Kentucky House Bill 47 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 19 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-26 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 500.050 to remove the five-year statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors and allow prosecution to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 413.249 to remove the ten-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse and allow a suit to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption and make any person who intentionally fails to report guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 620.050, relating to the reporting of child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Lynn Bechler [R]

Rep. Jerry Miller [R]

2020-03-19 - House - House: For Consent RCS# 286 (Y: 83 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 16) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-26	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2020-03-19	Senate	received in Senate
2020-03-19	House	3rd reading, passed 83-1 with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-03-18	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
2020-03-12	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-11	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-01-10	House	posted in committee
2020-01-07	House	to Judiciary (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-09-09	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb47.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb47/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb47/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/hb47/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/hb47/CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/hb47/HCS1LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/20RS/hb47/HCS1CI.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb47/vote_history.pdf