---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to possession of a firearm by a felon. Amend KRS 527.040 to increase the penalties for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon when the feloncommits a crime outside of this section that involves a firearm and the person has a prior conviction under this section."
description: "AN ACT relating to possession of a firearm by a felon. Amend KRS 527.040 to increase the penalties for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon when the feloncommits a crime outside of this section that involves a firearm and the person has a prior conviction under this section."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 210"
citation: "Kentucky SB 210 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Seum"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e725374-2c7f-4948-83d4-359643fa52dd"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB210.htm"
source_hash: "d42014fe3a9e715046b38dbb1304a62972145f53dfdc6d4dbae0281369f03de1"
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 210 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to possession of a firearm by a felon. Amend KRS 527.040 to increase the penalties for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon when the feloncommits a crime outside of this section that involves a firearm and the person has a prior conviction under this section.

## 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/18RS/SB210/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 210 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB210/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB210/SFA1.pdf)
4. **SFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB210/SFA2.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Seum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 13, 2018
- **2018-03-13** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-14** Floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2018-03-14** Passed 36-0 with floor amendment (2)
- **2018-03-15** Received in House
- **2018-03-19** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** 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 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 123) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e725374-2c7f-4948-83d4-359643fa52dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).