Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB493: AN ACT relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.
Status: In committee, February 3, 2026
Amend KRS 519.070 to include tampering with video recording or video monitoring devices in a correctional facility.
What the bill says
An act relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 519.070 is amended to read as follows: (1) A person is guilty of tampering with a prisoner monitoring device when he or she intentionally and without authority alters, disables, deactivates, tampers with, removes, damages, or destroys any: (a) Device used to facilitate electronic monitoring or supervision of a person who is on probation or parole, or has been ordered to wear a device as a condition of pretrial release; or (b) Video recording or video monitoring device within a correctional facility. (2) Tampering with a prisoner monitoring device is a Class D felony. XXXX 1/20/2026 8:49 AM Jacketed
Sponsors
- Jared Bauman (R, HD-028) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Judiciary (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Crimes And Punishments, Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State, Corrections Impact, Jails And Jailers
Common questions
- What is HB493?
- HB493 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.
- What does HB493 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to tampering with a prisoner monitoring device.
- What is the status of HB493?
- In committee as of February 3, 2026. Latest action: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (March 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB493?
- Jared Bauman (R, HD-028).
- Where is the official record for HB493?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb493.html
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