HB 222 Kentucky House · 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to legal actions concerning the exercise of a person's constitutional rights.

Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for dismissing legal actions filed in response to a party's exercise of free speech, right to petition, or right to association; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right; allow for costs to be awarded to the moving party if dismissal is granted; allow for costs to be awarded to responding party if the motion was found to be frivolous or filed with the intent to delay; provide that this Act may be cited as the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 5, 2022 Signed Apr 20, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 18, 2022

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Apr 20, 2022
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 233)
lower
Apr 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Apr 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Apr 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed 30-2
lower
Apr 13, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 30, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Introduced
floor amendments (2) and (1-title) filed
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 82-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 5, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
12 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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