House
Signed By Governor
2026 Regular Session
HB188
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Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a healthcare provider in a jail, penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility; amend KRS 65.1591 to add jailers, deputy jailers, and correctional officers employed by a local detention center, local correctional facility, or regional jail to the list of public safety employees eligible to participate in a peer support counseling program.
Corrections and Correctional Facilities, StateCountiesCrime VictimsCrimes and PunishmentsHealth and Medical ServicesJails and JailersLocal GovernmentMental HealthOccupational Safety and HealthCorrections ImpactLocal Mandate
Introduced: January 7, 2026
Last action: April 3, 2026
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 28)
Legislative History
Jan 7, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Jan 7, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Jan 14, 2026 · House
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 28, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Jan 29, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 3, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment (1) Filed (clerical)
Feb 4, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Thursday, February 05 2026 (clerical)
Feb 5, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 97-0 With Floor Amendment (1) (clerical)
Primary Sponsor
kevin.jackson@kylegislature.gov
Co-sponsors (10)
robert.duvall@kylegislature.gov
Daniel.Elliott@kylegislature.gov
David.Hale@kylegislature.gov
john.hodgson@kylegislature.gov
Scott.Lewis@kylegislature.gov
Shawn.McPherson@kylegislature.gov
Michael.Meredith@kylegislature.gov
Kimberly.Moser@kylegislature.gov
Steve.Riley@kylegislature.gov
wade.williams@kylegislature.gov
Roll calls
February 5, 2026
House: 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
Yea: 97
Nay: 0
