Kentucky Legislation

The 2012 Legislative Session convened on January 3.  Below are just a few bills pertaining to women that KCW is monitoring during the 2012 session.

SB 4: Amend KRS 403.720 to include persons in dating relationships within the coverage of Kentucky's domestic violence laws.

SB 44: Amend KRS 403.720 to include persons in dating relationships within the coverage of Kentucky's domestic violence laws.

SB 103: Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty.

HB 163: Amend KRS 411.130 relating to wrongful death actions to cover the deaths of unborn children from fertilization onward; amend KRS 411.135 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to exempt physicians and pregnant women from liability under certain circumstances.

HB 164: Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to regulate abortions in relation to the detection of a fetal heartbeat; amend KRS 311.597 to provide for professional physician discipline relative to abortions performed in violation in section 1 of the bill; amend KRS 311.720 to define terms.

HB 186: Amend KRS 403.720, relating to domestic violence orders, to include dating partners who are 18 years of age or older among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders.

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