Kentucky Rep. Nick Wilson, a past winner of the television show “Survivor,” has apologized for a bill to combat family sexual abuse that mistakenly legalized sex with cousins.
“I filed HB 269 yesterday. The purpose of this bill is to add 'sexual contact' to the incest law. Currently, incest only applies in cases of sexual intercourse. Therefore, uncles, “Sexual contact/molestation by a stepfather or other family member is prohibited.” “It does not constitute incest. My bill would prohibit that type of sexual contact unless the victim is under the age of 12.” We make it a class D felony and then increase the penalty to a class C felony,” said Wilson, a Republican who represents the 82nd District, which covers Williamsburg. he explained in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
“During the drafting process, there was an inadvertent change that removed 'cousin' from the list of relationships included in the incest statute, and I failed to add it back. During today's deliberations, HB 269 “I created an invoice with the 'cousin' wording intact. I submitted the invoice, found the mistake, and within 24 hours I withdrew the invoice and resubmitted it.” “The fact that we were able to do that shows that we have a good system,” he said. “This is a bill to combat the problem of intergenerational familial and cyclical abuse of Kentuckians. I understand that I made a mistake, but my mistake could lead to a revised version of the bill. I really hope it doesn't hurt sexuality. It's a good bill, and I hope we get a second chance.”
The original bill circulated on social media and was withdrawn Wednesday, according to the Kentuck General Assembly website.
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Nick Wilson attends Tribal Council on the 13th episode of the two-hour “Survivor: Winners of War” airing on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (via CBS, Getty Images)
Wilson has since introduced a new version of the bill that includes language that would prohibit sexual contact with parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren, great-grandparents, great-grandchildren, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and “cousins.” Brothers, sisters, ancestors, descendants.
“House Bill 289 would add “sexual contact'' to incest, provide penalties for such acts, and add incest to the Violent Offender Act. It doesn't make any other changes,” said Wilson, 33, of the University of Kentucky. the graduate wrote in a separate Facebook post Wednesday.
Season winner Nick Wilson attends the 'Survivor: David vs. Goliath' finale at CBS Television City on December 19, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
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Wilson rose to fame by winning 2018's “Survivor: David vs. Goliath” and then competed in 2020's “Survivor: Winners at War.”
Last March, Wilson came under fire from LGBTQ activists for voting in favor of another bill, known as SB150, that would ban gender reassignment surgeries and other transgender medical procedures for minors. .
“This is a bill that concerns only children. This is not an 'anti-trans' or 'anti-LGBTIA+ bill,'” Wilson said in a statement to People magazine at the time. “SB150 is a bill designed to protect children from making life-altering decisions at an early age. If you are a Kentuckian over the age of 17, your rights will not be affected in any way by this bill. yeah.”
Jeff Probst awards Nick Wilson with an immunity necklace during the two-hour season finale of Survivor David vs. Goliath airing on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. (via CBS, Getty Images)
The bill was vetoed by Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, but the Republican-controlled Legislature overrode the veto and allowed the bill to become law.
Amid legal efforts to block enforcement, Republican Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron defended the law as “common sense law protects it.”[ing] They saved children from the irreversible effects of experimental drug treatments such as puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.'' In October, Kentucky's ban on transgender procedures for minors was upheld in federal court. .
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The law also includes measures aimed at preventing school administrators from hiding students' gender changes from parents or requiring them to use pronouns that do not match their biological sex.
