Kentucky House Bill 5
Session 2024RS
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Became Law
Became Law on Apr 12, 2024
Sponsors
49 Sponsors
Jared Bauman
Shane Baker
Danny Bentley
John Blanton
Kevin D. Bratcher
Steve Bratcher
Emily Callaway
Mike Clines
Jennifer Henson Decker
Stephanie Dietz
Myron Dossett
Ryan Dotson
Robert Duvall
Daniel Fister
Patrick Flannery
Ken Fleming
Chris Freeland
Chris Fugate
Jim Gooch Jr.
David Hale
Richard Heath
John Hodgson
Thomas Huff
Mary Beth Imes
Kevin Jackson
DJ Johnson
Jacob Justice
Kim King
Scott Lewis
Matt Lockett
Shawn McPherson
Amy Neighbors
Jason Nemes
David Osborne
Michael Sarge Pollock
Phillip Pratt
Steve Rawlings
Rebecca Raymer
Steve Riley
Scott Sharp
Nancy Tate
Walker Thomas
James Tipton
Timmy Truett
Bill Wesley
Richard White
Wade Williams
Nick Wilson
Susan Witten
First Action
Jan 9, 2024
Latest Action
Apr 12, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
5
State
Kentucky
Session
2024RS
Motion Text
Veto Override HB 5
House Roll Call Votes
Yes
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Didn't Vote
Yes
Meredith
Yes
Nemes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Smith
Yes
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Thomas
No
Williams
Yes
Wilson
Yes
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is stolen, defaced, loaded with restricted ammunition, or otherwise violates state law; amend KRS 610.070 to require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian to be present at court proceedings involving a child in the juvenile justice system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish penalty; amend KRS 507.020 to expand offense of murder; amend KRS 507.030 to expand offense of manslaughter in the first degree; amend KRS 507.040 to expand offense of manslaughter in the second degree; amend KRS 218A.1412 to provide increased penalties for certain trafficking offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 515 to create a new offense of carjacking; amend KRS 512.020 and 512.030 to lower the threshold for criminal mischief in the first degree to $500; amend KRS 149.410, 506.160, and 525.220 to conform; amend KRS 520.050 to enhance promoting contraband to a Class B felony if the dangerous contraband is fentanyl, carfentanil, or a fentanyl derivative; amend KRS 16.220 to allow purchase of a confiscated firearm by a person who bids under the condition that they not take possession of the firearm, but instead leave it with the Department of Kentucky State Police for destruction; prohibit government agencies from purchasing the firearm; make technical corrections; create new sections of KRS Chapters 511, 198A, and 65 to establish the offense of criminal street camping and provide exceptions; amend KRS 503.080 to conform; amend KRS 202C.050 to reduce requirements to find a person subject to involuntary commitment pursuant to KRS Chapter 202C; amend KRS 186.417 to include felony offenders released from county jails and local correctional facilities among those who may be issued personal identification cards or operator's licenses under certain conditions; amend KRS 431.510 to define terms; prohibit any charitable bail organization from posting bail in excess of $5,000; prohibit any charitable bail organization from posting bail for any offense of domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse, and for any offense under a civil court order or warrant under KRS 222.430 to 222.437; establish that any bond ordered forfeited following a new criminal offense shall be distributed to the victim of the new offense; require publication of records and annual reporting to the General Assembly; create new section of KRS Chapter 507 to create the offense of murder of a first responder and establish penalties; amend KRS 506.010 to conform; amend KRS 532.025 to include the murder of first responders as an aggravating circumstance for the death penalty; amend KRS 532.036 to allow restitution following a conviction for Murder of a first responder; amend KRS 439.320 to provide that members of the Parole Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, that panels of the board shall consist of not less than three and not more than six members, and that all members of the panel must agree on a decision or the matter shall be referred to the full board; amend KRS 439.330 to require that parole be granted upon a two-thirds vote of the full board; amend KRS 433.236 to limit liability for shopkeepers; amend KRS 439.3401 to add a person who has been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty to a Class B felony violation of KRS 520.050 to the definition of "violent offender" and to include carjacking and attempted murder in the list of violent offenses; amend KRS 508.075 and 508.078, relating to terroristic threatening, to include any workplace or any gathering of 3 or more persons; amend KRS 524.040 to