AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Rules of Evidence. Establish a new Kentucky Rule of Evidence to provide a hearsay exception for an out-of-court statement made by a child with a physical, mental, emotional, or developmental age of 12 years or less at the time of trial or hearing describing any sexual act performed by, with, or on the child or describing any act of physical violence directed against the child.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Signed into Law
Apr 2018
Introduced Feb 8, 2018
Signed Apr 10, 2018
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3
Committee
4
Apr 10, 2018
Signed into law
Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 116)
upper
Mar 22, 2018
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably, to Rules
upper
Mar 19, 2018
Upper · Passed
Posted in committee
upper
Mar 16, 2018
Committee
To Judiciary (H)
lower
Feb 9, 2018
Committee
To Judiciary (S)
upper
Feb 8, 2018
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Introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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