Peace Officers And Law Enforcement
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sheriffs. [SB-41]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 to give sheriffs and deputy sheriffs statewide authority, provide for protocols when sheriffs and deputy sheriffs perform law enforcement activities in counties outside of their original jurisdiction; amend KRS 431.007 to set circumstances in which special deputies may assist in law enforcement outside of their county of appointment.
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AN ACT relating to peace officer certification and declaring an emergency. [HB-64]
Amend KRS 15.400 to extend the period of time that a peace officer, who was employed as a peace officer as of December 1, 1998, may be separated from service before losing his or her certification status from 100 days to 365 days; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to cannabis. [HB-47]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 on cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to warrants. [SB-250]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 that establishes requirements for peace officers in the service and return of out-of-county warrants; require a court where a warrant is served to address bail; establish a time limit for a person to be transported to the county that issued a warrant; shift the burden for incarceration costs to the county jail where the warrant was issued if a person is not transported within the required time limit; amend KRS 15.440 to require eligible law enforcement agencies to establish a written policies and procedures
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to licensing. [SB-310]
Amend KRS 329.030 to create gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the forensic processing of firearms. [SB-372]
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.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Louisville Metro Police Officer Zachary Cottongim. [SR-173]
Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of LMPD Officer Zachary Cottongim.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Officer Zachary Cottongim Memorial Highway in Jefferson County. [SJR-172]
Designate the Officer Zachary Cottongim Memorial Highway in Jefferson County.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to peace officer intervention response training. [SB-287]
Amend KRS 15.334 to add three hours of in-service training every other year for certified officers on the subject of peace officer intervention responses when encountering persons with mental illnesses, autism spectrum disorder, and other neurological and developmental disorders.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-734]
Amend KRS 344.450 to expand scope of permissible suits against state and local governments and limit defenses.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders. [SB-278]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to state how to interpret the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue crisis aversion and rights retention orders when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to medical transports and admissions. [HB-730]
Amend KRS 202A.011 to include definitions for "emergency medical services" and "medical clearance"; amend KRS 202A.028, 202A.041, 202A.051, 202A.0813, and 202A.101 to designate who may transport respondents under this chapter and the responsibility for the costs associated with transport; amend KRS 202A.041 to decrease the period a person may be held pending certification from 18 hours to 12 hours; amend KRS 202A.051 and 202A.0831 to establish that a sheriff or certified peace officer shall not be required to stay at a facility accepting a patient
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to deoxyribonucleic acid evidence. [HB-725]
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.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animals. [HB-709]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; establish crimes of animal abuse in the first degree and animal abuse in the second degree; authorize law enforcement and animal control officers to seize and hold animals who are victims of cruelty or abuse; allow a seizing agency to seek forfeiture and reimbursement for reasonable costs of caring for seized animals from the owner of the animal in the criminal case; provide that the costs of caring for a seized animal shall apply to any offspring born to that animal while in custody; grant
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to credit. [HB-779]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to define terms, prohibit the use of social credit scores; prohibit the violation of an individual's constitutional rights based on predictive behavior analysis; prohibit the use of social credit scores in lending and investing; allow the use of financial credit scores.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-759]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define terms; criminalize the use of tracking devices on motor vehicles without the consent of the owner or lessee; establish penalty; provide exceptions.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to recording peace officers in public performance of their duties. [HB-735]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 455 to state that photographing or recording peace officers in the public performance of their duties is not unlawful.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to tourism. [HB-780]
Amend KRS 148.056 to include gender-neutral pronouns.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to first responders. [HB-633]
Create a new Section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "first responder" and set guidelines for benefits.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to tuition. [HB-665]
Amend KRS 164.2842 to require that permanently and totally disabled law enforcement officers, firefighters, and volunteer firefighters injured in active service or in training and any person participating in a state-administered retirement system who was disabled as a result of a duty-related injury shall not be required to pay tuition upon admission to a state-supported university for up to thirty-six months.