Peace Officers And Law Enforcement
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state government. [HB-491]
Amend KRS 45.750 to redefine "equipment" to include electronic equipment that incorporates advanced computing, including smart medical, scientific, and research equipment; increase the threshold required for a lease of real property to qualify as a capital project from $200,000 annually to $500,000 annually; increase the threshold required for equipment to qualify as a capital project from $200,000 to $500,000; increase the threshold required for a lease of movable equipment to qualify as a capital project from $200,000 annually to $500,000 annually;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
Taken From Rules on 03/12/2025
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AN ACT relating to confiscated firearms. [SB-144]
Amend KRS 16.220, relating to firearms confiscated by law enforcement, to provide that firearms which were used in a homicide be destroyed; provide that firearms in the possession of the Department of Kentucky State Police may be destroyed if they have been defaced, are contaminated by hazardous material, unsafe to discharge, or upon request of an innocent owner; amend KRS 500.090, relating to forfeiture of property in criminal cases, to require local law enforcement agencies to destroy firearms that have been used in a homicide; require that all
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Received In House on 03/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal care. [SB-124]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; require peace officers and animal control officers to serve notice of seizure of an animal subjected to cruelty; create procedure for seizing agencies to petition a court to order owner to pay cost of care for a seized animal; establish penalties; amend KRS 258.215 to require owners to be responsible for cost of care of an impounded animal; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 258.117 to reduce the number of board appointees from each nominating organization from two to one; add one member to be
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To State & Local Government (s) on 02/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders. [HB-420]
Amend KRS 342.0011, relating to workers' compensation, to expand the definition of "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when not a direct result of a physical injury.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (h) on 02/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school safety. [HB-14]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system; establish system criteria; require the Department of Education to provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems; require the Center for School Safety to establish the Wearable Panic Alert Grant Program; amend KRS 158.446 to allow the Center for School Safety to distribute wearable panic alert grants using funds appropriated in the biennial budget to support school safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Received In Senate on 03/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to interference with a legislative proceeding. [HB-399]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 519 to define terms; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first degree; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the second degree; amend KRS 431.015 to require a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first or second degree.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Delivered To Secretary Of State on 03/28/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to police department members. [HB-369]
Amend KRS 95.495 to stipulate that the annual leave designated for police officers subject to the section may be accrued over a year's time as established in the personnel policy of the department.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Delivered To Governor on 03/27/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-111]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish procedures for a child charged with a public offense to determine if the child is a high acuity youth; establish procedures for securing a treatment plan and dispute resolution through a review process and the court if the parties cannot agree to a plan; require a 24-hour protocol for health facilities, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the courts to direct care; establish reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Returned To Judiciary (h) on 03/12/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to hate crimes. [HB-349]
Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to immigrants. [HB-352]
Amend KRS 164.020 to provide that no alien illegally present in the United States shall be classified as having Kentucky residency for the purpose of public postsecondary education institution tuition; require the Council on Postsecondary Education to obtain and collect from each public postsecondary education institution immigration data on the institution's students and report the data to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; prohibit public postsecondary education institutions
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Postsecondary Education (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms possession by domestic abusers. [HB-330]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; require the surrender of firearm by individuals subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic violence order or an interpersonal protective
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officers. [HB-360]
Amend KRS 15.391, relating to revocation of peace officer certification, to establish requirements for the revocation of a peace officer's certification when the peace officer has been accused of professional malfeasance or professional nonfeasance; establish that a peace officer has a right to be present during any proceeding relating to revocation; require proceedings to proceed within 90 days; require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to find that an employing agency has complied with a peace officers rights under KRS 15.520, 67C.321, 67C.323,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sanctuary policies. [HB-344]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define terms; prohibit state and local governmental entities from adopting sanctuary policies; require law enforcement agencies to use reasonable resources to support the enforcement of federal immigration law; prohibit policies which would restrict the sharing of information with federal immigration agencies; require compliance with federal requirements when a defendant subject to an immigration detainer has been sentenced in a criminal case; require correctional facilities to provide information regarding
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
To Local Government (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to background checks. [HB-340]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms and require criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records information to requesting agencies when they are conducting a basic suitability or fitness assessment for federal or contractor employees under 5 U.S.C. sec. 9101; authorize the agency to request a fee of $25 for reimbursement of expenses related to the check; amend KRS 610.340, relating to juvenile justice records, to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Grossberg
Reported Favorably, To Rules on 03/13/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. [HB-312]
Amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment and increased fines.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to property rights. [HB-250]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer to immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying a residential dwelling or other structure under certain circumstances; provide criminal and civil immunity to law enforcement officers and property owners acting in good faith; create a civil cause of action for wrongful removal; create a new section of KRS Chapter 523 to establish the offense of making a false statement to detain real property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Riley
To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. [SB-96]
Amend KRS 189.505, relating to motor vehicle racing, to prohibit knowingly promoting, organizing, or facilitating a motor vehicle race upon any street or highway; amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment, driver's license suspension, and forfeiture of a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.560, relating to driver's license suspension for violations of various penal and traffic laws, to provide that a person with a second or subsequent violation of KRS 189.505 shall be subject to suspension
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Transportation (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the forensic processing of firearms. [SB-95]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require law enforcement agencies to transmit information to national law enforcement databases about firearms collected during criminal investigations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/06/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to airport police. [HB-234]
Amend KRS 16.220, relating to confiscated firearms sold at public auction, to add airport safety and security department to the list of agencies that are eligible to receive grant funds from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security for purchasing body armor and other necessary equipment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 3) on 03/07/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officer training. [SB-91]
Amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on suicide prevention and intervention.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/06/2025