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House Bill 680

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Last Action 02/26/26: to Judiciary (H)
Title AN ACT relating to controlled substances.
Bill Documents Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement Corrections Impact
Bill Request Number 1310
Sponsor M. Clines
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish the criminal offense of unlawful possession of a controlled substance on hospital property as a Class D felony unless a higher penalty applies; require hospitals to display signs regarding unlawful possession; amend KRS 218A.1415 to change the name of the crime of possession of a controlled substance to unlawful possession of a controlled substance; remove controlled substance analogues, methamphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, phencyclidine, gamma hydroxybutric acid, and flunitrazepam from unlawful possession of a controlled substance in the first degree; establish possession of a controlled substance on hospital property as a Class D felony unless a higher penalty applies; amend KRS 218A.1416 to add controlled substance analogues, methamphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, phencyclidine, gamma hydroxybutyric acid, and flunitrazepam to unlawful possession of a controlled substance in the second degree; amend KRS 218A.133, 218A.1417, 218A.202, 218A.205, 218A.275, and 218A.500 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version Crimes And Punishments - Unlawful possession in the first degree, list of substances, removal
Crimes And Punishments - Unlawful possession in the second degree, list of substances, expansion
Crimes And Punishments - Unlawful possession of a controlled substance on hospital property, Class D felony
Criminal Procedure - Unlawful possession in the second degree, list of substances, expansion
Criminal Procedure - Unlawful possession of a controlled substance on hospital property, Class D felony
Criminal Procedure - Unlawful possession in the first degree, list of substances, removal
Drugs And Medicines - Hospitals, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, Class D felony
Drugs And Medicines - Unlawful posession of a controlled substance
Health And Medical Services - Unlawful possession of a controlled substance on hospital property, Class D felony
Corrections Impact - Hospitals, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, Class D felony

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02/19/26
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)
02/26/26
  • to Judiciary (H)


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