HR-118: A RESOLUTION recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in Kentucky and honoring Kentucky's 13 regional rape crisis centers and individuals who have been sexually assaulted and abused.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
To House Floor on 03/29/2022
You have voted HR-118: A RESOLUTION recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in Kentucky and honoring Kentucky's 13 regional rape crisis centers and individuals who have been sexually assaulted and abused..
Dignity for MST Survivors Act [HB-6961]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve hearings before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma.
HB-6961: Dignity for MST Survivors Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Trone
Became Public Law No: 117-300. on 12/27/2022
AN ACT relating to deoxyribonucleic acid evidence. [HB-725]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Science ]
[Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 15.440 and 17.175 to mirror federal law and include a requirement that DNA profiles from samples voluntarily provided for elimination purposes not be included in any DNA index or database.
HB-725: AN ACT relating to deoxyribonucleic acid evidence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roberts
Withdrawn on 03/09/2022
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [SB-275]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
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 selected the person because of that 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; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.031.
SB-275: AN ACT relating to hate crimes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 03/07/2022
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter DeFazio
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/30/2022
AN ACT relating to posthumous name changes. [HB-611]
[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.
HB-611: AN ACT relating to posthumous name changes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Introduced In House on 02/28/2022
AN ACT relating to coroners. [SB-184]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of an unclaimed body to elect to cremate certain unclaimed bodies, in lieu of burial, and either offer the cremains to specified individuals, or inter the cremains provided no inquest has been held or is intended to be held and there is no reason to believe the body will be needed as evidence in any criminal matter or cremation is or may be inconsistent with the decedent's personal wishes or cultural or religious beliefs.
SB-184: AN ACT relating to coroners.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/22/2022
Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2022 [HB-6736]
[Human Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
To establish a Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking, and for other purposes.
HB-6736: Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2022
Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette Clarke
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 11/01/2022
HR-917: Condemning the atrocities that occurred in Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1912 in which over 1,100 Black Americans were terrorized and driven out by white supremacist mobs, including dozens of Black Americans who owned land in the county, and reaffirming the House of Representatives' commitment to combating white supremacy, hatred, and injustice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 11/01/2022
You have voted HR-917: Condemning the atrocities that occurred in Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1912 in which over 1,100 Black Americans were terrorized and driven out by white supremacist mobs, including dozens of Black Americans who owned land in the county, and reaffirming the House of Representatives' commitment to combating white supremacy, hatred, and injustice..
Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022 [HB-6655]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide compensation for direct victims of civil rights movement violence, and for other purposes.
HB-6655: Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 11/01/2022
S.3623: Kayden’s Law Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act SANE Act Supporting Access to Nurse Exams Act Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2022 Bree’s Law Choose Respect Act Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2022 NICS Denial Notification Act of 2022 SIMARRA Act Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women in Federal Custody Act Abby Honold Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 268. on 02/10/2022
You have voted S.3623: Kayden’s Law Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act SANE Act Supporting Access to Nurse Exams Act Fairness for Rape Kit Backlog Survivors Act of 2022 Bree’s Law Choose Respect Act Closing the Law Enforcement Consent Loophole Act of 2022 NICS Denial Notification Act of 2022 SIMARRA Act Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act Ramona Brant Improvement of Conditions for Women in Federal Custody Act Abby Honold Act.
SR-508: A resolution honoring the memories of the victims of the senseless attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018.
Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. on 02/09/2022
You have voted SR-508: A resolution honoring the memories of the victims of the senseless attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018..
You have voted HB-6637: American Agriculture Dominance Act American Promise Act Dream Act Legal Workforce Act Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act H–2B Returning Worker Exception Act American Dream and Promise Act Border Security for America Act.
AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse. [SB-153]
[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; to provide that every civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse be accompanied by a motion to seal the record.
SB-153: AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
Taken From The Regular Orders Of The Day on 03/03/2022
AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse. [HB-464]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse; to provide that every civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse be accompanied by a motion to seal the record.
HB-464: AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 02/08/2022