Amend KRS 17.500 to add offenses to what qualifies as a sex crime; amend KRS 49.370 to state that a human trafficking victim's cooperation shall not disqualify the victim from a claim; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to require airports to post a human trafficking hotline in publicly accessible bathrooms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require passenger train stations to post a human trafficking hotline in publicly accessible bathrooms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to require truck stops to post a human trafficking hotline in publicly accessible bathrooms; amend KRS 529.010 to create new definitions related to human trafficking; amend KRS 529.100 to specifically list the elements of human trafficking; amend KRS 529.130 to state that $10,000 is the minimum fine to be paid to the human trafficking victims fund for a conviction of human trafficking; amend KRS 529.140 to add to the list of functions that may be funded by the human traffikcing victims fund; amend KRS 529.180 to list defenses that are not available to a defendant charged with human trafficking.

  RECENT STATUS

4/2/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/26/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/26/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restore voting rights to persons convicted of felonies upon completion of their sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection..

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

Amend KRS 500.050 to remove the five-year statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors and allow prosecution to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 413.249 to remove the ten-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse and allow a suit to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption and make any person who intentionally fails to report guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 620.050, relating to the reporting of child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 83-1 with Committee Substitute (1)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

Amend KRS 186.560 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to revoke the license of any operator of a motor vehicle for a period of 90 days, upon receiving record of his or her conviction of illegally passing a school or church bus as outlined in KRS 189.370; amend KRS 189.370 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

9/25/2019 - Pre-Filed

Amend KRS 518.090 to make assault of a sports official a Class D felony; create a new section of KRS Chapter 518 to establish the offense of intimidation of a sports official as a Class A misdemeanor; state that the restrictions of KRS 6.945(1) do not apply.

  RECENT STATUS

3/17/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/12/2020 - received in Senate

3/11/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 92-4 with Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (3), and committee amendment (1-title)

Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section 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; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people 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 order of the firearm possession prohibition.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

10/30/2019 - Pre-Filed

Amend KRS 456.030 to provide that a mental health professional or clergy person who provides pastoral care and who is a victim of stalking or assault by a patient may petition for an interpersonal protective order; and amend KRS 456.010 to include definitions to clarify.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

11/18/2019 - Pre-Filed

Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restructure the voting restrictions relating to felons and persons with mental disabilities; ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

11/21/2019 - Pre-Filed

Amend KRS 514.030 to raise the threshold level of property value for a Class D felony for theft by unlawful taking or disposition from $500 to $1,500.

  RECENT STATUS

2/27/2020 - (H) WITHDRAWN

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/10/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 421 to allow victims of felonies to request felony mediation; require the Chief Justice to maintain a list of felony mediators.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/10/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Amend KRS 525.200 to include assistance animals in the definition of "service animals" that are covered by assault on a service animal in the first degree.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/13/2019 - Pre-Filed

Amend KRS 17.500 to add a felony offense of KRS 529.110 or 529.110 involving commercial sexual activity to the definition of "sex crime"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to require airports to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all restrooms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 281 to require truck stops to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all restrooms.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/10/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to make the sexual endangerment of a child a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/10/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase payment for jurors from five dollars to thirty dollars per day.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/24/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; establish rules relating to the court's treatment of developmental immaturity, mental illness, and intellectual disability; amend various sections to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal used as coercive conduct in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 403.740 to allow a judge to award possession of a domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal used as coercive conduct in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRs 456.060 to allow a judge to award possession of a domestic animal to the petitioner.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 81-3 with Committee Substitute (1)

Amend KRS 61.168 to provide that it is a Class D felony for a law enforcement officer operating a body-worn camera in any manner that would prevent the creation of evidence with the intent to obstruct justice.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

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 431.450 to include violations for possession of personal use quantities of marijuana in the uniform citation form; amend KRS 500.080 to exclude the offense of possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana from the definition of "violation"; and amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from marijuana stamp tax; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of convictions for possession of a personal use quantity of marijuana or marijuana accessories.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to automatically expunge eligible misdemeanors, violations, and certain Class D felonies; amend KRS 431.078 and 431.073 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

1/10/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/8/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 525.135, relating to torture of a dog or cat, to specify certain acts of torture; increase punishment to Class D felony.

