Kentucky lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would decriminalize sex between first cousins.

Republican Kentucky Representative Nick Wilson sponsored House Bill 269, which would redefine sex with a first-cousin so that it no longer constitutes incest, according to the Kentucky General Assembly. Website.

of invoice The website said it would remove “cousins ​​from the list of family relationships,” which is defined as incest, which is illegal in Kentucky. Incest will also be downgraded from a Class C felony to a Class D “unless committed with a person under 12 years of age.”

Kentucky law currently states that a person is guilty of incest if he or she has sex with someone who is known as a “parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, great-grandparent, great-grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or sibling.” . , sister, cousin, ancestor, or descendant. ” according to To Newsweek.

Wilson's bill has been widely criticized on social media. Eliza Orlins, a New York public defender, slammed the proposed incest law in a nearly two-minute TikTok video, calling it “absolutely insane” and urging Kentuckians to “flood my office with calls.” . (Related: Zoo manatee dies in gay incest incident)

“Nick Wilson not only supports, but introduced a bill to reclassify incest in Kentucky to no longer include one's own cousin. Like many other places, Kentucky We're facing a problem and this is Nick's top legislative priority,” Orlins said.

@elizaorlins Kentucky state lawmaker and Survivor winner Nick Wilson is proposing a bill that would reclassify incest to no longer include one's own cousin. #kaileg #green screen #Survivor #cbssurvivor #politics ♬ Original song – Eliza Orleans

According to the paper, Wilson won the Kentucky House of Representatives District 82 election unopposed in November 2022. He also won the 37th season of the CBS reality show “Survivor: David vs. Goliath” in 2018, and returned for the series' 40th season in 2020.

Orlins also competed on “Survivor,” she said in the video.