HB289: AN ACT relating to incest.

Legislative Summary

Amend KRS 530.020 to define terms; provide that a person is guilty of incest when the person engages in sexual contact with a person to whom he or she knows to have a familial relationship with; provide that incest by sexual contact is a Class D felony unless the victim is under 12 years old, in which case it is a Class C felony; amend KRS 439.3401 to amend the definition of "violent offender" to include a person who has been convicted of incest by sexual contact.