Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 507.060 (2026)

Vehicular homicide

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section KY-LRCapps.legislature.ky.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

(1) A person is guilty of vehicular homicide when: (a) He or she causes the death of another; and (b) The death results from the person's operation of a motor vehicle, including but not limited to boats and airplanes, under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or other substance which impairs driving ability as described in KRS 189A.010. (2) Vehicular homicide is a Class B felony. Effective: March 27, 2023 History: Created 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 3, effective March 27, 2023. Legislative Research Commission Note (3/27/2023). 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 4, provides that the Act, which created this statute and amended KRS 189A.103 and 189A.110, may be cited as Lily's Law.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Tracie Jent v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2025).
Tracie Jent v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2025). · cites it 7× “7 In addition to being instructed on murder, the jury was also given instructions on second-degree manslaughter, reckless homicide and, at the request of Jent’s counsel, vehicular homicide under KRS 507.060. The jury found Jent guilty of vehicular homicide and recommended she…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 507.060(1)(b) — 1 case
Tracie Jent v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2025). “7 In addition to being instructed on murder, the jury was also given instructions on second-degree manslaughter, reckless homicide and, at the request of Jent’s counsel, vehicular homicide under KRS 507.060. The jury found Jent guilty of vehicular homicide and recommended she…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.