AN ACT relating to assault in the third degree.

This bill would expand the definition of third-degree assault in Kentucky to cover causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a judge or justice serving on the Court of Justice. Currently, that specific protection does not appear in the third-degree assault statute, and this change would add it. This means physically harming or attempting to harm a Kentucky judge could be charged under this expanded assault classification. Who it may affect: judges and justices serving on Kentucky's Court of Justice.

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