All Crimes and Punishments Legislation - Kentucky
HR124
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Honor and commend the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 75th Anniversary. Comment on Bill Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 150.990 to enhance the penalties for certain hunting and fishing violations. HB755
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 17.545, relating to sex offender 1,000-feet residence restrictions, to include publicly leased playgrounds. HB727
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Reassigned to Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to specify duties of Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to grant Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 364 to provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.120 to update section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the subject to theft; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to make theft of timber a Class D felony regardless [...] show full description HB700
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 522 to provide enhanced sanctions against public servants convicted of theft or misappropriation of property in their care, custody, or control; provide for forfeiture of retirement benefits upon conviction. SB241
Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 29A.040 to place persons holding state personal identification cards on the master juror list of a county; amend KRS 29A.070 to prevent the release of personal identifying information on juror qualification forms. SB238
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit the involuntary implantation of tracking devices in humans; amend KRS 344.990 to set the penalty for violations of the Act as a Class B misdemeanor. Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 439, relating to parole, to require the Parole Board to create a program for the supervised release of nonviolent felony drug offenders with requirements for substance abuse treatment and monitoring; create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to require the Department of Corrections to assist the board in identifying eligible inmates. SB214
Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 510.155, relating to using a communications system to procure a minor to engage in sexual offenses, to add to "minor" "any individual the person has reason to believe is a minor" to the elements of the offense; amend KRS 508.130 to include in the definitions used for Kentucky's stalking offenses stalking activity that is done electronically; amend KRS 531.010 and 531.300 to include live images transmitted over the Internet within material subject to the standards of Kentucky's obscenity laws; amend KRS 17.500 to create definitions for "electronic identity or online membership information" and "substantial change in appearance" and amend the definition of "registrant information" to require registrants on the sex offender registry to disclose more information; amend KRS 17.510 to require a new photograph of registrant if there is a substantial change in appearance; create provisions governing when a registrant changes or creates an electronic identity or online membership; amend [...] show full description HB687
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 439.440 and 533.050 to make gender neutral. HB683
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 158) Bill Text Amend KRS 439.320 to replace the two part time members of the Parole Board with two full time members; amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to review the parole application of a Class C felon without a hearing; include noncodified effective date of July 1, 2008; EMERGENCY. HB672
Latest Action: 02/29/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to increase the penalty for an assault against an elderly or a disabled person. SB205
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 509.040 relating to kidnapping, KRS 511.020 and 511.030 relating to burglary, and KRS 515.020 and 515.030 relating to robbery to increase the penalties designated for those offenses where they are committed in the course of a home invasion. HB659
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to define when a defendant has a severe mental disorder which prevents the defendant from assisting in his or her post-conviction defense, or to make a rational decision to forgo or terminate post-conviction defense; provide procedure for determination of prisoner's disability; prohibit execution if disability is determined; require resentencing to non death penalty option. HB656
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 508.025 (third degree assault) to include an assault on an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire within that offense; amend KRS 508.050 (menacing) and KRS 525.060 (disorderly conduct) to increase the penalty for those offenses where the offense is committed against an operator or passenger of a taxi, bus, or other passenger vehicle for hire. HB644
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 317.430 to restructure the Board of Barbering so that four of its five members are barbers holding a valid license and practicing in Kentucky; establish the fifth member as a citizen at large who is not associated with or financially interested in barbering; stagger board appointments so that 2008 appointments end in 2011, and 2007 appointments end in 2010; unify lengths of subsequent appointments to the board to three years for all members, with terms ending on February 1; amend KRS 317.450 to include an annual renewal license fee not to exceed $50 for independent contractors; amend KRS 317.570 to allow the board to conduct an examination with two or more of its members present rather than requiring the presence of a quorum of the board; authorize the board to give barbering examinations at regularly prescribed intervals more frequently than once every 30 days; amend KRS 317.590 to clarify that the board's power to levy a $500 fine against a licensee means a $500 fine for each [...] show full description HB641
