A proposed bill in the Senate could make hazing a felony.

This comes after University of Kentucky student Lofton Hazelwood died in October of 2021 after he was allegedly hazed at the Farmhouse Fraternity and later died from alcohol poisoning.

Senate Bill 9 or “Lofton’s law” would establish both first and second-degree hazing as independent crimes and make first-degree hazing a felony.

Currently, Kentucky does not have a specific hazing-related criminal charge as state law.