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This bill amends Kentucky law to expand the definition of criminal trespass, particularly in workplaces, and increases penalties for repeat offenses. Specifically, it defines "threatening behavior" as intentionally causing someone to fear imminent physical injury and "workplace" as any property where an employer conducts business and employees perform duties. The bill makes it a crime to knowingly enter or remain in a workplace while engaging in disruptive or threatening behavior, even if notice against trespass was only given verbally or in writing by an authorized person, not just through physical barriers like fencing. Furthermore, it establishes that a second or subsequent offense of criminal trespass in the second degree within three years will be a Class A misdemeanor, a more serious offense, and a second or subsequent offense of criminal trespass in the third degree within three years will be a Class B misdemeanor.

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https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb306.html