  RECENT STATUS

1/13/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/9/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - posting withdrawn

3/6/2020 - Committee Posting Withdrawn

1/17/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals, to prohibit spectators and vendors from attending an event where any animal, rather than any four-legged animal, is caused to fight.

  RECENT STATUS

1/15/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/13/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 218A.440 to require all law enforcement agencies to file asset seizure reporting forms with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, declaring whether or not the agency seized money or property pursuant to KRS 218A.415; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to notify any law enforcement agency that did not file, to allow the agency an additional 30 days to file, and if the agency still does not file, to refer the agency to the Attorney General for civil action; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary; amend KRS 15.440 to provide that asset seizure reporting compliance is required to maintain eligibility for the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.

  RECENT STATUS

1/15/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/13/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 403.322 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 405.028 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 625.050 to allow a de facto custodian of a child born as a result of a felony offense of KRS Chapter 510 to initiate an action for involuntary termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to require the circuit court to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of a person convicted of a felony offense of KRS Chapter 510 that leads to a child.

  RECENT STATUS

3/24/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/17/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/17/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor.

  RECENT STATUS

1/17/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/15/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 531.335 to raise the penalty for possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony; amend KRS 531.340 to raise the penalty for the distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance of a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony for the first offense and a Class B felony for each subsequent offense.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/24/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/21/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Amend KRS 29A.100 to allow individuals to be excused from jury service if they 70 years of age or older and request to be excused from jury service.

  RECENT STATUS

1/21/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/16/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define "female genital mutilation" and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on female genital mutilation; amend KRS 311.595 to require a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation of a physician's license; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to permit civil action for female genital mutilation for ten years; amend KRS 620.020 to include female genital mutilation in the definition of "abused or neglected child"; amend KRS 620.030 to provide that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a victim of female genital mutilation, then that person shall immediately make an oral or written report to the appropriate authorities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require a report on female genital mutilation reports to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/31/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/21/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Propose to amend Sections 110, 111, 117, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide that the Supreme Court districts shall be the same in number and follow the same boundaries as the Congressional districts apportioned to the state; provide that the Chief Justice shall be elected on a statewide basis and shall serve in addition to a Justice elected from each Supreme Court district; provide that Justices of the Supreme Court representing the Supreme Court districts shall be residents of the district from which they seek the office but shall be elected on a statewide basis; provide transition language; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

Amend KRS 218A.440 to require all law enforcement agencies to electronically submit asset seizure-and-forfeiture reporting forms with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, declaring whether or not the agency seized or forfeited money or property pursuant to KRS 218A.415; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to notify any law enforcement agency that did not file, to allow the agency an additional 30 days to file, and if the agency still does not file, refer the agency to the Attorney General for civil action; provide a $500 late filing fee; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide an annual report to the Attorney General, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary; amend KRS 218.405 to define "law enforcement agency"; EMERGENCY; APPROPRIATION.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2020 - floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed

3/10/2020 - (H) recommitted to committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

2/24/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute; floor amendment (2-title) filed

Amend KRS 431.076 to create automatic expungement of acquittals and dismissals with prejudice occurring after the effective date of the Act; allow expungement of past acquittals and dismissals with prejudice by petition; and allow expungement of felony charges held to the grand jury which have not resulted in an indictment after 12 months.

  RECENT STATUS

3/27/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/19/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/19/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 23A.205 and 24A.175 to increase court costs to $110, currently $100; amend KRS 42.320 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of each court cost to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 49.480 and 64.092, to conform; amend KRS 186.574 to increase the fee required by each participant in a county attorney-operated traffic safety program to $40, currently $30, and require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of the fee to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 211.504 and 441.685 to conform; APPROPRIATION.

