· KY legislature · 2026RS

AN ACT relating to sexual offenses against children.

Amend KRS 510.040, 510.070, and 510.110 to provide that rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree shall be capital offenses when the victim is under 12 years old; amend KRS 532.025 to conform.

Sponsor

Candy Massaroni (R-KY)

Introduced

2026-01-15

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

to Judiciary (H)