AN ACT relating to criminal procedure.

Amend KRS 431.073 and 431.078 to provide for expungement of offenses which were charged but later dismissed or amended; make technical corrections; amend KRS 532.080 to state that the enhancement of a sentence as a persistent felony offender does not alter the felony classification of offenses.

Introduced: January 6, 2026

Last action: January 13, 2026

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This bill makes changes to Kentucky's expungement laws, allowing people to clear certain offenses from their records if those charges were dismissed or later changed. It also clarifies that when someone receives a harsher sentence because of a prior felony record, that enhancement does not change the original classification of the offense itself. Who it may affect: Kentuckians with prior criminal charges that were dismissed or amended, and those sentenced under persistent felony offender laws.

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