  RECENT STATUS

2/5/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

2/3/2020 - Introduced

Propose to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the term of office for Circuit Court Clerks and Commonwealth's Attorneys from six years to eight years beginning in 2024; increase the term of office for county attorneys and district judges from four years to eight years beginning in 2022; increase the requirement of being a licensed attorney from two years to eight years for district judges beginning in 2022; exempt any person serving as a District Judge on the effective date of the Act from the eight-year licensure requirement; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

4/15/2020 - delivered to Secretary of State

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Amend KRS 431.066, relating to pretrial release and bail options, to define "administratively released," "danger to others," and "financial condition of release"; require pretrial services to provide a defendant's juvenile court history when the defendant is 23 or under; require pretrial services, if requested by the court, to provide the defendant's juvenile court history when the defendant is over 23; specify that a court may impose a financial condition of release if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant constitutes a risk of failing to appear or danger to others; provide that a defendant is not eligible for bail credits if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant constitutes a risk of failing to appear or danger to others; amend KRS 431.520, relating to conditions of release, to conform and to outline the hearing process for when a person continues to be detained as a result of his or her inability to meet a financial condition of release; amend KRS 218A.135, 222.204, 431.525, and 610.340 to conform; amend KRS 67.372 and 431.517 to require counties to pay global positioning monitoring system fees for those on pretrial release who are at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines; repeal KRS 431.540, relating to a schedule of bail amounts.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - posting withdrawn

3/6/2020 - Committee Posting Withdrawn

2/19/2020 - House Judiciary (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

Amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8463, 238.995, 341.990, 434.650, 434.655, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, and 514.110 to increase the felony threshold for theft and fraud offenses to $1,000, create a Class B misdemeanor level for theft and fraud offenses of $1,000 or less, and allow for aggregation of offenses that occur within 180 days to determine the appropriate charge.

  RECENT STATUS

4/15/2020 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary (S)

4/1/2020 - floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill

3/19/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

Amend KRS 61.878, regarding public records to exclude from the Open Records Act client and case files maintained by the Department of Public Advocacy and the department's contractors.

  RECENT STATUS

2/25/2020 - (H) posted in committee House State Government (H)

2/20/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government (H)

2/18/2020 - Introduced

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 a different state in compliance with that state's law or with federal law, or if the interrogation may reveal the identity of a confidential informant or jeopardize the safety of a law enforcement officer; require prosecutors to prove an exception applies if the statement entered was not recorded; and require the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to determine the means of recording, the collection and review of recordings, and other matters related to the recording of interrogations.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/20/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 403.322 to deny parental rights to a person shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault; amend KRS 405.028 to deny parental rights to a person shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault; amend KRS 625.050 to add guardians and de facto custodians to the list of people who may file a petition for involuntary termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to require the court to involuntarily terminate parental rights for someone who is shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault.

  RECENT STATUS

2/27/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/25/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 61.365 to add officers of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to the list of federal employees who are deemed to be peace officers; amend KRS 150.160 to divert $10 to the fish and game fund from each assessment of court costs when the court imposes no fine for a violation of KRS Chapter 150 or 235; amend KRS to clarify the terms of taxidermist license; amend KRS 150.175 to increase penalties for violating hunting and fishing related statutes; amend KRS 235.990 to allow collection of penalty and imprisonment for violations of KRS 235.240(2), relating to operation of watercraft and water skis under the influence of substances; amend KRS 150.460 to conform; APPROPRIATIONS.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Natural Resources & Energy (S)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/18/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 71-11 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)

Amend KRS 431.073 to reduce waiting period for felony expungement from five years to one year, to reduce delays in the process, and to automatically waive the expungement fee for needy persons; amend KRS 431.078 to reduce waiting period for misdemeanor expungement from five years to one year.

  RECENT STATUS

2/27/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/25/2020 - Introduced

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.

  RECENT STATUS

2/28/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/26/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 31.185 to specify the types of expenses which do and do not qualify as direct expenses in the representation of indigent persons; specify that expert witnesses who do not provide treatment to indigent defendants are not engaged in the professional practice of their field of expertise.

