Bill > HB400

This bill amends Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 519.070 to expand the existing law regarding tampering with prisoner monitoring devices. Currently, the law prohibits intentionally altering, disabling, removing, or destroying electronic monitoring devices used for probation, parole, or pretrial release monitoring. The proposed amendment adds a new provision that also makes it a criminal offense to intentionally tamper with video recording or video monitoring devices within a correctional facility. The act of tampering with such devices would remain classified as a Class D felony, which in Kentucky typically carries a potential prison sentence of 1-5 years. The bill aims to strengthen protections around electronic monitoring and surveillance equipment used in the criminal justice system, specifically protecting the integrity of monitoring devices in correctional settings by creating legal consequences for anyone who intentionally interferes with these devices.

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https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb400.html