Kentucky
General Assembly

01/09/24	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
01/23/24	to Judiciary (H)
01/24/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
01/25/24	2nd reading, to Rules recommitted to Judiciary (H)
01/26/24	taken from Judiciary (H) returned to Rules (H)
01/30/24	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
01/31/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 01, 2024
02/05/24	3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
02/06/24	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/16/24	to Judiciary (S)
02/29/24	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
03/01/24	2nd reading, to Rules
03/05/24	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 06, 2024
03/06/24	3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/07/24	received in House to Rules (H)
03/25/24	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
03/27/24	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) passed 96-0 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor
03/28/24	signed by Governor (Acts Ch.15)

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact to House Committee Substitute 1 Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 17.500 to include distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in the definition of "sex crime"; amend KRS 531.010 to define "child sex doll," "computer-generated image," and "digitization"; amend definitions of "matter" and "private erotic matter"; amend trafficking and importing of a child sex doll sections to provide that any person who has more than one child sex doll shall be rebuttably presumed to have that child sex doll with the intent to distribute it; amend KRS 531.320, 531.340, 531.350, 531.360, and 531.370 to include digitization of a minor as an element of those offenses; amend KRS 531.330 to provide that in a prosecution where the offense involves a digitization that used an actual minor as the source, the presumption of minority shall be based on the age of the actual minor; create a new section of KRS 531.300 to 531.370 to provide that in a prosecution where the offense involves material portraying a digitization of a minor, the Commonwealth shall not be required to prove the actual identity or age of the digitized minor, or that the minor exists.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Child sex dolls, intent to distribute, possession of more than one doll Crimes and Punishments - Sex crime, definition, distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance Crimes and Punishments - Sexual exploitation of minors, digitally altered images of minors Criminal Procedure - Child sex dolls, intent to distribute, possession of more than one doll Criminal Procedure - Sex crime, definition, distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance Criminal Procedure - Sexual exploitation of minors, digitally altered images of minors Obscenity and Pornography - Sexual exploitation of minors, digitally altered images of minors Children and Minors - Sexual exploitation of minors, digitally altered images of minors Local Mandate - Sexual exploitation of minors Corrections Impact - Sex crime

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	S. Dietz
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 17.500 to include possession of a child sex doll, trafficking a child sex doll, importing a child sex doll, and permitting or promoting the use of a child sex doll in the definition of "sex crime."
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Sex crime, definition, child sex doll offenses Criminal Procedure - Sex crime, definition, child sex doll offenses

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact to Senate Committee Substitute 1 Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 531.010 to define "identifiable person," "computer," and "computer-generated image"; remove definition of "digitization"; amend KRS 531.335 to include computer-generated images of minors.
Index Headings	Crimes and Punishments - Possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, computer-generated image Crimes and Punishments - Sexual exploitation, computer-generated images Criminal Procedure - Possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, computer-generated image Criminal Procedure - Sexual exploitation, computer-generated images Obscenity and Pornography - Possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, computer-generated image Obscenity and Pornography - Sexual exploitation, computer-generated images Children and Minors - Possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, computer-generated image Children and Minors - Sexual exploitation, computer-generated images Corrections Impact - Possession of matter protraying a sexual performance by a minor, computer-generated image Local Mandate - Sexual exploitation, computer-generated images