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AN ACT relating to promoting contraband. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 520.050 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) A person is guilty of promoting contraband in the first degree when: 4
(a) He or she knowingly introduces dangerous contraband into a detention 5
facility or a penitentiary; or 6
(b) Being a person confined in a detention facility or a penitentiary, he or she 7
knowingly makes, obtains, or possesses dangerous contraband. 8
(2) Promoting contraband in the first degree is a Class D felony, unless the dangerous 9
contraband is fentanyl, carfentanil, or fentanyl derivatives, in which case it is a 10
Class B felony. 11
Section 2. KRS 439.3401 is amended to read as follows: 12
(1) As used in this section, "violent offender" means any person who has been 13
convicted of or pled guilty to the commission of: 14
(a) A capital offense; 15
(b) A Class A felony; 16
(c) A Class B felony involving the death of the victim or serious physical injury 17
to a victim; 18
(d) An offense described in KRS 507.040 or 507.050 where the offense involves 19
the killing of a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services 20
personnel while the peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services 21
personnel was acting in the line of duty; 22
(e) A Class B felony involving criminal attempt to commit murder under KRS 23
506.010 if the victim of the offense is a clearly identifiable peace officer, 24
firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel acting in the line of duty, 25
regardless of whether an injury results; 26
(f) The commission or attempted commission of a felony sexual offense 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 1522
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described in KRS Chapter 510; 1
(g) Use of a minor in a sexual performance as described in KRS 531.310; 2
(h) Promoting a sexual performance by a minor as described in KRS 531.320; 3
(i) Unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree as described in KRS 4
530.064(1)(a); 5
(j) Human trafficking under KRS 529.100 involving commercial sexual activity 6
where the victim is a minor; 7
(k) Criminal abuse in the first degree as described in KRS 508.100; 8
(l) Burglary in the first degree accompanied by the commission or attempted 9
commission of an assault described in KRS 508.010, 508.020, 508.032, or 10
508.060; 11
(m) Burglary in the first degree accompanied by commission or attempted 12
commission of kidnapping as prohibited by KRS 509.040; 13
(n) Robbery in the first degree;[ or] 14
(o) Incest as described in KRS 530.020(2)(b) or (c); or 15
(p) A Class B felony violation of promoting contraband in the first degree as 16
described in Section 1 of this Act. 17
The court shall designate in its judgment if the victim suffered death or serious 18
physical injury. 19
(2) A violent offender who has been convicted of a capital offense and who has 20
received a life sentence (and has not been sentenced to twenty-five (25) years 21
without parole or imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole), or a 22
Class A felony and receives a life sentence, or to death and his or her sentence is 23
commuted to a life sentence shall not be released on probation or parole until he or 24
she has served at least twenty (20) years in the penitentiary. Violent offenders may 25
have a greater minimum parole eligibility date than other offenders who receive 26
longer sentences, including a sentence of life imprisonment. 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 1522
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(3) (a) A violent offender who has been convicted of a capital offense or Class A 1
felony with a sentence of a term of years or Class B felony shall not be 2
released on probation or parole until he or she has served at least eighty-five 3
percent (85%) of the sentence imposed. 4
(b) A violent offender who has been convicted of a violation of KRS 507.040 5
where the victim of the offense was clearly identifiable as a peace officer, a 6
firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel, and the victim was 7
acting in the line of duty shall not be released on probation or parole until he 8
or she has served at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the sentence imposed. 9
(c) A violent offender who has been convicted of a violation of KRS 507.040 or 10
507.050 where the victim of the offense was a peace officer, a firefighter, or 11
emergency medical services personnel, and the victim was acting in the line 12
of duty shall not be released on probation or parole until he or she has served 13
at least fifty percent (50%) of the sentence imposed. 14
(d) Any offender who has been convicted of a homicide or fetal homicide offense 15
under KRS Chapter 507 or 507A in which the victim of the offense died as 16
the result of an overdose of a Schedule I controlled substance and who is not 17
otherwise subject to paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection shall not be 18
released on probation, shock probation, parole, conditional discharge, or other 19
form of early release until he or she has served at least fifty percent (50%) of 20
the sentence imposed. 21
(4) A violent offender shall not be awarded any credit on his or her sentence authorized 22
by KRS 197.045(1)(b)1. In no event shall a violent offender be given credit on his 23
or her sentence if the credit reduces the term of imprisonment to less than eighty-24
five percent (85%) of the sentence. 25
(5) This section shall not apply to a person who has been determined by a court to have 26
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to the offenses involving the death of the victim or serious physical injury to the 1
victim. The provisions of this subsection shall not extend to rape in the first degree 2
or sodomy in the first degree by the defendant. 3
(6) This section shall apply only to those persons who commit offenses after July 15, 4
1998. 5
(7) For offenses committed prior to July 15, 1998, the version of this statute in effect 6
immediately prior to that date shall continue to apply. 7
(8) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section extending the definition of "violent 8
offender" to persons convicted of or pleading guilty to robbery in the first degree 9
shall apply only to persons whose crime was committed after July 15, 2002. 10