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Bill Text Amend KRS 56.010, 413.010, 413.060, and 413.070 to prohibit acquiring title to state property by adverse possession; create a new section of KRS Chapter 148 and amend KRS 148.991 to prohibit the interference with property managed by the Department of Parks and provide for penalties. HB639
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96) Bill Text Amend KRS 16.220, relating to the public auction of confiscated firearms, to add the State Police and other state agencies to agencies permitted to receive funds for the purchase of body armor; require requests for the purchase of protective vests to take precedence over requests to purchase firearms and ammunition; permit residual funds to be used for the purchase of electronic control devices, electronic control weapons, or electro-muscular disruption technology, including Tasers. HB636
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 504.110 to establish a procedure to register persons who are incompetent to stand trial on the sex offender registry if the person is found to have committed a registerable sex offense; amend KRS 17.500 and 504.090 to conform. SB191
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 244.080 and 244.990 to provide a criminal penalty with a mandatory minimum fine for employees of alcoholic beverage retail licensees who sell alcohol to minors; amend KRS 530.070 to conform. HB631
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to create a definition for "timber"; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to penalize theft of timber (regardless of the value of the timber) as a Class D felony; amend KRS 514.110 relating to receiving stolen property, to penalize possession of stolen timber (regardless of the value of the timber) as a Class D felony; amend KRS 514.130 relating to seizure and forfeiture of property used in theft offenses to add "heavy equipment." HB630
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 246.650 to 246.660 to allow conservation officers and other peace officers to help enforce the ginseng laws; establish a Kentucky ginseng fund; amend KRS 246.650 to define "ginseng," "wild American ginseng," "wild simulated ginseng," "cultivated ginseng," "device," and "ginseng dealer"; amend KRS 246.660 to describe how the department shall administer a ginseng program, including requiring the department to establish licensing requirements for wild American ginseng and wild simulated ginseng; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a set of administrative violations and civil penalties; require the department to establish a procedure for suspending or revoking licenses or certificates; amend KRS 246.990 to establish penalties for violating the ginseng laws. SB180
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 500, the general provisions for the Kentucky Penal Code, to require forfeiture of all real and personal property used in or acquired as a result of certain sexual offenses against minors and create forfeiture procedures; amend KRS 500.090, relating to forfeiture, and KRS 16.210, relating to disposition of property by the Kentucky State Police to conform. HB586
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create various new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A and amend KRS 32A.2065 and 24A.1765 to impose a $5 fee on all civil and criminal cases to be used to fund a pay supplement for deputy circuit court clerks through the justice administration trust fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to administer the justice administration trust fund. SB176
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 530.080 to make gender neutral. SB175
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Received in House Bill Text Amend KRS 421.500 to make technical correction. SB174
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 114) Bill Text Amend KRS 510.140 to make gender neutral. HC140
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish a DUI Task Force composed of 16 legislative and nonlegislative members to study various aspects of the state's system for the apprehension, trial, and treatment of DUI offenders; require a report to be submitted by December 15, 2008. HB559
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Posting waived Bill Text Amend KRS 525.130 to provide that the defendant may be of either gender. SB172
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Recommitted to Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 189.430 relating to motor vehicle offenses to delete the prohibition against leaving a running vehicle unattended and setting the parking brake on a hill. HB554
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to establish the crime of trespassing on retail and commercial premises when a person enters a driveway or parking lot of a business without conducting business, or in violation of posted signs specifying property regulations; specify exemptions; classify as a violation punishable by a fine of $20-$100. HB553
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to create definitions related to identity theft; restrict certain uses by businesses of a consumer's Social Security number subject to certain exceptions, to delay the effective date to July 1, 2009, and to make a violation subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; require a business to give specified notice to a person whose personal information was acquired in a security breach subject to certain exceptions, to make a waiver void and unenforceable, and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; require a business to take certain measures to safeguard against security breaches subject to certain exceptions and to declare that a violation is subject to the same remedies, duties, powers, and penalties as violations of the Consumer Protection Act; declare that the provisions regarding business use [...] show full description SB171
