Credit Ryland Barton / Kentucky Public Radio
The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would raise the bar for what counts as felony theft in the state.
Under current law, stealing anything worth more than $500 in Kentucky can be charged as a Class D felony, meaning it is punishable with a prison sentence of one to five years, a fine and revocation of civil rights.
Anyone in Kentucky who has been convicted of a felony in Kentucky is stripped of their right to vote, hold office and own a gun for life.
But under House Bill 126, the felony theft threshold would rise to $1,000.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. As cities and states across the U.S. consider measures to curb or ban no-knocks warrants, supporters fear a similar proposal in the Kentucky legislature is in danger of being eviscerated.
Proposed amendments to the Kentucky General Assembly s no-knock search warrant bill would badly undercut the intent of the bill and lay a foundation for another repeat of Breonna Taylor s killing, critics said Monday.
Senate Bill 4, as proposed, would be a significant step forward, curtailing the use of the controversial warrants that allow police to break into homes without knocking or announcing themselves first, said members of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, Kentucky NAACP, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy and Black Lives Matter Louisville.