State: Kentucky

Establishes the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund,increases court costs to $110, currently $100,requires the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of each court cost to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund,increases the fee required by each participant in a county attorney-operated traffic safety program to $40, currently $30,requires the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10.

Requires that any agency searching for a lost or missing person contact appropriate agencies within four hours of receiving the report and utilize existing resources, including but not limited to electronic highway signs, the Amber Alert system, law enforcement communication systems, electronic media, local, regional, and statewide media providers, and the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, if authorized and under conditions permitted by the federal government.

Requires all law enforcement agencies to electronically submit asset seizure and forfeiture reporting forms with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, declaring whether or not the agency seized or forfeited money or property,requires the Cabinet to notify any law enforcement agency that did not file and allow the agency an additional amount of time to file, and if the agency still does not file, refer the agency to the Attorney General for civil action.

Requires the Coroner to deliver the remains of police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel killed in the line of duty to the family or other responsible entities in a casket or other similar vessel covered in an American flag,specifies that the county is responsible for any costs associated with obtaining the flag and the casket or similar vessel, but that the county has no obligation to purchase the flag or the casket.

Defines female genital mutilation and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation,requires the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation,requires law enforcement training on female genital mutilation,requires a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation of a physician’s license.

Allows the Department for Community Based Services to request a criminal justice agency to perform a federal name based criminal history record check of each adult residing in a home that a child is placed during an emergency placement,allows the Department for Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to charge a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint based criminal history record check.

Requires local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction to investigate all traffic accidents involving a fatality that occur on state-maintained highways,specifies that if a local law enforcement agency does not have an accident reconstruction unit or similar expertise, the Kentucky State Police shall perform the investigation,cites as the John Carter Knight Act of 2020.

Requires local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction to investigate all traffic accidents involving a fatality that occur on state-maintained highways,specifies that if a local law enforcement agency does not have an accident reconstruction unit or similar expertise, the Kentucky State Police shall perform the investigation,cites as the John Carter Knight Act of 2020.

Requires all law enforcement agencies to file asset seizure reporting forms with the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, declaring whether or not the agency seized money or property pursuant to KRS 218A.415,requires the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to notify any law enforcement agency that did not file, to allow the agency an additional 30 days to file, and if the agency still does not file, to refer the agency to the Attorney General for civil action.

Relates to the Law Enforcement Council,adds the President of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials and the President of the National Emergency Number Association to the membership of the Council,establishes quorum of the reconstituted Council.