HB207: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Legislative Summary

Amends KRS 17.500 to include distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in the definition of “sex crime”; amends KRS 531.010 to define “child sex doll,” “computer,” “computer-generated image,” and “identifiable person”; creates a new section of KRS 531.300 to 531.370 to provide that in a prosecution where the offense involves material portraying a computer-generated image of a minor, the Commonwealth shall not be required to prove the actual identity or age of the computer-generated minor, or that the minor exists; creates new sections of KRS 531.310 to 531.370 to prohibit the possession, trafficking, importing, and promoting the use of a child sex doll; amends KRS 531.320, 531.335, 531.340, 531.350, and 531.360 to include computer-generated images of a minor as an element of those offenses; and amends KRS 531.330 to provide that in a prosecution where the offense involves a computer-generated image that used an actual minor as the source, the presumption of minority shall be based on the age of the actual minor.