---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform."
description: "AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Kentucky SB 42 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-10-14"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c131c428-48fb-4d1b-a828-f5c140985251"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB42.htm"
source_hash: "faebd82cfd10397889c4580c9f70388067a1976efade4ec8847a70beda05886c"
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 SB 42 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. Amend KRS 431.005 to permit a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of KRS 508.030, assault in the 4th degree, when the violation occurs in a hospital and the officer has probable cause; amend KRS 431.015 to conform.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB42/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 42 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB42/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB42/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-10-14** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2017-01-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-01-07** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-21** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received in House
- **2017-02-27** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 91-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-07** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-16** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 23) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c131c428-48fb-4d1b-a828-f5c140985251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).