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Abuse of a corpse, disposition, remuneration, prohibition

Adult performance in view of a minor, prohibition

Affirmative defenses, insanity, amend

Animal abuse offender registry, establishment

Animal abuse offender registry, violation, Class A misdemeanor

Animal cruelty, penalties, enhancement

Child abuse homicide, capital offense, establishment

Children, public offense, mental health, treatment plan, procedure, establishment

Children, public offense, treatment plan, judicial review, provision

Commercial surrogacy, felony, penalties, provision

Concealing the birth of an infant, decriminalization

Consecutive sentencing, requirements

Conviction of assault in the first of second degree, dating relationship, protective order

Conviction of assault in the first or second degree, family member, order of protection

Criminal abuse and neglect, pediatric ingestion of controlled substances

Criminal abuse in the first degree, mental state

Criminal abuse in the first, second, or third degree, increase victim age, penalty enhancement

Criminal liability, gender-neutral language, insertion

Criminal trespass in the second degree, elements

Criminal trespass in the second degree, second or subsequent offense, Class A misdemeanor

Criminal trespass in the third degree, second or subsequent offense, Class B misdemeanor

Death penalty, life imprisonment without parole, replacement

Death penalty, replacement with life imprisonment without parole

Defenses, insanity, repeal

Dismissed or amended charges, expungement, allowance

Dispositional orders, right of appeal, Circuit Court, technical correction

District Courts, appeals to Circuit Courts

DNA, sample collection, expungement of data

DNA, sample collection, requirement

Domestic violence offender registry, establishment

Driving under the influence, alcohol purchase, prohibition

Driving under the influence, eligible tests, urine test, removal

Driving under the influence, preliminary breath test, disclosure prior to administration

Driving under the influence, third or subsequent offense, penalty enhancement, Class D felony

Driving under the influence under the age of 21, penalties, enhancement

Drug paraphernalia, drug testing products, exception

Executions, Department of Corrections, protocols and procedures, authorization

Exploitation, loss of $500 or less, loss of more than $500, penalty enhancement

Exploitation, victim age 65 or older, establishment

Expungement, automatic process for eligible felony and misdemeanor convictions

Failure to report a serious crime, Class A misdemeanor, establishment

Federal firearms laws, repealed or unconstitutional, enforcement prohibition

Federal immigration law, enforcement

Firearms, comprehensive regulation

Grooming a minor, creation of offense

Grooming a minor, elements

Grooming a minor, exceptions

Grooming a minor, preparing a minor for sexual conduct, removal

Guilty but mentally ill, end of sentence, involuntary treatment or supervision

Guilty but mentally ill, treatment at end of sentence, mental health petition

Habitual truancy, family diversion plan, requirements

Harassing communications, penalty enhancement

Harassing communications, second or subsequent offense, anonymous communication, penalty enhancement

Hardship license, display of "No Alcohol Sale"

Hate crime, enhanced term of imprisonment

Hate crime, political creed

High acuity youth, public offense, psychiatric treatment, provision

Homicide, caused by driving under the influence, alcohol purchase, prohibition

Human trafficking, criminal charges, expungement

Human trafficking, promotion, patronization, removal

Human trafficking, victims, vacation of conviction

Identification card, issuance to offender upon release from county jail or local facility

Ignition interlock license, display of "No Alcohol Sale"

Importing a controlled substance, cychlorphine

Interference with a religious service, Class A misdemeanor, establishment

Interrogation of children, requirements

Involuntary commitment proceeding, qualifying offense, sexual abuse

Juror pay, daily rate, increase

Knowingly disclosing grand jury information, statute of limitation, 5 years

Knowingly recording grand jury information, statute of limitation, 10 years

Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, Commonwealth's attorney staff, exception

Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, crime, establishment

Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, misdemeanor, statute of limitation

Knowingly recording or disclosing grand jury information, peace officer, exception

Mandatory reentry supervision, qualifications

Manslaughter in the first degree, age of child victim, increase to under 18

Manslaughter in the second degree, victim under 18, penalty enhancement

Manslaughter, ingestion of cychlorphine

Mediation, criminal matters, provision

Mediators, criminal matters, qualifications, establishment

Misrepresentation of a substance, cychlorphine

Money bail, restriction to certain high-risk defendants

Motor vehicle racing, vehicle forfeiture, proceeds, Crime Victims Compensation Board

Non-felony cases, sentencing hearings, evidence

Nonviolent felony expungement, automatic process

Not guilty by reason of insanity, split verdict, prohibition

Obstructing a highway or other public passage, enhance penalties

Obstructing an emergency responder, enhance penalties

Persistent felony offender sentencing, definition

Person without citizenship or visa, pretrial release prohibition, 48 hours

Pilot program alternative to ordinary prosecution, behavioral health disorder, extension

Possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, computer-generated image

Possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, parole eligibility

Pregnancy outcomes, prosecution, prohibition

Primary caretaker of a dependent child, eligibility, conditions of sentence

Primary caretaker of a dependent child, finding, effect on another proceeding

Probation, caretaker status, conditions

Promoting human trafficking, penalty enhancement

Rape in the third degree, school employee, intercourse with a student, prohibition

Sentencing, life without possibility of probation or parole for 25 years, enhancement to 35 years

Sex crime, participation in medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment

Sex offender registrants, annual registration fee

Sex offender registry, period of registration

Sex offender registry, registrant information, expansion

Sex offenders, participation in Halloween-related activity, prohibition

Sex offenders, residing within 3,000 feet of specific locations, prohibitions

Sexual abuse in the first degree, school employee, sexual contact with a student, prohibition

Sodomy in the third degree, school employee, intercourse with a student, prohibition

Stalking,establish, penalties, enhancement

Status offender, detention, requirements

Statutory cap on aggregate of consecutive sentences, removal

Trafficking of a controlled substance, cychlorphine

Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, eligibility

Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, pilot project

Unauthorized use of professional license or certification, Class B misdemeanor

Unlawful employment by unauthorized alien, criminal offense, elements

Unlawful possession in the first degree, list of substances, removal

Unlawful possession in the second degree, list of substances, expansion

Unlawful possession of a controlled substance on hospital property, Class D felony

Unlawful storage of a firearm, prohibition, affirmative defense

Use of force justification, fleeing an obstruction of a highway

Vacant and abandoned property, unlawful occupants, removal

Violations of conditions during any period of supervision, procedure for hearing

Violent offender, life sentence, release, prohibited until 30 years served

Youthful offender designation, notice


Last updated: 3/9/2026 7:15 PM (EDT)