Kentucky House Bill 400 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-19 - to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 508 to create the new crimes of strangulation in the first degree as a Class C felony, and strangulation in the second degree as a Class D felony; amend KRS 403.720 to include strangulation in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.010 to include strangulation in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRS 15.334, 15.440, 15.718, 21A.170, 30A.015, 194A.540, 194A.545, and 194A.550 to mandate training on screening and forensic evidence collection in strangulation cases.

AN ACT relating to strangulation.

Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]

Rep. Terri Branham Clark [D]

Rep. Maria Sorolis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-19	House	to Judiciary (H)
2019-02-15	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb400.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb400/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/hb400/CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/hb400/LM.pdf