Kentucky Senate Bill 379 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-07 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 532.080 to define "violent act against a person"; provide that a jury may fix an enhanced term of imprisonment when they find a defendant to be a persistent felony offender; remove the condition that an offender completed service of the sentence they were imposed within five years prior to the date of the felony that he or she now stands convicted; allow a person who is found to be a persistent felony offender in the first degree who is presently convicted of a Class A, B, or C felony to be eligible for parole if the offense was not violent or a sex crime; prohibit the conviction of possession of a controlled substance in the first degree as a prior felony; amend KRS 439.3405 to conform; RETROACTIVE.

AN ACT relating to persistent felony offenders.

Sen. Brandon Storm [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-07	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2022-03-03	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-03-03	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb379.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb379/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/sb379/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/sb379/CI.pdf