Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State, Corrections Impact, Counties, Crime Victims, Crimes And Punishments, Health And Medical Services, Jails And Jailers, Local Government, Local Mandate, Mental Health, Occupational Safety And Health
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-07 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a healthcare provider in a jail, penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility; amend KRS 65.1591 to add jailers, deputy jailers, and correctional officers employed by a local detention center, local correctional facility, or regional jail to the list of public safety employees eligible to participate in a peer support counseling program.
Sponsors
- K. Jackson (primary), primary
- R. Duvall (primary), primary
- D. Elliott (primary), primary
- D. Hale (primary), primary
- J. Hodgson (primary), primary
- S. Lewis (primary), primary
- S. McPherson (primary), primary
- M. Meredith (primary), primary
- K. Moser (primary), primary
- S. Riley (primary), primary
- W. Williams (primary), primary