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La representante republicana Kim Holloway de Mayfield planea presentar una ley durante la sesión legislativa de 2027 para establecer un registro de agresores domésticos en Kentucky, que proporcionaría acceso público a información verificada sobre individuos con condenas repetidas por violencia doméstica. El registro distinguiría entre acusaciones y conducta criminal comprobada, requiriendo al menos dos condenas para la divulgación pública, con períodos de registro que varían de siete a veinte años según el número de condenas, e incluiría información limitada sin datos personales sensibles. La propuesta también exigiría a los servicios de citas en línea que operen en Kentucky realizar verificaciones de antecedentes penales y señalar perfiles de individuos con condenas calificadas por violencia doméstica.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Rep. Kim Holloway, a Republican from Mayfield, announced plans to introduce legislation during the 2027 Regular Session in January to establish a domestic violence offender registry in Kentucky, according to a release from the Kentucky House Majority Caucus on Sept. 3.
The proposal would provide Kentuckians “greater access to verified information about individuals with repeated convictions for domestic violence,” Holloway said in a statement. A similar measure was filed as House Bill 773 during the 2026 Regular Session. “The proposal is specifically designed to distinguish between allegations and proven criminal conduct,” Holloway explained. “An allegation, arrest or protective order would not result in placement on the registry.”
Under Holloway’s plan, a first qualifying conviction would result in five years of registration, but that information would remain accessible only to law enforcement. Public disclosure would begin with repeat offenders—individuals with two qualifying convictions would be registered for seven years, three convictions would result in 10 years, and four convictions would result in 20 years.
The public registry would contain limited identifying information, conviction details and a photograph but would not disclose home address, Social Security number or other government identification numbers. The proposal would also require online dating services serving Kentucky users to conduct criminal background checks and flag profiles involving qualifying domestic violence convictions.
The legislation represents a continued push after advocacy groups expressed concerns about the bill’s potential unintended consequences during the 2026 session. ZeroV and other victim service organizations raised questions about how the registry might affect survivors, though Holloway’s updated proposal includes mechanisms to evaluate the legislation’s effectiveness and collect data on potential unintended consequences.
“If the Commonwealth knows that an individual has repeatedly been convicted of criminal violence against intimate partners or family members, I believe another person considering a relationship with that individual has a legitimate interest in knowing it too,” Holloway said.
Sources
- The Messenger – Mayfield lawmaker plans bill for domestic violence registry
- WAVE3 – Advocates in Kentucky concerned over proposed domestic violence registry
This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from a press release emailed to [email protected] by Kentucky House Majority Caucus, enriched with 2 web searches.
