00RS HB220

HB220

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HB 220/FN/LM/CI (BR 15) - R. Damron, R. Crimm, J. Reinhardt, S. Westrom

     AN ACT relating to public safety and declaring an emergency.
     Amend KRS 17.500 to define "sex offender," "sexually violent predator," and other terms; amend KRS 17.510 and 17.520 and create new sections of KRS 17.500 to 17.540 to provide for the registration of sex offenders in Kentucky; create a new section of KRS 17.500 to 17.540 to provide for community notification of the presence of a sex offender through a Kentucky State Police website; create KRS Chapter 202C to provide for the involuntary civil commitment of sexually violent predators; amend KRS 17.550, 17.552, 17.554, 17.558, 17.564, 17.566, 17. 574, and 17.576 to conform; repeal KRS 17.570, 17.572, and 17.578.

HB 220 - AMENDMENTS


     HCS (1/FN/LM) - Delete provisions relating to involuntary civil commitment of sexually violent predators; amend Megan's Law to provide greater community notification when sex offenders and other identified individuals reside in a community.
     HCS (2/FN/LM/CI) - Retain original provisions of bill as amended by HCS; require 10 year registration, rather than lifetime registration, for those convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree; clarify that court shall order comprehensive sex offender presentence evaluations when people are convicted of sex crimes, unless one has been completed within past 6 months; make technical corrections.
     HCA (1/Title, G. Lindsay) - Make title amendment.
     SFA (1, R. Roeding) - Include in the crime of criminal homicide a criminal homicide committed against an unborn child; exempt certain physicians from being guilty of criminal homicide committed against an unborn child; exempt a mother from being guilty of criminal homicide committed against an unborn child..

     (Prefiled by the sponsor(s))

     Jan 4-introduced in House; to Judiciary (H)
     Feb 8-posting waived
     Feb 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
     Feb 14-2nd reading, to Rules
     Feb 15-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)
     Feb 18-posted in committee
     Feb 25-reported favorably, to Rules with the original Committee Substitute, Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1)
     Feb 29-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 1, 2000
     Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (2), committee amendment (1-title)
     Mar 2-received in Senate
     Mar 6-to Judiciary (S)
     Mar 10-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Mar 13-2nd reading, to Rules
     Mar 16-posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 17, 2000; floor amendment (1) filed
     Mar 17-3rd reading, passed 29-1-1 with floor amendment (1)
     Mar 20-received in House; posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1)
     Apr 11-recommitted to Appropriations and Revenue (H)


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