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; require conditions for actions and damages; prohibit (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Savannah Maddox Introduced In House on 01/05/2023

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