(WKYT) – A bill toughening sentencing and parole requirements across Kentucky will take effect Wednesday, July 15.
House Bill 422, or Logan’s Law, was signed by Gov. Beshear on April 2. The bill was named after 6-year-old Logan Tipton, who was killed during a home invasion in Versailles.
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Logan’s Law expands the definition of a violent offender and increases the time some offenders have to serve before parole.
The legislation also raises parole eligibility for life sentences from 25 to 30 years, limits early release options for violent offenders and eliminates split verdicts in mental illness cases.
HB 422 was filed in response to Ronald Exantus, the man found not guilty in Tipton’s death by reason of insanity and guilty of attacking other Tipton family members, being released from prison on mandatory reentry supervision in October 2025.
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Exantus was arrested eight days after his 2025 release for violating the terms of supervision.
He is scheduled to be released from prison on July 29. The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet sent a letter to court officials, reminding them that Exantus can be held beyond his sentence through involuntary hospitalization.