HB399

AN ACT relating to sexual offenses against children.

Introduced·1/15/26
Bill Text

Kentucky HB399 amends laws on sexual offenses against children, including rape, sodomy, and sexual abuse.

Kentucky HB399 modifies the state's criminal code to address various sexual offenses against children. It specifies that rape in the first degree involves sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion or with a person incapable of consent, such as a physically helpless individual or a child under twelve years old. Sodomy in the first degree involves deviate sexual intercourse under similar conditions. Sexual abuse in the first degree includes subjecting another person to sexual contact by forcible compulsion or with a person incapable of consent.

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History

Jan 23

House

to Judiciary (H)

Jan 15

House

introduced in House

Jan 15

House

to Committee on Committees (H)