HB493 • 2026

AN ACT relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: J. Bauman
Last action: 2026-02-03
Official status: 02/03/26: to Judiciary (H)
Effective date: Not listed

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AN ACT relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.

What This Bill Does

AN ACT relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.

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Bill History

2026-02-03 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
to Judiciary (H)
2026-01-27 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission
introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 519.070 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) A person is guilty of tampering with a prisoner monitoring device when he or she 4
intentionally and without authority alters, disables, deactivates, tampers with, 5
removes, damages, or destroys any: 6
(a) Device used to facilitate electronic monitoring or supervision of a person who 7
is on probation or parole, or has been ordered to wear a device as a condition 8
of pretrial release; or 9
(b) Video recording or video monitoring device within a correctional facility. 10
(2) Tampering with a prisoner monitoring device is a Class D felony. 11