  RECENT STATUS

2/28/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/26/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 21A.010, 21A.020, 22A.010 to provide that the number and boundaries of the Supreme Court districts shall be the same as the number and boundaries of Congressional districts apportioned to the state, and for the election of Supreme Court Justices, including the Chief Justice, on a statewide, nonpartisan basis; amend KRS 118A. 020, 118A.060, and 118A.090 to conform; EFFECTIVE November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for changes related to Supreme Court districts.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

Amend KRS 15.241 to require the Attorney General, upon certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, to seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties for violations of KRS Chapter 216B relating to abortion facilities and KRS 311.720 to 311.830 relating to abortions; provide that the Attorney General may seek injunctive relief as well as civil or criminal penalties, notwithstanding the absence of certification by the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

3/2/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/27/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 530.050 to require a person incarcerated for nonsupport to be granted work release and pay work release wages towards outstanding support obligations.

  RECENT STATUS

3/2/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/27/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 439.315 to require fees to be waived for individuals placed on administrative supervision; require fees to be suspended for the first six months of a person’s term of community supervision following release from custody, unless the releasing authority determines the individual has an ability to pay; clarify that nonpayment of fees must be willful in order to be grounds for revocation.

  RECENT STATUS

3/2/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/27/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 439.250 to define "technical violation"; amend KRS 439.315 to provide that failure without good cause to pay an installment pursuant to a release agreement is a technical violation; specify that willful nonpayment of fees is a technical violation and grounds for revocation; amend KRS 439.341 to require preliminary hearings for supervised individuals who have been detained for a technical violation to be conducted within 15 days of detainment; require a show cause hearing to be held to extend the period of detainment beyond the 15 days; prohibit the period of detainment pending final revocation to exceed revocation caps; amend KRS 439.430 to allow a summons to be issued in lieu of a warrant for a technical violation; require a preliminary hearing and revocation hearing to be conducted before a parolee can be revoked; require the final revocation hearing to be conducted within 30 business days of the date of the preliminary hearing; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to 2 years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; amend KRS 439.553 to require graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations; amend KRS 532.260 to allow graduated sanctions to be used in response to technical violations committed while on home incarceration; amend KRS 533.050 to require a final revocation hearing to be held within 30 business days of the preliminary hearing; prohibit individuals detained pending a final revocation hearing from being held beyond the maximum time that can be revoked for a technical violation; limit the term of imprisonment that can be imposed for a technical violation to up to 30 days for the first revocation, up to 90 days for the second revocation, up to 180 days for the third revocation, and up to two years for the fourth and subsequent revocation; amend KRS 439.3107 and 533.020 to conform; repeal KRS 439.440; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

  RECENT STATUS

3/2/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/27/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 452 to set the venue for constitutional challenges to statutes, executive orders, and regulations; establish procedures for selecting a panel of three Circuit Judges to hear challenges, establish three districts from which panel judges can be drawn.

  RECENT STATUS

3/4/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 533.050 to require the court to considered all sanctions, including graduated sanctions adopted by the Department of Corrections for violations of the conditions of community supervision, before revoking a sentence of probation or conditional discharge; amend KRS 439.553 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 78-5

Amend KRS 532.080 to specify that a jury may elect not to enhance punishment for a persistent felony offender.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - posting withdrawn

3/12/2020 - Committee Posting Withdrawn

3/11/2020 - House Judiciary (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

Amend KRS 218A.010 to add definitions of "trace amount" and "residue"; amend KRS 218A.1415, 218A.1416, and 218A.1417 to lower penalty for possession of a controlled substance when the substance is in a trace amount or is residue.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 59-25

Amend KRS 403.763 to make subsequent violations of a protective order a Class D felony.

  RECENT STATUS

3/4/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of KRS 421.500 to 421.575, the Crime Victim Bill of Rights, to change statutory provisions of crime victims' rights.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

3/4/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that an individual on school district property provide government-issued photo identification if requested by a school employee, school resource officer, or law enforcement officer; provide that the individual may be required to leave the property if they refuse or are unable to comply; amend KRS 511.070, relating to criminal trespass in the second degree, to make trespassing in a school building or upon school premises to which notice against trespass is given a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 511.080, relating to criminal trespass in the third degree, to make trespassing upon school premises a Class B misdemeanor; amend KRS 511.090 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - posting withdrawn

