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Kentucky bills · 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky HB 671

AN ACT relating to the protection of elected officials.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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No sponsor recorded.

Summary

Official abstract published by the Kentucky legislature· Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to define "statewide-elected official"; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to investigate a credible threat to kill or seriously injure a statewide-elected official; require the department to make an assessment of the threat after conducting an investigation; require the department, after making a determination that a threat is a viable threat, to identify ways to mitigate or eliminate the threat.

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No recorded votes on this bill.

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