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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Lanola Parsons to the Crime Victims Compensation Board. [SR-226] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Confirm the appointment of Lanola Parsons to the Crime Victims Compensation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2025.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams Adopted 36-0 on 04/14/2022

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Commemorating the 1-year anniversary of the March 16, 2021, shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, and denouncing anti-Asian hate. [HR-981] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Commemorating the 1-year anniversary of the March 16, 2021, shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, and denouncing anti-Asian hate.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 11/01/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

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. [HR-118] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Recognize April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and honor 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

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Trone Became Public Law No: 117-300. on 12/27/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the Crime Victims Compensation Board. [SB-378] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Mental Health ]
Amend KRS 49.010 and 49.020 to require trauma-informed training for staff and members of the Crime Victims Compensation Board.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 98) on 04/08/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Amy Roe Leenerts to the Crime Victims Compensation Board. [SR-164] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Confirm the appointment of Amy Roe Leenerts to the Crime Victims Compensation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2023.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams Adopted 37-0 on 03/16/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rachel Roberts Withdrawn on 03/09/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal To Judiciary (s) on 03/07/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 [HB-6865] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

  

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

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo Introduced In House on 02/28/2022

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Recognizing the important role America's forensic nurses play in supporting survivors and addressing violence. [HR-938] [Healthcare ] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Recognizing the important role America's forensic nurses play in supporting survivors and addressing violence.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/23/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates To State & Local Government (s) on 02/22/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette Clarke Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 11/01/2022

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Federal
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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. [HR-917] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Housing ] [Human Rights ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Community Development ] [Crime ]
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

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 11/01/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

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 [S.3623] [Crime ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ]
A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 268. on 02/10/2022

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

A resolution honoring the memories of the victims of the senseless attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. [SR-508] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Community Development ] [Children and Youth ] [Crime ]
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

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Federal
US Congress 117th Congress

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 [HB-6637] [Agriculture ] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 11/01/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel Taken From The Regular Orders Of The Day on 03/03/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King Introduced In House on 02/08/2022

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