AN ACT relating to orders of protection.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to define specified felony offenses that are a "qualifying offense"; allow lifetime orders of protection for victims of qualifying offenses; allow a court to vacate a lifetime order of protection if the conviction for the qualifying offense is expunged.

Introduced: February 5, 2025

Last action: February 7, 2025

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This bill would create a new category of serious felony offenses called "qualifying offenses" and allow courts to issue lifetime orders of protection for victims of those crimes. Currently, orders of protection have limited durations, so this change would give certain victims longer-term legal protection. If a conviction for a qualifying offense is later expunged, a court would have the ability to end the lifetime order. Who it may affect: victims of serious felony offenses and individuals convicted of those offenses.

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