Peace Officers And Law Enforcement
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to strangulation. [HB-400]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 508 to create the new crimes of strangulation in the first degree as a Class C felony, and strangulation in the second degree as a Class D felony; amend KRS 403.720 to include strangulation in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.010 to include strangulation in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRS 15.334, 15.440, 15.718, 21A.170, 30A.015, 194A.540, 194A.545, and 194A.550 to mandate training on screening and forensic evidence collection in strangulation cases.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
To Judiciary (h) on 02/19/2019
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AN ACT relating to county sheriffs' fees. [HB-397]
Amend KRS 64.090 to require sheriffs and constables to charge and collect a fee of $60 from any person requesting the service of the sheriff or constable, but not on behalf of the commonwealth, or any of its agencies or the State Police, for the services provided in the statute where a percentage, commission, or reasonable fee is not otherwise allowed; make all fees charged and collected subject to monthly reporting to the county and subject to audit.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Reed
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 164) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to legal representation for indigent persons. [HB-388]
Amend KRS 31.120 to allow indigent persons entitled to legal representation to be represented by counsel at the earliest stages of their involvement in the criminal justice system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
To Judiciary (h) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. [HB-385]
Amend KRS 15.315 to add the president of the Kentucky Women's Law Enforcement Network as an ex officio member of the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 071) on 03/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sanctuary cities and universities. [HB-38]
Amend KRS 65.133 to require local law enforcement agencies and Kentucky State Police to enforce immigration laws; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms, including "sanctuary" and "sanctuary policy"; prohibit local governments from adopting sanctuary policies; establish hearing procedures for determination of sanctuary status; provide for the withholding of state funding from sanctuaries; create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from enrolling, employing, or contracting with illegal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Posted In Committee on 02/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to extreme risk protection orders. [HB-376]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to allow persons to petition in District Court for one-year extreme risk protection orders when the petitioner believes a respondent poses a significant danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition; establish procedures under which a temporary ex parte protective order could be issued; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, and possible extension of the petition; prescribe issuance and service procedures
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
To Judiciary (h) on 02/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to call location information. [HB-375]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to require wireless telecommunications carriers to provide call location information from wireless devices to the Kentucky State Police under certain emergency conditions.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch.148) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to county detectives. [HB-368]
Amend KRS 69.360 to require certification of county detectives in all counties and give uniform powers; amend KRS 15.380 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Meade
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch.149) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cities. [HB-339]
Amend KRS 24A.140, 29A.180, and 61.900 to remove references to "city marshal"; amend KRS 57.285, relating to local printing of materials, to remove reference to "city"; amend KRS 65.710, relating to ambulance service contracts, to include all legislative bodies in the various forms of city governance; amend KRS 65.805, relating to nontaxing special districts, to remove a reference to previously repealed statutes; amend KRS 67.750, relating to the taxation of business, to remove the definition of "city"; amend KRS 67.850, relating to the formation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Meredith
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 044) on 03/21/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to fish and wildlife. [HB-313]
Amend KRS 150.010 to define "light geese" and "Light Geese Conservation Order"; amend KRS 150.023 to permit committee meetings at locations throughout the Commonwealth; amend KRS 150.172 to include a kill reporting deadline; amend KRS 150.330 to increase the bag limit and require a current migratory bird/waterfowl permit; amend KRS 150.360 to except light geese from the shotgun shell provisions during light geese conservation order periods; amend KRS 150.600 to delete language concerning duck blinds; amend KRS 150.603 to substitute "current migratory
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Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 115) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to an emergency contact information registry. [HB-31]
Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to establish an emergency contact information registry within the Kentucky Driver's License Information System.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Goforth
To Transportation (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to conservation officers. [HB-274]
Amend KRS 150.010 to define "conservation officer" and "conservation officer R class"; amend KRS 150.090 to give powers to conservation officers and individuals employed as conservation officer R class; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define the duties of a conservation officer R class; create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to indemnify any conservation officer or individual employed as a conservation officer R class; and amend KRS 15.460 and 186.675 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 167) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to marijuana possession. [HB-265]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make the penalty for possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana a prepayable non-criminal fine; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "personal use quantity of marijuana" and "marijuana accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding marijuana possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use marijuana accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on marijuana trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 431.450 to include violations for possession of personal use quantities
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Booker
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to boating safety. [HB-248]
Amend KRS 235.240 to specify application of enforcement and penalties; amend KRS 235.990 to add the choice of fines or imprisonment for violations of KRS 235.240; amend KRS 431.005 to give a peace officer the ability to arrest an intoxicated operator of a motorboat or vessel without a warrant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 171) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sheriffs' fees. [HB-245]
Amend KRS 64.090 to allow sheriffs to charge no more than $50 for executing writs of possession instead of a set amount of $7.
Sponsored by: Rep. Myron Dossett
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/27/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of Medal of Honor recipients. [HB-243]
Amend KRS 16.065 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide personal protection to a recipient of the Medal of Honor who is a Kentucky resident, attending any public event or ceremony to which he or she received an official written invitation, and representing for no reason other than being a recipient of the Medal of Honor, not to exceed six events per year.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 174) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local government. [HB-214]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 detailing the powers and duties of constables, excluding the general powers of peace or police officers, with certain exceptions; allow police powers where the county grants them and the constable or deputy has been certified pursuant to KRS 15.380 to 15.404, so long as that certification is maintained; amend KRS 15.707 deleting constables; amend KRS 16.060 deleting constables; amend KRS 61.300 deleting deputy constables; amend KRS 61.310 deleting deputy constables; amend KRS 63.170 by adding constables; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Koenig
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 03/12/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. [HB-208]
Amend KRS 15A.197 to allow the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide state resources to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 123) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the revocation of peace officer certification. [HB-191]
Amend KRS 15.391, relating to grounds for the revocation of peace officer certification, to distinguish conditions that require revocation from those that may trigger revocation; provide that hearings shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B; require an agency that has knowledge of a peace officer in its employment who meets any revocation condition to report that condition to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and provide that Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program funds may be suspended if the agency fails to report; clarify
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 095) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the investigation of a shooting or deadly incident by a law enforcement officer. [HB-18]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to provide definitions and establish an Officer Shooting Review Board to investigate any shooting of an individual by a law enforcement officer or officers or any deadly incident involving law enforcement; set requirements for board members; provide duties of the board; specify requirements related to investigatory work performed by the Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team on behalf of the board; establish investigatory procedures and protocols; provide requirements for submission of the board’s
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019