Crimes and Punishments


Abortion, informed consent requirement

Abortion, performance of in relation to fetal heartbeat detection

Abortion, ultrasound requirements

Adam Walsh Act, provisions for compliance

Alcohol and drug treatment, collection of court fees

Arrest for misdemeanor assault in hospital emergency room permitted

Bail and jail credit, clarification of

Bail and Jail credit, clarification of

Boating while intoxicated, prohibition of

Bringing a prisoner or patient from another state for treatment in Kentucky, requirements

Cheat, definition of and penalties for

Child abuse, duty to report, expansion of

Child abuse report, add "any person" committing abuse

Child pornography, viewing of

Class D felony record, expungement of, procedure, exceptions

Committee on Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, prohibition on influencing, penalty for

Committee on Legislative Redistricting, prohibition on influencing, penalty for

Committee on Legislative Redistricting, prohibition on influencing, require penalty for

Concealed deadly weapon, court commissioners, license to carry statewide

Concealed deadly weapon on own real property without license, carrying permitted

Concealed deadly weapon, permission to carry on property without license

Concealed deadly weapon, who may carry

Concealed weapon, carrying on business premises, delete provision for employees

Controlled substances legislation, committee substitute changes

Copper or copper alloy purchase, mandatory report to law enforcement

Criminal damage to property, unlawfully acquiring metals, inclusion of

Criminal mischief, property covered by offense of

Cruelty to animals, forfeiture and ownership provisions

Death penalty costs, creation of task force

Death penalty implementation, study of

Death penalty, replace with life imprisonment without parole

Death penalty, severely mentally ill defendant, preclusion of use for

Deeds in lieu of foreclosure, penalty for not filing with county clerk within 30 days of execution

Define "cheat" and provide penalties for

Defrauding secured creditor, damage to collateral

Denial of release by judge, written requirement, modification to

Diabetes educator, practicing as without a license

DNA, requirement of sample collection at arraignment

DNA testing, availability of post-conviction

Driving under the influence with a child in vehicle, create offense

DUI, ignition interlock device, utilization of

DUI, penalties imposed

DUI, refusal to sign waiver as refusal to consent to test

Emergency medical services personnel, use of force against

Endangering welfare of minor, second degree

Expungement of records, criminal history

Expungement of records, process and fees for

Failure to report missing child

Federal "Secure Communities" program, required use of

Felons' voting rights, constitutional amendment to provide

Felony offenders, prohibition of employment of

Felony offenders, public properties not to be named after

Fraudulent firearm transaction

Fraudulent firearm transaction, remove peace officer exemption

Grand jury, failure to indict,, record expungement of, procedure,

Harassing communications, expansion of crime, and means of communication

Home improvement contract, standards, procedures, remedies

Home incarceration, terms of

Home medical equipment services licensure, penalty for violation of

Human trafficking

Incest, relationship, step-grandparent and step-grandchild

Indoor smoking, prohibiting, exceptions, penalties

Juvenile, age of criminal responsibility

Kentucky Computer Decency Act, prohibition on anonymous postings

Licensing board, failure to notify of conviction, discipline, or surrender of license

Long-term care administrators, license for

Loss of consciousness, include within definition of "physical injury"

Mandatory reentry supervision requirements and procedures, modification of

Material false statement of practitioner license application

Medical marijuana, authorization of

Medical parole, prisoners with substantial or chronic conditions, provision for

Metal sales ban, person convicted of named theft offenses

Minor, death of, when autopsy required

Minor, image of, protection for minor sending or possessing

Mint Police, U.S., state jurisdiction for

Missing child, failure to report, Caylee's Law

Missing minor 12 or under, duty to report

Motor vehicle insurance requirement violation, threshold for

Move federal terrorism trial from Bowling Green, Kentucky to the Guantanamo detention facility

National and State Background Check Program

Pain clinics and controlled substances, prescribing, dispensing, and monitoring of

Pain management facilities, payment requirements, violation of

Pain management facilities, regulation of, establish

Pain management facilities, regulation of, establishment

Pain management facilities, requlation of, establish

Pardon Board, creation of

Parole for prisoners with substantial or chronic medical conditions, provision for

Penal Code, implementation of, technical correction, change must to shall

Penal code, time limitations, change of must to shall

Prescription Monitoring Program compact, enactment of

Pretrial home incarceration, sentence credit for

Pretrial home incarceration, sentencing credit for

Probation for public employee or officer convicted of corruption, prohibition of

Profits of crime, seizure, payable to Crime Victims Compensation Board

Pseudoephedrine based drugs, provisions relating to

Pseudoephedrine based drugs, regulation of

Pseudoephedrine based medicines, regulation of

Pseudoephedrine sales, prohibitions for certain drug offenders

Pseudoephedrine-based drugs, provisions relating to

Public transportation, offenses against user or operator of

Religious service, penalty for disruption of

Report of dead child, increased penalty, report of missing child, creation of offense

Reporting of death, add State Police, increase penalty to felony

requirement to report abuse, rape, or neglect; establishment of criminal penalty

Retired Commonwealth's or county attorney, may carry a concealed weapon statewide with a license

Robbery in the second degree, inclusion in violent offender statute

Second degree manslaughter, child under age 13

Sentence credit for pretrial home incarceration, requirement for

Sex offender registration, change in requirements for

Sexual offense defendant, when HIV testing required

Sexual offenses against children, creation of offense for serial abuse of a child

Sexual offenses against minors

Sexual offenses, definition of perpetrators, expansion of

Shock probation, prohibit, DUI death

Slayer statute, real estate professional's advice in relation to

Smoking in public places, prohibition, exceptions

Statute of limitations, technical correction, change must to shall

Synthetic cannabinoids or piperazines, synthetic cathinones, expand definition of

Synthetic drugs, expanded definition of, new offenses, revised

Terms of imprisonment, technical correction changing must to shall

Theft related offenses, penalty increase for offenses committed against a pharmacy

Torture of an animal, crime of

Traffic safety programs, operation of

Trafficking in the second degree mens rea, clarification of

Trespass, simplified remedy for elderly and vulnerable

Ultrasound, requirement prior to abortion

Unified Juvenile Code, review of, task force

Unlawful acts related to acquiring metals, penalties for

Unlicensed tattoo and body piercing, fines and imprisonment, establishment of

Unsolicited advertising, littering, penalty for

Voiding of convictions for possession of controlled substances first degree, modification of

Wanton endangerment, child left in vehicle

Wild hog, release of prohibited, penalty

Win the War! Against Violence--The 2012 Ten Percent Challenge, recognizing


Last updated: 8/27/2019 8:05 PM (EDT)