Kentucky Senate Bill 13

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-01 - to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Pending: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establish KRS Chapter 202D and create new sections thereof relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders; provide limitations on interpretation of the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue orders when a respondent presents an immediate and present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, service of process, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for additional proceedings; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties for violations; allow for recognition and enforcement of foreign orders; amend KRS 431.076 to conform.

AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield [R]	Sen. David Yates [D]	Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong [D]	Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]
Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-01	Senate	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2024-01-25	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2024-01-25	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb13.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb13/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/sb13/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/sb13/CI.pdf