HB 319 Kentucky House · 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to interpersonal violence.

Summary

Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 403.740 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.060 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Mar 2022

House Passage

Mar 2022

Senate Passage

Mar 2022

Signed into Law

Apr 2022

Introduced Jan 19, 2022 Signed Apr 8, 2022

Floor votes · House Mar 9, 2022

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

20

Key actions

8

Committee

6

Apr 8, 2022

Signed into law

signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 158)

lower

Mar 30, 2022

Upper · Passed

enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

upper

Mar 30, 2022

Lower · Passed

enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

lower

Mar 30, 2022

Lower · Passed

3rd reading, passed 35-1

lower

Mar 29, 2022

Lower · Passed

passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

lower

Mar 24, 2022

Lower · Passed

reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

lower

Mar 16, 2022

Committee

to Judiciary (S)

upper

Mar 10, 2022

Committee

to Committee on Committees (S)

upper

Mar 9, 2022

Lower · Passed

3rd reading, passed 95-0

lower

Feb 16, 2022

Lower · Passed

reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

lower

Feb 15, 2022

Committee

to Judiciary (H)

lower

Jan 19, 2022

Committee

to Committee on Committees (H)

lower

Jan 19, 2022

Introduced

introduced in House

lower

19 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Jennifer Decker

Joni L. Jenkins

Melinda Gibbons Prunty

Pamela Stevenson

Tina Bojanowski