Kentucky Senate Bill 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-04 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 172)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend KRS 14.260 to change the name of the address protection program to the Safe at Home Program; amend KRS 14.300 to include definitions of "application assistant" and "human trafficking"; amend KRS 14.302 to set forth the intentions of the Safe at Home Program; amend KRS 14.304 to specify who may apply to be a part of the Safe at Home Program; establish additional information that must be contained in an application for the Safe at Home Program and allow applicants to consult with application assistants; extend the certification of applicants from two years to four years and allow the applicant to request that state and local agencies be notified of participation in the Safe at Home Program; restrict the disclosure of a program participant's participation in the program by anyone who is aware of the participation absent written consent from the program participant; allow individuals who participate in a similar program in another state to be approved for the program in Kentucky; amend KRS 23A.208 and 24A.178 to conform.

AN ACT relating to the Safe at Home Program.

Sen. Julie Raque Adams [R]

Sen. Matthew Deneen [R]

Sen. Brandon Storm [R]

2023-03-30 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 351 (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2520 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-04	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 172)
2023-03-30	Senate	delivered to Governor
2023-03-30	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2023-03-30	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2023-03-30	Senate	received in Senate
2023-03-30	House	3rd reading, passed 96-0
2023-03-16	House	placed in the Orders of the Day
2023-03-16	House	taken from Rules
2023-03-15	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-03-14	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2023-03-09	House	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
2023-03-02	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-02	House	received in House
2023-03-01	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36-0
2023-02-28	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 01, 2023
2023-02-24	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-02-23	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2023-02-09	Senate	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2023-02-07	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-02-07	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb79.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb79/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb79/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0172.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/sb79/LM.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb79/vote_history.pdf