FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - State Rep. Tanya Pullin has maneuvered a bill through the legislature that modernizes an aged code of military justice for the Kentucky National Guard.
The South Shore Democrat had been working on the rewrite for the past two years.
Pullin is chairwoman of the House Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee. She says the changes essentially bring the state's code of military justice up to date and adopt provisions from the federal code.
Many of the changes were needed because of technical advances over the decades. One provision, for example, simply updates the definition of a court-martial transcript to include a written summary, audiotape, digital image or electronic file.
Pullin maneuvered the 94-page bill through the Legislature with little notice. It now awaits Gov. Steve Beshear's signature.
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