Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB714: AN ACT relating to unborn children.
Status: In committee, March 3, 2026
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 507, relating to criminal homicide, to allow a prosecution where the victim is an unborn child; provide exceptions for spontaneous miscarriages and life-saving medical procedures; amend KRS 507.010 to define terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 508, relating to assault, to define terms; allow a prosecution where the victim is an unborn child; provide exceptions for spontaneous miscarriages and life-saving medical procedures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to give the Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction with Commonwealth's and county attorneys when the victim is an unborn child; repeal KRS 507A.010, 507A.020, 507A.030, 507A.040, 507A.050, and 507A.060, relating to fetal homicide; amend KRS 439.265 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Prenatal Equal Protection Act.
What the bill says
An act relating to unborn children.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to unborn children. WHEREAS, the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States requires that no state "shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"; and WHEREAS, innocent human life, created in the image of God, should be equally protected under the laws from fertilization to natural death; and WHEREAS, to ensure the right to life and equal protection of the laws, all preborn children should be protected with the same homicide laws protecting all other human persons; and WHEREAS, all persons potentially subject to such laws are entitled to due process protections; and WHEREAS, pregnant mothers should be protected from being pressured to abort their children by repealing provisions that may otherwise allow a person to solicit, command, aid, or counsel a mother to abort her child; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 507 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Unless specifically provided otherwise, in a prosecution under this chapter where the victim is an unborn child, enforcement shall be subject to the same legal principles as would apply to the homicide of a person who had been born alive, including presumptions, defenses, justifications, laws of parties, immunities, and clemencies. SECTION 2. A …
Sponsors
- Josh Calloway (R, HD-010) · primary sponsor
- Richard White (R, HD-099)
- Emily Callaway (R, HD-037)
Latest actions
- : to Judiciary (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Short Titles And Popular Names, Crimes And Punishments, Health And Medical Services, Reproductive Issues, Corrections Impact, Attorney General
Common questions
- What is HB714?
- HB714 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to unborn children.
- What does HB714 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to unborn children.
- What is the status of HB714?
- In committee as of March 3, 2026. Latest action: to Judiciary (H) (March 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB714?
- Josh Calloway (R, HD-010), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB714?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb714.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.