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Rocky Adkins on Crime

 

 


Make expungement of criminal records easier and/or automatic

Rocky Adkins co-sponsored House Bill 155: to make additional offenses eligible for expungement; reduce the filing fee for felony expungement from $500 to $200; to allow expungement of charges dismissed without prejudice; to require certain records to be expunged if the law specifies a period for enhancement and that period has expired; to limit requirement of certification to convictions that have not been pardoned.

Legislative outcome: Referred to Judiciary (died in Committee)

Source: Kentucky legislative voting records: HB 155 on KRS 431.073 , Feb 5, 2019

Opposed harsher felony penalties for gang members

Legislative Summary: House Bill 169: AN ACT relating to gang violence prevention: Anyone who is found to be a member of a criminal gang at the time of commission of a felony shall be sentenced to a penalty higher than the penalty pertaining to the felony.

Analysis by WAVE-3 News: HB 169, commonly referred to as the "gang bill", creates a new section of KRS Chapter 506 to define "criminal gang" and a "pattern of criminal gang activity." The gang violence bill is a controversial measure that makes gang association a crime. Proponents say the bill will fight crime; opponents say the law criminalizes individuals by association and targets minorities. Legislative Outcome: Passed House 59-30-11 on Apr/13/18; Kentucky House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins voted NO; Passed Senate 21-17-0 on Apr/13/18; Signed by Governor Matt Bevin on Apr/26/18

Source: WAVE-3 News analysis of Kentucky HB 169 voting records , Apr 13, 2018

Require DNA samples from all criminal parolees

Excerpts from legislation: Any registrant who has not provided a DNA sample as of the effective date of this Act shall provide a DNA sample to the appropriate local probation and parole office when the registrant appears for a new photograph to be obtained.

"DNA sample" means a blood or swab specimen from a person, that shall be submitted to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory for law enforcement identification purposes and inclusion in law enforcement identification databases.

Legislative outcome: Rep. Adkins voted YEA; Bill passed House March 19, 51-42-7; Bill passed Senate April 15, 37-1-0; Signed by Governor Steve Beshear, April 24

Source: Kentucky legislative voting records: HB 683 , Mar 19, 2008

Allow expungement of criminal records after 5 years

Excerpts from legislation: AN ACT relating to criminal record expungement: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 533 to allow persons convicted of one Class D felony or a series of Class D felonies arising out of a single event to petition to have their record expunged; provide steps for Commonwealth's attorneys' involvement in the process, notification of victim, and payment of fee; amend KRS 431.078 to provide that a person convicted of a misdemeanor may petition for expungement of the record five years after adjudication, and to increase fee; amend KRS 431.076 to impose a fee of $50 on any person filing a motion after a dismissal resulting from successful completion of a diversion or mediation program; amend KRS 527.040 to exempt individuals who have had their records expunged from the statute on a felon in possession of a firearm.

Legislative outcome:Rep. Adkins voted YEA on HCS HB 93: Criminal Record Expungement Bill; Passed House 76-21-3

Source: Kentucky legislative voting records: HCS HB 93 , Feb 22, 2006

Other governors on Crime: Rocky Adkins on other issues:
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Andy Beshear
Daniel Cameron
Kelly Craft
Mike Harmon
KY Senatorial:
Amy McGrath
Charles Booker
Daniel Cameron
Mitch McConnell
Nate Morris
Pamela Stevenson
Rand Paul

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