---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to trespass. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 511, to establish the offense of trespass upon key infrastructure assets."
description: "AN ACT relating to trespass. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 511, to establish the offense of trespass upon key infrastructure assets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 324"
citation: "Kentucky HB 324 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. St. Onge", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e91225e-0192-4df6-99f7-20ffc47f41af"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB324.htm"
source_hash: "15cd093b0f4320ff164580890e773cb178903d950b53202e0e38f1fba43861a8"
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 324 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to trespass. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 511, to establish the offense of trespass upon key infrastructure assets.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 324 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB324/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB324/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB324/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB324/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. St. Onge — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-09** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-23** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 28, 2018
- **2018-03-02** 3rd reading, passed 80-1 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-06** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in House
- **2018-03-29** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Taken from Rules
- **2018-04-02** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-04-02** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-04-02** Bill passed 90-1
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-02** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-13** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 168) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e91225e-0192-4df6-99f7-20ffc47f41af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).