HB 422: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 65

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. April 2, 2026signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14)
2. April 1, 2026delivered to Governor
3. April 1, 2026enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
4. April 1, 2026enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
5. April 1, 2026passed 87-3
6. April 1, 2026House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
7. April 1, 2026posted for passage for concurrence in Senate
8. March 31, 2026posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
9. March 31, 2026to Rules (H)
10. March 31, 2026received in House
11. March 31, 20263rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
12. March 27, 2026posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026

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