KY SB30 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-05 - returned to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to establish the crime of strangulation as a Class A misdemeanor unless certain aggravating circumstances are present, in which case it would be a class D felony; amend KRS 403.761 to include the offense of strangulation as one of the offenses considered by a court when determining whether a person has committed a substantial violation of a domestic violence order.

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Title

AN ACT relating to strangulation.

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-02-05Senatereturned to Judiciary (S)
2015-02-05Senate1st reading
2015-02-05Senatetaken from Judiciary (S)
2015-02-03Senateto Judiciary (S)
2015-01-06Senateintroduced in Senate

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