The state representative blamed the error on an “inadvertent change” during the bill’s creation.
The Kentucky General Assemblys website shows thathe withdrew the billthe same day.
During todays session, I will withdraw HB 269 and refile a bill with the first cousin language intact.
‘Survivor’ winner Nick Wilson.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty
Currently, incest only applies in cases of intercourse.
It is a good bill, and I hope it will get a second chance.
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Wilson announced ina second Facebook postlater on Wednesday that he had refiled the bill.
Nick Wilson on ‘Survivor’.Robert Voets/CBS/Getty
This bill makes NO other changes to current law.
As a member of congress, he previously elicited controversy forsupporting a billthat banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
