AN ACT relating to domestic violence.
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 209A to require the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center to compile data on domestic violence fatalities and occurrences of dating violence and abuse or domestic violence and abuse; amend KRS 209A.120 to indicate when Kentucky State Police is to report data to the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center; amend KRS 403.785 and 456.090 to mandate reporting of JC-3 forms; amend KRS 209A.100 to include the reporting of suspected dating violence and abuse or domestic violence and abuse deaths to the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Mar 1, 2022
Signed Apr 20, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 16, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Mar 16, 2022
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Apr 20, 2022
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 224)
upper
Apr 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Apr 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Apr 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
passed 34-0
upper
Apr 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
upper
Apr 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
upper
Apr 13, 2022
Committee
to Rules (S)
upper
Apr 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
upper
Mar 29, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
upper
Mar 23, 2022
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
upper
Mar 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 37-0
upper
Mar 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Whitney Westerfield
RRepublican
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