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AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 16, 2026

Latest action (Apr 2, 2026) signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14)

Summary

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.

Sponsors (68)

Action history (25)

  1. Jan 16, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Jan 16, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Jan 27, 2026 to Judiciary (H) · lower
  4. Feb 18, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  5. Feb 19, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  6. Feb 23, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026 · lower
  7. Feb 24, 2026 3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  8. Feb 25, 2026 received in Senate · upper
  9. Feb 25, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  10. Mar 24, 2026 to Judiciary (S) · upper
  11. Mar 26, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  12. Mar 26, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute · lower
  13. Mar 27, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill · lower
  14. Mar 27, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026 · lower
  15. Mar 31, 2026 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
  16. Mar 31, 2026 received in House · lower
  17. Mar 31, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
  18. Mar 31, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
  19. Apr 1, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate · upper
  20. Apr 1, 2026 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) · lower
  21. Apr 1, 2026 passed 87-3 · lower
  22. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House · lower
  23. Apr 1, 2026 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate · upper
  24. Apr 1, 2026 delivered to Governor · lower
  25. Apr 2, 2026 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14) · lower
Subjects
Corrections And Correctional Facilities, StateCorrections ImpactCrimes And PunishmentsCriminal ProcedureMental HealthProbation And ParolePublic SafetyReports MandatedShort Titles And Popular Names

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