AN ACT relating to public safety.
Summary
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a registered sex offender from loitering within 1,000 feet of the clearly defined grounds of a school, playground, or day care; amend KRS 508.025 to include healthcare providers working in an emergency room to the list of protected workers for the offense of assault in the third degree.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Feb 7, 2023
Signed Mar 27, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2023
How they voted
24–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 28
Feb 23, 2023
D
Democratic4
75% Yea
R
Republican24
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Mar 27, 2023
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109)
upper
Mar 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
passed 32 -2
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (1)
upper
Mar 15, 2023
Introduced
posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1)
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Committee
to Rules (S)
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 93-3 with Floor Amendment (1)
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Feb 24, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 32-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
upper
Feb 21, 2023
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1)
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 7, 2023
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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