3/12/2020 - Committee Posting Withdrawn

3/9/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

Amend KRS 244.085 and 438.311 to make an underage person who purchases or accepts an alcoholic beverage, tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product subject to a fine of up to $500; require the underage person's parent or guardian to attend any court hearings and pay the fine plus any court costs if the violator is under 18 years of age; direct the underage person to attend the hearings and pay the costs for an alcoholic beverage offense if the violator is between 18 and 20 years of age; set the same hearings and costs for a tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product offense if the violator is between 18 and 20 years of age if an applicable state or federal law or ruling had raised the minimum age of sale to 21 years of age; expunge the offense from the violator's record after the earlier of four years or through established expungement procedures.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - posting withdrawn

3/12/2020 - Committee Posting Withdrawn

3/9/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit certain conduct of local elected officials; amend KRS 117.995 to provide a Class A misdemeanor criminal charge against those local elected officials who engage in the prohibited conduct.

  RECENT STATUS

3/4/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 118A.060 and 118A.100 to remove provisions that judicial elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provide that elections for an office of the Court of Justice shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; repeal KRS 118A.090, 118A.150, and 118A.190; Effective November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the partisan election of justices and judges.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

3/6/2020 - (H) Taken From Committee H - Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21 to provide that any current or former judge or justice with an account in the Judicial Retirement Plan, who is convicted of or enters into a plea agreement to avoid conviction of a felony or misdemeanor relating to his or her duties or for engaging in sex with a minor, including rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, shall cease membership in the Judicial Retirement Plan and forfeit all rights and benefits earned in the Judicial Retirement Plan, except for return of his or her individual contributions and any interest; amend KRS 6.696 to provide that any current or former legislator convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or entering a plea agreement to avoid conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for engaging in sex with a minor, including rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, shall forfeit all rights and benefits under the state-administered plan to which the legislator has made contributions for his or her service, except for return of his or her individual contributions and any interest; amend KRS 16.652, 61.535, and 78.852 to provide that any member of the retirement systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems who is convicted of or enters into a plea agreement to avoid conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for engaging in sex with a minor, including rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, shall cease membership in the retirement system to which the member has made contributions and forfeit all rights and benefits earned in that system, except for return of his or her individual contributions and any interest; amend KRS 161.700 to provide that any member of the Teachers' Retirement System who is convicted of or enters into a plea agreement to avoid conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for engaging in sex with a minor, including rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, shall cease membership in the Teachers' Retirement System and forfeit all rights and benefits earned in that system, except for return of his or her individual contributions and any interest; amend KRS 6.505, 21.360, 21.470, 21.480, 61.692, 161.700, and 161.714 to conform; and specify in noncodified language that this Act shall only apply to felonies, misdemeanors, and plea agreements entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - House State Government (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/5/2020 - (H) posted in committee House State Government (H)

3/4/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House State Government (H)

amend KRS 158.441 to clarify the definition of "school resource officer"; amend KRS 158.4412 to allow the superintendent to specify any individual to serve as the district's school safety coordinator; amend KRS 158.4414 to clarify which facilities are required to have school resource officers and to require that school resource officers are armed with a firearm; amend KRS 158.4416 to specify that the goal is to have at least one school counselor per public school and to have at least one school counselor or school-based mental health services provider for every 250 students; amend KRS 61.902 to specify that the commission of a special law enforcement officer employed as a school resource officer shall be for four years; amend KRS 156.095 to specify that the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training is to prepare an active shooter training video in consultation with the Department of Education; amend KRS 158.162 to include exceptions to locked classroom doors; amend KRS 508.078 to clarify when a person is guilty of terroristic threatening; amend KRS 16.128, 1.315, 70.062, and 95.970 to conform.

  RECENT STATUS

2/21/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

2/10/2020 - delivered to Governor

2/10/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to specify that a tenant who, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, intentionally or wantonly defaces, destroys, or damages residential rental property is to be charged with violating KRS 512.020, 512.030, or 512.040 as appropriate.

  RECENT STATUS

4/24/2020 - VETOED BY GOVERNOR

4/15/2020 - delivered to Governor

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to established a crime victims' bill of rights; submit to voters.