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to create a definition for "timber"; amend KRS 514.030 relating to theft by unlawful taking to penalize theft of timber (regardless of the value of the timber) as a Class D felony; amend KRS 514.110 relating to receiving stolen property, to penalize possession of stolen timber (regardless of the value of the timber) as a Class D felony; amend KRS 514.130 relating to seizure and forfeiture of property used in theft offenses to add "heavy equipment." HB552
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 175) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to permit the Kentucky Homeownership Protection Center to be established by or through the Kentucky Housing Corporation; declare the purpose of the center to be providing a centralized location for information on public services to assist a homeowner who is in default or in danger of default on a home loan; create a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 286 to require the mortgagee to provide to the homeowner at the time of closing any brochure, pamphlet, or brief document prepared or approved by the Kentucky Housing Corporation that describes services provided by the center; create a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 286 to declare it is unlawful for a person in the course of a mortgage transaction to improperly influence the development, report, result, or review of a real estate appraisal in connection with a mortgage loan; amend KRS 286.8-010 to define terms; amend KRS 286.8-020 to clarify who is subject to the subtitle; establish procedure [...] show full description HB544
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 17 to ratify the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, which would organize an electronic information-sharing system among the federal government and contracting states to exchange criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes authorized by federal or state law; amend KRS 17.140 to conform. HB543
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 510.140 to provide that the defendant may be of either gender. HB518
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to establish requirements in the sale of dogs by pet stores; amend KRS 525.135 relating to the torture of a dog or cat to increase the penalty for a first offense to a Class D Felony. HB528
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Recommitted to Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend 235.990 to except certain boating safety violations under KRS 235.240 from a general chapter penalty provision; tier the penalties under KRS 235.240 based on the number of offenses; prohibit any person from taking a boating safety course in lieu of the prescribed penalty; amend KRS 431.005 to allow a peace office to arrest at the scene of an accident without a warrant if the peace officer has probable cause to believe the person is intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. SB151
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 112) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapters 16, 65, 70, and 95 to prohibit law enforcement officers or a state prosecutors from requiring the victim of a sexual offense to submit to a polygraph examination as a condition precedent to the investigation or prosecution of an alleged sexual offense. HB513
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 532.020 relating to the classification of misdemeanor offenses outside of the Penal Code to specify that an offense that has a maximum jail time of 30 days is a Class B misdemeanor and an offense with a maximum jail time in excess of 30 days but less than 12 months is a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 532.090 relating to jail time for misdemeanors in the Penal Code to reduce maximum jail time for a Class A misdemeanor from 12 months to 6 months, and maximum jail time for a Class B misdemeanor from 90 days to 30 days; amend numerous other statutes to conform; permit a person who is in jail on the effective date of the act for a misdemeanor committed prior the effective date of the act to apply to the sentencing court for a sentence reduction; RETROACTIVE. HB494
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 510.060, 510.090, and 510.120 to increase the age at which a minor becomes the victim of prohibited sexual conduct to under 18 years when the offense is perpetrated by a person in a position of authority or special trust. HB489
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 364 to require contracts for sale of timber and specify contents thereof; require notice to neighbors of timber cutting; require marking of cut timber prior to removal from property; specify duties of the Division of Forestry with regard to timber sales and theft; require a timber buyer to provide an accurate manifest of cut timber transported from the property; grant the Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys jurisdiction in timber theft and timber damage cases; provide whistle blower protection to persons who report timber crimes; amend KRS 364.110 relating to defacing timber brand to add a provision relating to timber branded pursuant to this act; amend KRS 364.120 to update a section reference, amend KRS 364.990 relating to penalties to provide penalties for violation of new sections of this act; amend KRS 514.010 relating to definitions for theft offenses to specifically include timber and trees as property which may be the [...] show full description SB139
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 44 to permit convicted felons who were wrongfully incarcerated to bring a claim in the Board of Claims for wrongful incarceration; place limits on damage awards. RETROACTIVE. HB453
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 507.030 to eliminate gender-specific language and make other technical corrections. HB456
