· KY legislature · 2026RS

AN ACT relating to alternative sentences.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to define terms; require the court, upon conviction of the defendant, to consider the defendant's status as a caretaker of a dependent child; provide that a court's determination of a defendant's status as a caretaker of a dependent child shall not be admissible as evidence or…

Sponsor

Jared Bauman (R-KY)

Introduced

2026-01-21

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

to Judiciary (H)