KY HB435 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-31 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 31 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-31 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 218A.133 to provide that a person who seeks or renders aid to someone experiencing a possible drug overdose or is the person experiencing a possible drug overdose cannot be arrested on a warrant or be subject to revocation of his or her conditions of release if the evidence for the arrest or motion to revoke is obtained as a result of the need for aid for the possible drug overdose; establish that the immunity extends from the time law enforcement or medical personnel respond at the location of a possible overdose until law enforcement or medical personnel leave the scene; exclude certain offenses from immunity; require the Office of Drug Control Policy to conduct an overdose good samaritan education and awareness campaign; appropriate funds in the amount of $500,000 from the opioid abatement trust fund to support the campaign; APPROPRIATION.
Title
AN ACT relating to overdose good samaritans and making an appropriation therefor.
Sponsors
Rep. Keturah Herron [D] | Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D] | Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D] | Rep. Josie Raymond [D] |
Rep. Rachel Roberts [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2024-01-31 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
2024-01-31 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Appropriations
Attorney General
Budget and Financial Administration
Crimes and Punishments
Criminal Procedure
Opioids
Probation and Parole
Substance Abuse
Attorney General
Budget and Financial Administration
Crimes and Punishments
Criminal Procedure
Opioids
Probation and Parole
Substance Abuse
Kentucky State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb435.html |
Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb435/orig_bill.pdf |