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Kentucky panel expands third-degree assault protections to judges and public-transportation drivers
Summary
The House committee favorably reported House Bill 446 to amend KRS 508.025 to add judges and public transit drivers to the list of protected public servants; committee adopted a substitute that would allow adding circuit clerks or broader "officers of the court." The bill passed committee 18-0.
Representative Kim Holloway, sponsor of House Bill 446, told the committee the bill would expand third-degree assault protections in KRS 508.025 to judges and public transportation drivers.
"This bill seeks to amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault third degree charges to individuals who cause or attempt to cause physical injury to a justice or judge of the court of justice and to public transportation drivers," Representative Kim Holloway, House District 2, said.
The measure — carried by Holloway and advanced on a committee substitute — drew supportive remarks from members who asked the sponsor to consider…
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