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to establish a motor vehicle operators license revocation scheme for minors and adults who violate the state's criminal prohibitions relating to alcohol and the possession or purchase by, or provision to, minors. SB130
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 6l.365 relating to federal officers with statewide peace officer jurisdiction to grant statewide jurisdiction to United States Tennessee Valley Authority Police officers; repeal KRS 61.886, 61.887, 61.888, 61.889, 61.890, and 61.891 relating to the TVA police. Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Reassigned to Judiciary (H) Bill Text Create several new sections of KRS Chapter 183 and amend KRS 183.990 to establish several new state offenses relating to aviation security including aircraft piracy, transporting hazardous material, interfering with security personnel, interfering with flight crew, carrying a weapon on a plane, and providing false information in regard to aviation security, with the elements of the offenses patterned on existing federal aviation security law. HB426
Latest Action: 04/11/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 514.040 relating to theft by deception to increase the merchant's and the county attorney's bad check collection fee from $25 to $50. HB421
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 relating to juvenile proceedings to request the Chief Justice to adopt administrative procedures relating to protecting parents; create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A relating to the Supreme Court to request the Supreme Court to create a pilot project for a limited opening courts of in three to seven jurisdictions when handling dependency, needy, neglect, and abuse cases involving children and termination of parental rights, to set parameters, and require reporting to the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 615 relating to juvenile procedure to permit pilot project courts to open proceedings which otherwise would be closed. HB420
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 441, relating to jails, to provide a per diem payment of $30 per day for a state prisoner in local jail and an additional medical care payment of $2 per day for each state prisoner in local jail; require the state to pay for the time a convicted felon spends in jail prior to conviction on a phased-in basis, with the state paying the full amount for incarceration after July 1, 2013; require all jails to comply with the minimum jail standards of the Department of Corrections and provide that if jail does not meet those standards, the county shall contract with a county with a compliant jail; require that all state payments to counties for the operation of jails have an automatic annual cost-of-living increase; amend KRS 441.206, relating to jail bed allotments, to set the jail bed allotment based on the 1983-1984 formula, adjusted for inflation since that year; amend KRS 431.215 relating to state payment for convicted felons following conviction to require [...] show full description HB412
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 439.3401 to included robbery in the second degree within the violent offender statute. HB404
Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 514.040 relating to theft by deception to include issuing a cold check as security deposit for rent or lease of real property, issuing a cold check to an auction escrow account, or issuing a cold check for use as a deposit for the purchase of real property. SJ80
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 64) Bill Text Create a commission to study and reform the Kentucky Penal Code; set commission membership; require report to the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2011. SB119
Latest Action: 01/31/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 23A.205 relating to court costs in criminal cases in Circuit Court to increase costs from $100 to $125; amend KRS 24A.175 relating to court costs in criminal cases in District Court to increase costs from $100 to $125; amend KRS 42.330 relating to disposition of court costs to provide that $25 from each court cost go to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide supervised visitation in cases where a court requires supervised visitation. HB409
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posting waived retroactively; posting withdrawn Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to regulate the practices of personal emergency response system providers; require specified notifications; provide for enforcement by the Attorney General and county attorneys; name act "Christine Talley Act." HB402
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - To Judiciary (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with the crime; require employee to give employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave time; require employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communications with employee crime victim; create a penalty for failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms. Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - 2nd reading, to Rules Bill Text Create a new section of KRS Chapter 520 to create the criminal offense of failure to return to custody; set the penalty at a Class D felony; amend KRS 520.030 and 520.040, relating to escape, to conform. SB118
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Signed by Governor Bill Text Amend KRS 214.034 to remove the clause sunsetting the requirement that all public and private primary schools obtain a current immunization certificate for hepatitis B for any child enrolled as a regular attendee in the sixth grade. Latest Action: 01/30/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 508.025, relating to assault in the third degree, to include within that offense an assault on an elected official of a city or county. |
