Peace Officers And Law Enforcement
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to surcharges on insurance policies. [HB-176]
Amend KRS 136.392 to specify that a rate change in a premium surcharge rate used to supplement both the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund and the Firefighters Foundation Program fund shall only be adjusted by an Act of the General Assembly and be applied 90 days after the effective date of the Act.
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AN ACT creating the Kentucky Golden Alert System. [HB-150]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to operate a Kentucky Golden Alert System to provide public notification through the use of the news media and highway signs when an impaired person, as defined in KRS 39F.010, is determined to be missing.
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the reporting of child abuse, neglect, or dependency. [HB-149]
Amend KRS 620.030 to establish that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is dependent, neglected, or abused, causes an oral or written report of the dependency, neglect, or abuse to be made, is employed by a local law enforcement agency, the Department of Kentucky State Police, the cabinet or its designated representative, the Commonwealth's attorney, or a county attorney, then that person shall make the oral or written report to his or her employer and to one of the other entities authorized to receive the report.
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to an emergency contact information registry. [HB-134]
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.
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school safety. [HB-1]
Amend KRS 158.441 to include definitions of school safety and school security; amend KRS 158.442 to include development and implementation of a school safety coordinator training program; specify membership on the Center for School Safety board of directors; amend KRS 158.443 to specify the board of directors is to appoint an executive director, establish all positions of the center, approve a school security risk assessment tool, review the organizational structure of the center and make recommendations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school resource officer data collection. [SB-266]
Amend KRS 158.444 to require data be reported annually on the activities of school resource officers to the Interim Joint Committee on Education, the Office of Education Accountability, and the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to driver education. [SB-247]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that a driver's education program administered by a school district or licensed under KRS Chapter 332, include instruction on driver and peace officer interaction; amend KRS 186.480 to require the Kentucky State Police to produce a Driver Manual available in printed or electronic format that contains the new course of instruction developed; amend KRS 186.574 to require the Transportation Cabinet to include the new course of instruction developed, in the course for new drivers; create a new section
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officer certification. [HB-631]
Amend KRS 15.440 to allow the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to approve basic training credit for police officers seeking certification who meet certain experience and training levels.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interlocal cooperation agreements. [HB-570]
Amend KRS 65.220, establishing the purpose of KRS 65.210 to 65.300, to allow public agencies to participate in Interlocal agreements; amend KRS 65.230 to define "interlocal agency," "local government," and "public agency"; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to set protocols for establishing an interlocal agreement; amend KRS 65.240 to establish that an interlocal agreement may be for sharing revenues, add certain utilities to the list subject to an interlocal agreement, and outline purposes for which schools may enter into agreements;
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public safety. [HB-629]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Office of Violence Prevention and detail requirements thereof.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT related to alcoholic beverages. [HB-547]
Amend KRS 242.360 to include gender neutral language.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school resource officers. [HB-557]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to include school zones in the jurisdiction of a school resource officer.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public protection. [HB-540]
Amend KRS 61.891 to make the language gender-neutral.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to constables. [SB-229]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 70 to establish the status of certified constables and certified deputy constables; require 40-hour mandatory annual training for constables and deputy constables; require the Kentucky Constable Association to develop and maintain in-service education courses, offered at night and on weekends throughout the year in various regions across the Commonwealth; courses shall include but are not limited to firearms qualification, emergency vehicle operations, and defensive driving; constables and deputy constable seeking
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to legal representation for indigent persons. [HB-494]
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.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to special law enforcement officers. [HB-473]
Amend KRS 61.906 to require the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to conduct a criminal background check for persons applying as a special law enforcement officer, and allow a check at other times at the cabinet's discretion, by means of a fingerprint check by the Department of Kentucky State Police and the FBI.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to custodial interrogations by law enforcement. [HB-460]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms related to the electronic recording of custodial interrogations; require law enforcement officers to electronically record custodial interrogations; specify that law enforcement officers conducting custodial interrogations are not required to obtain consent from the individual being interrogated; provide exceptions to the requirement of recording interrogations based upon exigent circumstances, refusal to participate by the individual being interrogated, the occurrence of the interrogation in
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to duty-related disability benefits and declaring an emergency. [HB-412]
Amend KRS 16.582 and 61.621 to increase minimum total and permanent in line of duty or duty-related disability benefits payable to a member of any of the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems from 25% to 75% of the member's monthly average pay; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define "monthly average pay" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty and duty-related disability benefits; amend KRS 16.505 to amend the definition of "dependent child" as it relates to total and permanent line of duty or duty-related disability;
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officer professional certification. [HB-409]
Amend KRS 15.400, relating to peace officer professional certification, to extend the time from 100 days to 5 years that a certified peace officer may separate from the original employer at the time and secure another peace officer position without losing his or her certification status, and prohibit law enforcement agencies from using the fact that a candidate for a law enforcement position is certified as a factor for an employment decision as long as the person remains certified.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local government. [HB-384]
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, 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 KRS 63.180
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