Kentucky Senate Bill 283 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-25 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 455 to limit circumstances in which a warrant may be issued authorizing entry without notice; require creation of a warrant application form; require reporting of data on warrants authorizing entry without notice; require 10-second pause after announcing the presence of law enforcement officers prior to entering premises to serve a warrant; require use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officers serving warrants; create processes for enforcement; allow disciplinary actions for noncompliance; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require officers to activate body-worn cameras when engaged in law enforcement activity; establish rebuttable presumptions in investigative or legal proceedings regarding unrecorded conduct or statements; amend KRS 61.168 to provide for release of recordings in specific circumstances and allow waiver of privacy concerns; create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to allow suits against state and local government law enforcement officers and prosecutors and limit defenses; amend KRS 15.420 to define "deadly incident"; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to create policies requiring mandatory drug and alcohol testing for officers involved in a deadly incident; amend various sections to conform; provide that Sections 1 to 7 shall be known as "Breonna's Law; propose a rule of evidence making inadmissible any evidence collected as the result of a warrant authorizing entry without notice which did not comply with statutes or which was obtained through perjury or false statements; create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to create a method for law enforcement agencies to request disciplinary records from other agencies where the applicant has previously been employed; require applicants to consent to disclosure of prior records; require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to administer the program and develop forms; amend KRS 503.010 to create a definition for carotid restraint; amend KRS 503.090 to establish when a peace officer may use a carotid restraint in the course of his or her duties; amend KRS 15.334 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to approve de-esclation training courses and courses in serving warrants safely for students attending law enforcement basic training;

AN ACT relating to public protection.

Sen. Gerald Neal [D]

Sen. Morgan McGarvey [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-25	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2021-02-23	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-02-23	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb283.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb283/orig_bill.pdf