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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to interference with a legislative proceeding."
+description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 519 to define terms; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first degree; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the second degree; amend KRS 431.015 to require a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first or second degree."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2025RS"
+identifier: "HB 399"
+citation: "Kentucky HB 399 (2025RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "General Assembly", "Legislative Research Commission", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbbbbfcd-a4bc-4d92-bf10-b75803a0fd2f"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb399.html"
+source_hash: "cf395b47b8ca2b15a60fa58799db0563ce93c52053ecbcf418c4392f2b1d8e1d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
+---
+
+# Kentucky HB 399 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to interference with a legislative proceeding.
+
+Create new sections of KRS Chapter 519 to define terms; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first degree; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the second degree; amend KRS 431.015 to require a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first or second degree.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb399/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0123.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb399/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage — **69–28** (pass) · lower
+- PASS HB 399 — **30–7** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **68–26** (pass) · lower
+- Override Veto Final Passage HB 399 — **31–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
+- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 68-26 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (4) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
+- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30-7 `passage`
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 69-28 `passage`
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-7 `passage`
+- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 123) `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbbbbfcd-a4bc-4d92-bf10-b75803a0fd2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+