Bill > HB422

Introduced Session

Amend KRS 439.3401 to provide that a violent offender who has received a life sentence and has not been sentenced to 35 years without probation or parole or imprisonment for life without the benefit of probation or parole shall not be released on probation or parole until he or she has served at least 30 years; amend KRS 439.3406 to prohibit a person who has been convicted of a Class B felony or a person who is a violent offender who has been unanimously denied discretionary parole from qualifying for mandatory reentry supervisions; provide that the Department of Corrections shall provide an annual report on the results of the mandatory reentry supervision program to the Legislative Research Commission by February 1 of each year; amend KRS 504.150 to require a treating professional for a defendant who has received a sentence of guilty but mentally ill to file a petition for involuntary hospitalization under KRS Chapter 202A or 202B; amend KRS 532.025 to provide that if a defendant has been found guilty of intentional murder, the jury or court does not have to find any aggravating circumstance to sentence a defendant to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole or imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole for 35 years; amend KRS 532.030 to enhance the sentence of imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole for 25 years to 35 years; amend KRS 532.110 to provide that sentences of a defendant convicted of 2 or more capital offenses, Class A felonies, Class B felonies, or a combination of those offenses or 2 or more violent offenses involving 2 or more victims shall run consecutively; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 504.020 and 504.030; provide that the Act may be cited as Logan's Law.

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Dan Fister (R)*,  Chad Aull (D),  Shane Baker (R),  Kim Banta (R),  Jared Bauman (R),  Ryan Bivens (R),  John Blanton (R),  Adam Bowling (R),  Josh Branscum (R),  Steve Bratcher (R),  George Brown (D),  Emily Callaway (R),  Josh Calloway (R),  Jennifer Decker (R),  Stephanie Dietz (R),  Ryan Dotson (R),  Robert Duvall (R),  Daniel Elliott (R),  Patrick Flannery (R),  Ken Fleming (R),  Deanna Frazier Gordon (R),  Chris Freeland (R),  Chris Fugate (R),  Jim Gooch (R),  Peyton Griffee (R),  Daniel Grossberg (D),  Vanessa Grossl (R),  David Hale (R),  Mark Hart (R),  John Hodgson (R),  Kimberly Holloway (R),  Thomas Huff (R),  Mary Beth Imes (R),  Kevin Jackson (R),  D.J. Johnson (R),  Kim King (R),  Matt Koch (R),  Chris Lewis (R),  Derek Lewis (R),  Scott Lewis (R),  Matt Lockett (R),  Candy Massaroni (R),  Bobby McCool (R),  Shawn McPherson (R),  David Meade (R),  Kim Moser (R),  Amy Neighbors (R),  Jason Nemes (R),  David Osborne (R),  J.T. Payne (R),  Sarge Pollock (R),  Marianne Proctor (R),  Rebecca Raymer (R),  Steve Riley (R),  T.J. Roberts (R),  Scott Sharp (R),  Tom Smith (R),  Nancy Tate (R),  Walker Thomas (R),  Aaron Thompson (R),  James Tipton (R),  Timmy Truett (R),  Bill Wesley (R),  Mitchum Whitaker (R),  Richard White (R),  Wade Williams (R),  Nick Wilson (R),  Susan Witten (R), 

3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1) (on 02/24/2026)

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