Kentucky lawmakers have filed House Bill 4 to criminalize the grooming of children, aiming to intervene and charge predators ...

If passed, Kentucky would join Ohio and several other states with similar laws. Ohio's version went into effect last April.

The bill would make grooming a felony charge in many cases, especially when it targets a child under a certain age.

A national blueprint published in November 2025 recommended legislators criminalize grooming, or the strategic manipulation ...

A gap in Kentucky law that allows predators to groom children without criminal consequences could be closed under House Bill ...

According to a 2024 CDC report, at least one in four girls and one in twenty boys in the United States experience child sexual abuse, leading this traumatic experience to have long-term consequences.

House Bill 4 comes after several recent grooming allegations involving Kentucky teachers, coaches and educators, intensifying ...

Sexual grooming is defined as the deceptive process in which a perpetrator seeks to facilitate sexual contact with a minor while simultaneously avoiding detection and disclosure. While it has been ...

The National Commission on Violence against Women asserts that child grooming, as described by Aurelie, constitutes sexual ...