Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Civil Actions, Civil Procedure, Corrections Impact, Crimes And Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Local Mandate
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-02-09 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 503 to provide a justification for the use of physical force or deadly physical force by a defendant operating a motor vehicle while fleeing the immediate area of an obstruction of a highway or public passage; amend KRS 525.015 to expand the elements of obstructing an emergency responder; provide enhanced penalties; allow restitution to an agency for the reasonable costs of an emergency response; amend KRS 525.140 to expand the elements of obstructing a highway or other public passage; provide enhanced penalties; allow restitution to an agency for the reasonable costs of an emergency response; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for recovery of damages caused by obstructing an emergency responder or obstruction of a highway or other public passage; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a 1-year statute of limitation for the cause of action for recovery of damages caused by obstructing an emergency responder or obstruction of a highway or other public passage; amend KRS 503.085 to conform.
Sponsors
- E. Callaway (primary), primary
- J. Nemes (primary), primary
- J. Decker (primary), primary
- S. Doan (primary), primary
- K. Fleming (primary), primary
- M. Hart (primary), primary
- J. Hodgson (primary), primary
- T. Huff (primary), primary
- DJ Johnson (primary), primary
- C. Lewis (primary), primary
- M. Lockett (primary), primary
- T. Roberts (primary), primary
- S. Sharp (primary), primary