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February 23, 2021
Somerset Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Legislation addressing sexual offenses committed by police officers while on duty passed the Kentucky Senate Monday by a 35-0 vote.

The measure, known as Senate Bill 52, would amend third-degree rape, third-degree sodomy and second-degree sexual abuse statutes so law enforcement officers could be charged with those crimes if they engage in sexual acts with a person under investigation, in custody or under arrest. A loophole in the current statutes excludes law enforcement officials, according to testimony from a committee hearing on the bill earlier

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Convicted sex offenders wouldn’t be allowed to live near schools or daycare centers underlegislation that passed the House on Tuesday. The bill bars convicted sex offenders from livingwithin 1,000 feet of any school or daycare center and also requires sex offenders to update theirphotographs and personal information every two years. It requires all sex offenders to remain onthe state’s registry for 20 years. Under current law, some are removed from the registry after 10years.

(Frankfort, Kentucky)