---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to assaults on animals utilized for the principal purpose of law enforcement. Amend KRS 525.200 to remove the requirement that a service animal be unable to return to work from the elements of the offense of first degree assault on a service animal, and add levels of injury and criminal intent to the elements."
description: "AN ACT relating to assaults on animals utilized for the principal purpose of law enforcement. Amend KRS 525.200 to remove the requirement that a service animal be unable to return to work from the elements of the offense of first degree assault on a service animal, and add levels of injury and criminal intent to the elements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 93"
citation: "Kentucky HB 93 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-09"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdaa8ba0-46e1-4614-ac37-b1e58ac3b733"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB93.htm"
source_hash: "17656bf0807d5f36dae4b050ac9b47cacc400e876305137da8ac732a7e084ca5"
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 93 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to assaults on animals utilized for the principal purpose of law enforcement. Amend KRS 525.200 to remove the requirement that a service animal be unable to return to work from the elements of the offense of first degree assault on a service animal, and add levels of injury and criminal intent to the elements.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 93 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB93/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB93/HCA1.pdf)
3. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB93/HCS1.pdf)
4. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB93/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-09** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2017-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with committee amendment (1-title) Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-21** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with committee amendments (1-title) Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-23** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 6, 2017
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in House
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-08** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 29) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdaa8ba0-46e1-4614-ac37-b1e58ac3b733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).