January 2008

Dear Friend,

Did you know that in Kentucky there is a tougher penalty for cock fighting than for sexually abusing a 12 year old child?The following changes to Kentucky sexual abuse laws are being proposed.   House Bill 211 includes the following:

1. Changing the ages covered in first degree child sexual abuse (defined as abuse other than rape or sodomy) from “up to 12 years old to up to16 years of age”.
2. Adding knowingly masturbating in front of a child to first degree abuse and increasing the age when the offender is a person of trust.
3. Increasing the penalty for not reporting child sexual abuse when it occurs a second or third time.
4. Increasing the statute of limitations from one year after the incident to five years after the last incident, or five years after the eighteenth birthday or five years after a person first comes to realize he/she was abused (the five years listed here is already in the civil laws).  Kentucky is one of only seven states that has not increased the Statute of Limitations on child sexual abuse.

For more information go to www.lrc.ky.gov and click on Kentucky laws on the left, then click on Kentucky Revised Statues (KRS), double click on Access KRS through Title and Chapter and scroll down to Chapter 510.  You can find the present laws there.  

If you agree with and want to support these revisions please call your legislator at 1-800-372-7181.  When you call all you need to say is that you support HB 211.  Using your address your message will be directed to the proper legislator.  Leave the message for both your Representative and Senator.  Please forward this to every Kentuckian you know who might be willing to make a call. 

We are a group of concerned Kentuckians, all volunteers, of all ages, denominations and political affiliations.  The attachments to this e-mail will explain more about the bill.

For more information or if you have questions about the bill call Shannon at 502- 290-4389 or e-mail at Shannon.protectourchildren@yahoo.com.  Our web site at

www.protectourchildrenky.com is under development.

Sincerely,

Protect Our Children KY

Box 5893

Louisville, Ky. 40255

These are the attachments to the e-mail

Summary of Proposed Changes to the Kentucky Criminal Child Sexual Abuse Laws HB 211

HB 211 -- AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. – (2008)

Please Support HB 211 --- Child Sexual Abuse, SOL, Penalties