KY SB225 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 21 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-03 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 21 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-03 - 2nd reading, to Rules
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 532.080 to define "violent act against a person"; provide that a jury may fix an enhanced term of imprisonment when they find a defendant to be a persistent felony offender; remove the condition that an offender completed service of the sentence they were imposed within five years prior to the date of the felony that he or she now stands convicted; allow a person who is found to be a persistent felony offender in the first degree who is presently convicted of a Class A, B, or C felony to be eligible for parole if the offense was not violent or a sex crime; prohibit the conviction of possession of a controlled substance in the first degree as a prior felony; amend KRS 439.3405 to conform; RETROACTIVE.
Title
AN ACT relating to persistent felony offenders.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-03 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2023-03-02 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2023-02-23 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2023-02-21 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2023-02-21 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
