Kentucky state Rep. Nick Wilson, R-Williamsburg, speaks during a Kentucky House session at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. on March 10, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Legislative Research Commission Public Information)

Kentucky state Rep. Nick Wilson (R-Williamsburg), the former “Survivor” winner who went viral after his proposed bill aimed at strengthening incest laws included a provision making sex with first cousins legal, retracted then resubmitted the bill Wednesday.

Wilson wrote on Facebook Wednesday morning that he retracted his bill, House Bill 269, after the original text showed the bill crossing out “first cousin” in definitions of familial relationships that count as incest. He blamed its inclusion on a drafting error.

“During the drafting process, there was an inadvertent change, which struck ‘first cousins’ from the list of relationships included under the incest statute, and I failed to add it back in,” Wilson wrote. “During today’s session, I will withdraw HB 269 and refile a bill with the ‘first cousin’ language intact.”

The southern Kentucky Republican withdrew HB 269 during Wednesday’s House session. He resubmitted the fixed bill minus the first cousins provision as HB 289.

Outside of the first cousins provision, HB 269 would have mainly expanded incest to include “sexual contact,” including groping. That sort of non-intercourse sexual contact would be a Class D felony, subject to up to five years in prison. If it involves someone under the age of 12, the crime then becomes a Class C felony, subject up to 10 years in prison.

Wilson first became a Kentucky House member in 2023. In 2018, Wilson won the 37th season of the popular CBS reality television show “Survivor” in “Survivor: David vs. Goliath,” widely considered by fans and critics to be one of the best seasons in the show’s now 45 seasons. He also competed in the show’s 40th season “Survivor: Winners at War” in 2020, where he placed seventh out of 20 contestants.

Eliza Orlins, a Manhattan public defender and “Survivor” fan favorite that competed in 2004’s “Survivor: Vanuatu” and 2008’s “Survivor: Micronesia,” lambasted Wilson’s original bill on TikTok Tuesday after local media, “Survivor” alumni and fans found out about Wilson’s involvement with HB 269.

“Kentucky, like so many other places, is facing a lot of issues, and this is Nick’s top priority,” Orlins said in a video published before Wilson retracted HB 269.

@elizaorlins KY LEGISLATOR AND SURVIVOR WINNER NICK WILSON IS SPONSORING A BILL TO RECLASSIFY INCEST TO NOT INCLUDE YOUR OWN COUSIN. #kyleg #greenscreen #survivor #cbssurvivor #politics ♬ original sound – Eliza Orlins

Despite winning in a popular season, Wilson had largely been disowned by Survivor alumni and fans after voting to override a gubernatorial veto over an anti-transgender law last March deemed by some as the most extreme in the U.S. The bill bans gender-affirming care for trans youth, mandates that trans youth currently medically transitioning genders must detransition and bans trans students from using school bathrooms of their gender expression.