  RECENT STATUS

4/14/2020 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 88)

4/14/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

4/14/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow persons convicted of a felony, other than felonies designated by the General Assembly, the right to vote; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

1/8/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government (S)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

11/6/2019 - Pre-Filed

Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to grant persons convicted of a felony other than a sex offense, a violent offense, or an offense against a child, the right to vote five years after completion of sentence; submit to the voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

4/15/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

4/13/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

4/1/2020 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HCS 1

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define "female genital mutilation" and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on female genital mutilation; amend KRS 311.595 to require a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation of a physician's license; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to permit civil action for female genital mutilation for ten years; amend KRS 620.020 to include female genital mutilation in the definition of "abused or neglected child"; amend KRS 620.030 to provide that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is a victim of female genital mutilation, then that person shall immediately make an oral or written report to the appropriate authorities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require a report on female genital mutilation reports to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

4/2/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/26/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/26/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals, to provide that the fine for causing animals to fight shall be $5,000.

  RECENT STATUS

1/8/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Agriculture (S)

1/7/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 189A.105 to remove the restriction that a judge can only issue a search warrant for a blood or urine test when a defendant has been charged with driving under the influence and a person has been killed or suffered physical injury.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2020 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/18/2020 - (H) FIRST READING w/ HCS 1, to Regular Calendar

3/18/2020 - (H) Reported Favorably w/ HCS 1

Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of KRS 421.500 to 421.575, the Crime Victim Bill of Rights, to change statutory definition of "victim"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; EFFECTIVE November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.

  RECENT STATUS

4/24/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

4/14/2020 - delivered to Governor

4/14/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Amend KRS 635.020 to remove automatic transfer of a child from District to Circuit Court in certain cases; amend KRS 640.010 to prohibit transfer of a child to Circuit Court in cases involving persons with an IQ under 70.

  RECENT STATUS

2/10/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

2/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/5/2020 - received in House

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a peace officer to stop a person to demand identification when the officer has a reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in criminal activity, and to detain a person who fails to identify himself or herself for up to 2 hours.

  RECENT STATUS

1/21/2020 - (S) WITHDRAWN

1/16/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

1/14/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 510.010 to define "sexual contact."

  RECENT STATUS

3/17/2020 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary (S)

2/14/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

2/13/2020 - (S) FIRST READING to Regular

Amend KRS 525.130 to change mental state to knowing or reckless; delete domestic animal killed by poisoning; add requirements of legal food processing, customary veterinary practices performed by a licensed veterinarian, horse racing not governed by federal law, reasonable defense, and accepted animal or pest control practices; add requirement of legality for animals hunting; strike language regarding "equine" under penalty portion and allow costs for any animal; amend KRS 525.135 to define "physical injury" and "reasonable costs"; add knowing or reckless to mental state; delete misdemeanor Class A language; add requirement for customary veterinary practices performed by a licensed veterinarian and reasonable defense; add language for penalties the court may impose; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create crime of "extreme neglect" and make it a Class D felony; define "extreme neglect," "physical injury," and "reasonable costs"; create exemptions and establish penalties court may impose.

  RECENT STATUS

2/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Agriculture (S)

2/4/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define terms; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a database of billed health care service charges; require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed as required; provide for an independent dispute resolution program to review reimbursements provided for unanticipated out-of-network care; allow unregulated health plans to opt-in to requirements; require insurers to provide certain notices in an explanation of benefits; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-505 to require certain disclosures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to allow the Attorney General to enjoin persons violating Section 3; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Sections 3 and 4 of the Act; amend KRS 304.17A-0954, 304.17A-096, 304.17A-500, 304.17A-580, 304.17A-649, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

  RECENT STATUS

3/30/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/26/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/26/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes when he or she 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; restrictions of KRS 6.945(1) shall not apply to Sections 1 to 4 of this Act.

  RECENT STATUS

2/10/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

2/6/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses.

  RECENT STATUS

3/17/2020 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/17/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ SFA 1

3/12/2020 - (S) Passed Over and retained in the Orders of the Day

Reorganize Office of the Attorney General.

