Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 403.763 and 456.180 to enhance criminal penalties for repeated violations of an order of protection; establish what constitutes a repeated violation.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, require that the third or subsequent conviction of a violation of an order of protection under KRS 403.763 or 456.180 to be a Class D felony only if the third or subsequent violation involves the use or attempted use of physical force or threat of physical harm, and the victim of each offense is the same person.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 403.735, relating to continuance of an emergency protective order, to allow the petitioner to be excused from future court appearances until the respondent has been served; amend KRS 456.050, relating to continuance of an interpersonal protective order, to allow the petitioner to be excused from future court appearances until the respondent has been served.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- B. Storm

Summary Retain original provisions; establish that a violation of an order of protection under KRS 403.763(4)(a), 456.180(4)(a), 508.155, or 510.037 shall provide a basis for the enhanced penalty for a third violation; remove the requirement that the protected person in a third or subsequent violation is the same protected person.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 403.763, 456.180
House Committee Substitute 1: 403.763, 456.180
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 403.735, 403.763, 456.050, 456.180
Current: 403.763, 456.180