BURLINGTON, Ky. — The act of 'grooming' a minor could be made illegal if a bill proposed by Boone County Representative Marianne Proctor becomes law in the coming legislative session. She and Commonwealth Attorney Louis Kelley presented the bill to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Thursday .

Proctor told us after presenting the law change that existing law is insufficient to prevent an adult in a position of power from establishing a sexual relationship with a minor over a long period.

"Unfortunately, we've had no statutes that criminalize the act of grooming," she said.

Proctor said she drafted the bill after a friend discovered her underage daughter was involved in what Kelley described as "highly inappropriate" communications with a teacher in the Boone County School Distri

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