Kentucky House Bill 422
Session 2026RS
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Active
Passed House on Feb 24, 2026
Sponsors
68 Sponsors
First Action
Jan 16, 2026
Latest Action
Feb 25, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
422
State
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
checkPassed on February 24, 2026
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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.
Proposed House Committee Substitute 1
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02/25/2026
Senate
to Committee on Committees (S)
02/25/2026
Senate
received in Senate
02/24/2026
House
3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1)
02/23/2026
House
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
02/19/2026
House
2nd reading, to Rules
02/18/2026
House
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
01/27/2026
House
to Judiciary (H)
01/16/2026
House
to Committee on Committees (H)
01/16/2026
House
introduced in House
Sources
KY Legislature
Record Created
Jan 16, 2026 8:40:11 PM
Record Updated
Feb 26, 2026 12:52:39 AM