FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill that would make it a crime to taunt a police officer in Kentucky has stalled in the state’s House of Representatives and appears unlikely to pass.
Lawmakers did not bring the anti-taunting legislation up for a vote by Tuesday night, meaning the General Assembly will not be able to override a veto by Gov. Andy Beshear if the legislation is passed.
The Republican-backed bill that passed the state Senate would criminalize anyone who "accosts, insults, taunts or challenges" a law enforcement officer. It would also increase penalties for demonstrators found guilty of rioting.
Meanwhile, the fate of a proposal to ban no-knock warrants statewide is less certain more than one year after the police killing of Breonna Taylor. A partial ban on no-knock warrants passed the Kentucky Senate last month, but two representatives have proposed amendments that some warn would nullify the bill.
GOP Senate President Robert Stivers has said there is a chance Beshear would sign it into law if a bipartisan consensus is met.
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