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KY HB 399

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to sexual offenses against children.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Amend KRS 510.040, 510.070, and 510.110 to provide that rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree shall be capital offenses when the victim is under 12 years old; amend KRS 532.025 to conform.

Introduced
2026-01-15
Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-23 — to Judiciary (H)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • T. Robertsprimary
  • J. Hodgsonprimary
  • J. Callowayprimary
  • C. Massaroniprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-15

    introduced in House

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-15

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-23

    to Judiciary (H)

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb399.html

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:24.357326Z

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