Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB97 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version

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AN ACT relating to sex crimes. 1 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 
SECTION 1.   A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 510 IS CREATED TO 3 
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4 
(1) A person is guilty of traveling into the Commonwealth to commit a sexual offense 5 
when he or she knowingly travels into the Commonwealth with the intent to 6 
violate KRS 510.040, 510.050, 510.060, 510.070, 510.080, 510.090, or 510.110, 7 
KRS 529.100 where that offense involves commercial sexual activity, KRS 8 
530.064(1)(a), or any felony offense in KRS Chapter 531. 9 
(2) (a) No person shall be convicted of this offense and an offense specified in KRS 10 
506.010, 506.030, 506.040, or 506.080 for a single course of conduct 11 
intended to consummate in the commission of the same offense with the 12 
same victim. 13 
(b) This section is intended to be a separate offense from others listed in 14 
subsection (1) of this section, and shall be punished in addition to a 15 
violation of the offenses listed in subsection (1) of this section during the 16 
same course of conduct. 17 
(3) Traveling into the Commonwealth to commit a sexual offense is punishable at the 18 
same felony classification level as the underlying offense regardless if the 19 
underlying offense is committed. 20