KentuckyAN ACT relating to public safety.
What it does
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 3signed by Governor Andy Beshear (Acts Ch. 28)Became Law
- Mar 26delivered to Governor
- Mar 26enrolled, signed by President of the SenateTo Governor
- Mar 26enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Mar 26received in House
- Mar 253rd reading, passed 38-0Passed Senate
- Vote recorded CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 188. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 24posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026
- Mar 202nd reading, to Rules as a consent billMinor
- Mar 19reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent CalendarMinor
- Mar 16to Judiciary (S)Minor
- Feb 6to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Feb 6received in Senate
- Feb 53rd reading, passed 97-0 with Floor Amendment (1)Passed House
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 05 2026
- Feb 3floor amendment (1) filedMinor
- Jan 292nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Jan 28reported favorably, 1st reading, to CalendarMinor
- Jan 14to Judiciary (H)Minor
- Jan 7to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Jan 7introduced in HouseIntroduced