SB 127/LM/CI (BR 943) - J. Denton
AN ACT relating to aviation security.
Amend KRS 527.010 relating to definitions for weapons chapter to add definitions relating to airports; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require airport to post weapons possession prohibition warning signs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to provide exceptions to possession of weapons on airport property; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crime of unlawful possession of a weapon on airport facilities in the first degree, create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crime of unlawful possession of a weapon on airport facilities in the second degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crime of unlawful possession of a weapon on airport property in the third degree; amend KRS 527.020 relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons to prohibit judges and prosecutors with valid statewide concealed deadly weapon licenses from carrying a deadly weapon at airport facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to create the crime of unlawful entry into an airport sterile area; create a new section of KRS Chapter 511 to create the crime of unlawful entry into an airport; amend KRS 525.060 relating to disorderly conduct to increase the penalty for the offense to a Class D felony when the act occurs on an aircraft; create a new section of KRS chapter 411 to presume that the purchase of a ticket constitutes consent to a search prior to entering a commercial or charter aircraft and prohibits suing the airline if denied boarding for refusal to be searched.
Feb 8-introduced in Senate
Feb 10-to Judiciary (S)