KY HB269 | 2014 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-10 - posted in committee
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create 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 considering whether a person has committed a substantial violation of a domestic violence order.

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Title

AN ACT relating to strangulation.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2014-02-10Houseposted in committee
2014-01-29Houseto Judiciary (H)
2014-01-28Houseintroduced in House

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