include harassing communications as conduct constituting intimidation of a participant in the legal process; amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to order participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of parole; amend KRS 533.030 to allow a court to require participationin a specific violence reduction program as a condition of probation or conditional discharge; amend KRS 403.763 and 456.180 to enhance a second or subsequent violation of an order of protection within a five-year period to a Class D felony; amend KRS 500.080 to include family members, members of an unmarried couple, and persons in a dating relationship, in application of a particular definition of serious physical injury; amend KRS 514.020 to reduce the time required to establish prima facie evidence of theft by deception of rented or leased property that is not returned to the owner from 10 days to four days; amend KRS 196.031 to require the annual report to also include the percentage of offenders who commit new offenses within two years; amend KRS 520.095 to enhance fleeing or evading police in the first degree to a Class C felony; provide that the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least 50 percent of the sentence imposed; amend KRS 520.100 to enhance fleeing or evading police in the second degree to a Class D felony; amend KRS 532.110 to provide sentences for two or more felony sex crimes shall run consecutively; provide that the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least 50 percent of the sentence imposed; amend KRS 158.155 to require school employees to report certain enumerated crimes to law enforcement; repeal KRS 512.040, which establishes the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree and KRS 158.154, which deals with discipline in schools; EFFECTIVE, in part, August 1, 2025.
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Proposed Senate Committee Substitute 1
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04/12/2024
House
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174)
04/12/2024
Senate
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
04/12/2024
House
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
04/12/2024
House
received in House
04/12/2024
House
passed 27-10
04/12/2024
House
veto overridden
04/12/2024
House
posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
04/12/2024
Senate
to Rules (S)
04/12/2024
Senate
received in Senate
04/12/2024
House
passed 73-22
04/12/2024
House
veto overridden
04/12/2024
House
posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
04/12/2024
House
taken from Rules
04/12/2024
House
to Rules (H)
04/12/2024
House
received in House
04/09/2024
House
Vetoed
03/28/2024
House
delivered to Governor
03/28/2024
Senate
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
03/28/2024
House
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
03/28/2024
House
passed 75-23 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/28/2024
House
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
03/25/2024
House
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
03/21/2024
House
to Rules (H)
03/21/2024
House
received in House
03/15/2024
House
passed 27-9 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/15/2024
House
floor amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) and (5) withdrawn
03/15/2024
House
3rd reading
03/14/2024
House
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024
03/14/2024
House
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
03/13/2024
Senate
returned to Judiciary (S)
03/13/2024
House
1st reading
03/13/2024
Senate
taken from Judiciary (S)
02/07/2024
Senate
to Judiciary (S)
01/26/2024
Senate
to Committee on Committees (S)
01/26/2024
Senate
received in Senate
01/25/2024
House
passed 74-22 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (27)
01/25/2024
House
floor amendments (3), (5) and (7) defeated
01/25/2024
House
3rd reading
01/24/2024
House
floor amendment (27) filed to Committee Substitute
01/23/2024
House
floor amendments (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25) and (26) filed to Committee Substitute
01/22/2024
House
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 23, 2024
01/22/2024
House
floor amendments (5), (7), (9) and (11) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (6), (8), (10) and (12-title) filed to bill
01/22/2024
House
2nd reading, to Rules
01/19/2024
House
floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
01/19/2024
House
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
01/18/2024
House
to Judiciary (H)
01/18/2024
House
floor amendments (1) and (2) filed
01/09/2024
House
to Committee on Committees (H)
01/09/2024
House
introduced in House
Sources
KY Legislature
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Record Created
Jan 10, 2024 12:34:19 AM
Record Updated
Jul 10, 2024 1:05:22 PM