Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 500.050 to extend the criminal statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors from 5 to 10 years; amend KRS 413.249, relating to civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse, to apply to direct perpetrators as well as third-party individuals or corporate entities who may be criminally liable for the criminal act of those perpetrators; specify that the amendments enacted in 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 2 shall be applied retroactively to actions accruing before that Act's effective date of June 29, 2017; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to state legislative findings and declarations; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- L. Bechler

Summary Delete provisions of Section 2 and replace with language making it unlawful for an individual or entity to knowingly or negligently allow another individual to commit childhood sexual assault or abuse; amend Section 2 to clarify that a privilege shall be a ground for excluding evidence when an exception to the Kentucky Rules of Evidence is met; delete Section 3 and replace with language allowing insurance carriers to include an exemption in coverage for intentional conduct of a perpetrator of childhood sexual assault or abuse.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Amend KRS 500.050 to extend the criminal statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors from five to 10 years; amend KRS 413.249, relating to civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse, to apply to direct perpetrators as well as entities who may be criminally liable for the criminal act of those perpetrators; specify the use of evidentiary privileges; limit the use of the clergy-penitent privilege; specify that the amendments enacted in 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 2 shall be applied retroactively to actions accruing before that Act's effective date of June 29, 2017; and provide for severability; EMERGENCY.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 500.050, 413.249
Acts Chapter 89: 500.050, 413.249
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 500.050, 413.249
Current: 500.050, 413.249