  RECENT STATUS

3/24/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/17/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/17/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Amend KRS 510.010 to define "registrant" and "adult intermediary"; amend KRS 510.155 to include communications with adult intermediaries for minors and enhance punishment if the minor or perceived minor is under 12 years old, the offender is a registered sex offender, or a person travels into the Commonwealth for the purpose of procuring or promoting the use of a minor.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

3/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/6/2020 - received in House

Amend KRS 7.136 to allow the reviser of statutes to edit any section or parts of sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes that have been declared unconstitutional, void, or otherwise unlawful and unenforceable by a state or federal appellate court; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

2/14/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government (S)

2/12/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a Class A misdemeanor for disseminating personally identifying information on the Internet about a minor; establish increased criminal penalties for injury and levels of monetary loss; create a civil cause of action arising from violations; and limit the liability of service providers.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

3/5/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/3/2020 - received in House

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to prohibit a parent, guardian, or other custodian from withdrawing, transfering, or in any way altering the current enrollment of a child to hinder an abused or neglected child investigation; make violation of the prohibition a Class A misdemeanor; make violation of the prohibition a Class D felony if the child is taken out of state; make notification of intent a defense to prosecution.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

3/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/5/2020 - received in House

Amend KRS 504.110 to refer certain violent criminal defendants who are incompetent to stand trial with no substantial probability of attaining competency to a new type of involuntary commitment to be created in KRS Chapter 202C; create definitions; assign guardian ad litem; establish hearing procedures and commitment criteria; establish a schedule and procedures for review hearings; require for promulgation of administrative regulations.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

2/20/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 534.020 to give payment of restitution the highest priority in the distribution of funds paid on an installment plan.

  RECENT STATUS

2/27/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

2/25/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 510.120 to provide that a person is guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree when, being a transportation network company driver or a taxicab driver he or she subjects a person who is at least 18 years old and who has hired him or her to provide transportation, to sexual contact.

  RECENT STATUS

3/17/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/11/2020 - received in House

3/11/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 30-2 with floor amendment (1)

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 319 to enact and enter into the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; allow a psychologist to hold one or more compact state licenses at a time; recognize the right of a psychologist licensed in the compact to practice telepsychology in other compact states the psychologist is not licensed; establish conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in compact state can practice telepsychology; establish the conditions under which a psychologist licensed to practice in a compact state may be granted a Temporary Authorization to Practice; authorize a home state to take adverse action against a psychologist's licensed issued by the Home State; allow a receiving state to take adverse action on a psychologist's Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology within that receiving state; authorize a compact state's ability to issue subpoenas for hearings and investigation as well as cease and desist and injunctive relief orders to revoke a psychologist's authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology and temporary authorization to practice; establish the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission; require the commission to provide for and maintain a Coordinated Licensure Information System (Coordinated Database) and reporting system containing licensure and disciplinary action information on psychologists participating in the compact; provide immunity for members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; authorize the commission to establish rulemaking procedures; authorize the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government to enforce the provisions of the compact; affirm that rules promulgated will have standing as statutory law; require provisions of the compact to become effective on the date the compact is enacted into law.

  RECENT STATUS

3/4/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 439.3401 to include as violent offenders individuals convicted of promoting human trafficking; specify that individuals convicted of human trafficking or promoting human trafficking shall not be released on probation or parole until 85 percent of the sentence has been served.

  RECENT STATUS

3/4/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define "youth serving organization" and allow the Department of Kentucky State Police to send the results of national criminal background checks to youth serving organizations.

  RECENT STATUS

3/4/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 431.073, 431.078, and 431.079 to allow court to waive expungement fees on a finding of indigence.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced

Propose to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the term of office for Commonwealth Attorneys from 6 years to 8 years beginning in 2030; to increase the terms of judges of the District Court from 4 years to 8 years beginning in 2030; and to increase the requirement of being a license attorney from 2 years to 8 years for District Court judges beginning in 2022; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced

Make technical corrections and conforming amendments to various sections of KRS Chapter 423 regarding notaries, electronic and online notarizations, and certificates of notarization; repeal KRS 423.110. 423.130, 423.140. 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, and 423.190.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced