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HB929 • 2026

AN ACT relating to sex offender registration fees.

AN ACT relating to sex offender registration fees.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
D. Meade
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
03/11/26: to Judiciary (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT relating to sex offender registration fees.

AN ACT relating to sex offender registration fees.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT relating to sex offender registration fees.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    to Judiciary (H)

  2. 2026-03-04 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to sex offender registration fees.

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT relating to sex offender registration fees. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS 17.500 TO 17.580 IS CREATED TO 3
READ AS FOLLOWS: 4
(1) (a) Each registrant is required to pay a registration fee of: 5
1. One thousand dollars ($1,000) to the Department of Kentucky State 6
Police within five (5) days; and 7
2. For each subsequent year during the registrant's period of registration 8
under KRS 17.520, one hundred fifty dollars ($150) to the Department 9
of Kentucky State Police on or before the anniversary; 10
of his or her release by the court, the parole board, the c abinet, or any 11
detention facility. 12
(b) The fee shall be deposited by the department into the sex offender registry 13
fund established in subsection (3) of this section. 14
(c) A registrant shall not be prevented from registering or updating information 15
in accor dance with KRS 17.510 because of failure to pay the annual 16
registration fee. 17
(2) (a) Notwithstanding KRS 534.040, any registrant who knowingly violates 18
subsection (1)(a) of this section is guilty of a violation with a fine of up to 19
five hundred dollars ($500). 20
(b) Any fines collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into the 21
general fund. 22
(3) (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury a trust and agency 23
account to be known as the sex offender registry fund. The fund shall 24
consist of moneys received under subsection (1) of this section. 25
(b) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall administer the fund. 26
(c) Amounts deposited in the fund shall be used to maintain the sex offender 27
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registry in accordance with KRS 17.500 to 17.580. 1
(d) Notwithstanding KRS 45.299, any money remaining in the fund at the close 2
of the fiscal year shall not lapse but shall be carried forward. 3