Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Secretary of State Michael Adams have teamed up to quickly implement a new Kentucky law aimed at protecting victims from domestic violence abusers.
Those partisan connections were pushed aside at the governor's weekly news conference, as Beshear invited Adams to promote the new law. The secretary of state said his office worked closely with Beshear’s team on the quick implementation of the measure. Adams called it an example of officials reaching across party lines to"solve pressing problems and protect our most vulnerable."Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, left, shakes hands with Secretary of State Michael Adams on Dec. 5, 2022.
It's not the first time Beshear and Adams have teamed up on public policy. In 2020, they worked together on election rules designed to keep voters safe during the height of the. The next year, the governor signed legislation backed by Adams that expanded early voting in Kentucky. Beshear said Thursday that the new bipartisan law bolsters the state's response to an important public safety issue, offering added protections for victims of"these heinous and cowardly acts.""We cannot and will not solve this crisis alone," the governor said."Let’s work together, everybody looking out for each other."
The new law allows people fleeing domestic abuse to shield their new home addresses from public record without having to obtain a court order. It expands an existing program that shielded victims’ addresses from voter rolls. The expansion will mask their addresses on other publicly available government records. Victims who sign a sworn statement will have their addresses shielded from the broader list of records.
Republican Sen. Julie Raque Adams was the new law's lead sponsor. The measure won overwhelming support from the GOP-dominated legislature and was signed by the governor earlier this year.Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content.
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