---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to terrorism. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured by an act of terrorism to file a claim for damages against the terrorist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish a crime of terrorism as a capital offense which shall be punished by imprisonment for life without probation or parole; state that a person convicted of terrorism shall not be released early."
description: "AN ACT relating to terrorism. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured by an act of terrorism to file a claim for damages against the terrorist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish a crime of terrorism as a capital offense which shall be punished by imprisonment for life without probation or parole; state that a person convicted of terrorism shall not be released early."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "Kentucky SB 57 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Embry Jr.", "J. Bowen", "M. Wilson", "M. Wise", "R. Girdler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b518f62-e2fb-43bc-a67f-9279cb8f690a"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB57.htm"
source_hash: "a2cff45a2838b096b76f65aece2d1af1f367af65857351f8c6b91e29333de622"
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 57 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to terrorism. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to allow a person injured by an act of terrorism to file a claim for damages against the terrorist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish a crime of terrorism as a capital offense which shall be punished by imprisonment for life without probation or parole; state that a person convicted of terrorism shall not be released early.

## Version chain

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

1. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB57/HCS1.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB57/bill.pdf)
3. **SB 57 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB57/orig_bill.pdf)
4. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB57/SFA1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Bowen — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-05** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 31, 2018
- **2018-01-31** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-01-31** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-02** Received in House
- **2018-02-06** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 1, 2018
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 81-12 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute on Tuesday, March 27, 2018
- **2018-03-27** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-03-27** Bill passed 37-0
- **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. 111) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b518f62-e2fb-43bc-a67f-9279cb8f690a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).