Summary of Original VersionCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is stolen, defaced, loaded with restricted ammunition, or otherwise violates state law; amend KRS 610.070 to require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian to be present at court proceedings involving a child in the juvenile justice system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish penalty; amend KRS 507.020 to expand offense of murder; amend KRS 507.030 to expand offense of manslaughter in the first degree; amend KRS 507.040 to expand offense of manslaughter in the second degree; amend KRS 218A.1412 to provide increased penalties for certain trafficking offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 515 to create a new offense of carjacking; amend KRS 512.020 and 512.030 to lower the threshold for criminal mischief in the first degree to $500; amend KRS 149.410, 506.160, and 525.220 to conform; amend KRS 520.050 to enhance promoting contraband to a Class B felony if the dangerous contraband is fentanyl, carfentanil, or a fentanyl derivative; amend KRS 16.220 to allow purchase of a confiscated firearm by a person who bids under the condition that they not take possession of the firearm, but instead leave it with the Department of Kentucky State Police for destruction; prohibit government agencies from purchasing the firearm; make technical corrections; create new sections of KRS Chapters 511, 198A, and 65 to establish the offense of criminal street camping and provide exceptions; amend KRS 503.080 to conform; amend KRS 202C.050 to reduce requirements to find a person subject to involuntary commitment pursuant to KRS Chapter 202C; amend KRS 186.417 to include felony offenders released from county jails and local correctional facilities among those who may be issued personal identification cards or operator's licenses under certain conditions; amend KRS 431.510 to define terms; prohibit any charitable bail organization from posting bail in excess of $5,000; prohibit any charitable bail organization from posting bail for any offense of domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse, and for any offense under a civil court order or warrant under KRS 222.430 to 222.437; establish that any bond ordered forfeited following a new criminal offense shall be distributed to the victim of the new offense; require publication of records and annual reporting to the General Assembly; create new section of KRS Chapter 507 to create the offense of murder of a first responder and establish penalties; amend KRS 506.010 to conform; amend KRS 532.025 to include the murder of first responders as an aggravating circumstance for the death penalty; amend KRS 532.036 to allow restitution following a conviction for Murder of a first responder; amend KRS 439.320 to provide that members of the Parole Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, that panels of the board shall consist of not less than three and not more than six members, and that all members of the panel must agree on a decision or the matter shall be referred to the full board; amend KRS 439.330 to require that parole be granted upon a two-thirds vote of the full board; amend KRS 433.236 to limit liability for shopkeepers; amend KRS 439.3401 to add a person who has been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty to a Class B felony violation of KRS 520.050 to the definition of "violent offender" and to include carjacking and attempted murder in the list of violent offenses; amend KRS 508.075 and 508.078, relating to terroristic threatening, to include any workplace or any gathering of 3 or more persons; amend KRS 524.040 to include harassing communications as conduct constituting intimidation of a participant in the legal process; amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to order participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of parole; amend KRS 533.030 to allow a court to require participationin a specific violence reduction program as a condition of probation or conditional discharge; amend KRS 403.763 and 456.180 to enhance a second or subsequent violation of an order of protection within a five-year period to a Class D felony; amend KRS 500.080 to include family members, members of an unmarried couple, and persons in a dating relationship, in application of a particular definition of serious physical injury; amend KRS 514.020 to reduce the time required to establish prima facie evidence of theft by deception of rented or leased property that is not returned to the owner from 10 days to four days; amend KRS 196.031 to require the annual report to also include the percentage of offenders who commit new offenses within two years; amend KRS 520.095 to enhance fleeing or evading police in the first degree to a Class C felony; provide that the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least 50 percent of the sentence imposed; amend KRS 520.100 to enhance fleeing or evading police in the second degree to a Class D felony; amend KRS 532.110 to provide sentences for two or more felony sex crimes shall run consecutively; provide that the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least 50 percent of the sentence imposed; amend KRS 158.155 to require school employees to report certain enumerated crimes to law enforcement; repeal KRS 512.040, which establishes the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree and KRS 158.154, which deals with discipline in schools; EFFECTIVE, in part, August 1, 2025.
Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1Summary
Retain original provisions, except Sections 29 and 30, KRS 439.320 and 439.330 related to the Parole Board; change definition of "first responder" in Section 25; create a new section of KRS Chapter 520 to create the offense of fleeing or evading police in the third degree; amend KRS 514.030 to lengthen time period for aggregating theft offenses and establish venue; add severability clause.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- L. BurkeSummary
Remove provisions relating to the offense of unlawful camping; amend various sections to conform.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- R. RoarxSummary
Remove section providing enhanced sentencing for a person convicted for three violent offenses; amend various sections to conform.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- R. RoarxSummary
Remove section providing enhanced sentencing for a person convicted for three violent offenses; amend various sections to conform.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 4 -- J. PetrieSummary
Exempt statutorily created housing programs from limitations on funding.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 5 -- L. BurkeSummary
Remove provisions relating to the offense of unlawful camping; amend various sections to conform.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 6 -- R. RoarxSummary
Remove sections relating to criminal mischief; amend various sections to conform.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 7 -- R. RoarxSummary
Remove sections relating to criminal mischief; amend various sections to conform.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 8 -- K. HerronSummary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to require that a child not be interrogated without notification being given to the parents; amend KRS 610.200 to require that a parent be notified of how to contact in person a child being held in custody.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 9 -- K. HerronSummary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to require that a child not be interrogated without notification being given to the parents; amend KRS 610.200 to require that a parent be notified of how to contact in person a child being held in custody.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 10 -- K. HerronSummary
Amend KRS 218A.133 to provide that a person who seeks or renders aid to someone experiencing a possible drug overdose or is the person experiencing a possible drug overdose cannot be arrested on a warrant or be subject to revocation of his or her conditions of release if the evidence for the arrest or motion to revoke is obtained as a result of the need for aid for the possible drug overdose; establish that the immunity extends from the time law enforcement or medical personnel respond at the location of a possible overdose until law enforcement or medical personnel leave the scene; exclude certain offenses from immunity; require the Office of Drug Control Policy to conduct an overdose good samaritan education and awareness campaign; appropriate funds in the amount of $500,000 from the opioid abatement trust fund to support the campaign; APPROPRIATION.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 11 -- K. HerronSummary
Amend KRS 218A.133 to provide that a person who seeks or renders aid to someone experiencing a possible drug overdose or is the person experiencing a possible drug overdose cannot be arrested on a warrant or be subject to revocation of his or her conditions of release if the evidence for the arrest or motion to revoke is obtained as a result of the need for aid for the possible drug overdose; establish that the immunity extends from the time law enforcement or medical personnel respond at the location of a possible overdose until law enforcement or medical personnel leave the scene; exclude certain offenses from immunity; require the Office of Drug Control Policy to conduct an overdose good samaritan education and awareness campaign; appropriate funds in the amount of $500,000 from the opioid abatement trust fund to support the campaign; APPROPRIATION.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 12 -- K. HerronSummary
Make title amendment.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 13 -- S. MaddoxSummary
Remove section relating to sale of firearms; amend various sections to conform.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 14 -- S. MaddoxSummary
Remove section relating to bail organizations; amend various sections to conform.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 15 -- L. WillnerSummary
Amend section relating to involuntary commitment to restore language of original bill.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 16 -- S. MaddoxSummary
Delete section 2 and replace with a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to establish that defendants who meet certain criteria are not eligible for probation or parole; amend section relating to carjacking to require that the defendant act without lawful authority; amend section relating to unlawful camping to exempt temporarily sleeping in an automobile; amend section relating to establishment of areas for temporary camping by unsheltered homeless persons to require that each county designate an area; amend section relating to fleeing and evading in the first degree to require physical injury; amend section relating to fleeing or evading in the second degree to require that the law enforcement officer suspect the defendant to have committed a crime.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 17 -- S. DoanSummary
Amend section relating to fleeing and evading in the first degree to require physical injury.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 18 -- S. DoanSummary
Amend section relating to carjacking to require that the defendant act without lawful authority; amend section relating to unlawful camping to exempt temporarily sleeping in an automobile.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 19 -- S. DoanSummary
Delete section 2 and replace with a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to establish that defendants who meet certain criteria are not eligible for probation or parole.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 20 -- S. DoanSummary
Amend section relating to unlawful camping to exempt temporarily sleeping in an automobile.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 21 -- S. DoanSummary
Amend sections relating to violation of an order of protection to require that subsequent violations, in order to be punishable as Class D felony, be violent.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 22 -- S. DoanSummary
Amend section relating to establishment of areas for temporary camping by unsheltered homeless persons to require that each county designate an area.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 23 -- S. DoanSummary
Amend section relating to fleeing or evading in the second degree to require that the law enforcement officer suspect the defendant to have committed a crime.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 24 -- S. DoanSummary
Delete section 2 and replace with a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to establish that defendants who meet certain criteria are not eligible for probation or parole; amend section relating to carjacking to require that the defendant act without lawful authority; amend section relating to unlawful camping to exempt temporarily sleeping in an automobile; amend section relating to establishment of areas for temporary camping by unsheltered homeless persons to require that each county designate an area; amend sections relating to violation of an order of protection to require that subsequent violations, in order to be punishable as Class D felony, be violent; amend section relating to fleeing and evading in the first degree to require physical injury; amend section relating to fleeing or evading in the second degree to require that the law enforcement officer suspect the defendant to have committed a crime.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 25 -- F. RabournSummary
Delete section 2 and replace with a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to establish that defendants who meet certain criteria are not eligible for probation or parole.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 26 -- F. RabournSummary
Amend section relating to unlawful camping to exempt temporarily sleeping in an automobile.
Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 27 -- J. BaumanSummary
Delete section 2 and replace with a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to establish that defendants who meet certain criteria are not eligible for probation or parole; amend section relating to carjacking to require that the defendant act without lawful authority; amend section relating to unlawful camping to exempt temporarily sleeping in an automobile; exempt statutorily created housing programs from limitations on funding; amend section relating to involuntary commitment; amend KRS 439.3401 to amend the definition of "violent offender" to include the attempted commission of any offense listed, a felony involving the death of the victim or serious physical injury to a victim, burglary in the first degree as described in KRS 511.020 if a person other than a participant in the crime was present in the building during the commission of the offense, robbery in the second degree as described in KRS 515.030, arson in the first degree, and strangulation in the first degree; provide that a violent offender shall serve at least 85 percent of the sentence imposed before probation, shock probation, parole, conditional discharge, or other form of early release is permitted; provide that a violent offender shall only recieve credit on their sentence for time spent in custody prior to the commencement of the sentence; amend KRS 525.045 to conform; amend sections relating to violation of an order of protection to require that subsequent violations, in order to be punishable as Class D felony, be intentional, in-person violations; amend section relating to notfication required by school personnel to make uniform; delete section relating to murder; amend KRS 218.133 to conform with provisions of the bill; limit application of new requirements for issuance of identifying documents, based on availability of funds; clarify civil liability in shopkeeper's statute.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1Summary
Retain original provisions, except remove sections relating to violation of a protective order; amend KRS 429.320 and 429.330 relating to the parole board; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to require a local juvenile restorative justice advisory committee in each county or judicial district; establish membership and duties; make technical corrections.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- W. WesterfieldSummary
Amend KRS 16.220 to require destruction of weapons used in a homicide at request of the family of a victim.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 2 -- W. WesterfieldSummary
Delete section creating the offense of fleeing or evading in the third degree; amend KRS 520.095 and 520.100 to provide elevated penalties with certain aggravating circumstances.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 3 -- W. WesterfieldSummary
Amend KRS 431.3401 to include additional offenses.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 4 -- W. WesterfieldSummary
Amend new section of KRS Chapter 511 to include requirement that law enforcement officers provide referrals to homeless shelters, mental health resources, and to the pilot program stablished under KRS 533.272.
Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 5 -- W. WesterfieldSummary
Amend new section of KRS Chapter 511 to require law enforcement to inform the person of, and offer trtansportation to, a homeless shelter or other lawful place.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 610.070, 507.020, 507.030, 507.040, 218A.1412, 512.020, 512.030, 149.410, 506.160, 525.220, 520.050, 16.220, 503.080, 202C.050, 186.417, 431.510, 506.010, 532.025, 532.036, 439.320, 439.330, 433.236, 439.3401, 508.075, 508.078, 158.155, 158.148, 506.040, 218A.1402, 508.060, 524.040, 439.340, 533.030, 403.763, 456.180, 500.080, 514.020, 196.031, 520.095, 520.100, 532.110
House Committee Substitute 1: 610.070, 507.020, 507.030, 507.040, 218A.1412, 512.020, 512.030, 149.410, 506.160, 525.220, 520.050, 16.220, 503.080, 202C.050, 186.417, 431.510, 506.010, 532.025, 532.036, 433.236, 439.3401, 508.075, 508.078, 158.155, 158.148, 506.040, 218A.1402, 508.060, 524.040, 439.340, 533.030, 403.763, 456.180, 500.080, 514.020, 196.031, 520.095, 520.100, 532.110, 514.030
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 610.070, 507.030, 507.040, 218A.133, 218A.1412, 512.020, 512.030, 149.410, 506.160, 525.220, 520.050, 16.220, 503.080, 202C.050, 186.417, 431.510, 506.010, 532.025, 532.036, 439.320, 439.330, 433.236, 439.3401, 525.045, 508.075, 508.078, 158.155, 158.148, 506.0