---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the human rights of unborn children and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to prohibit an abortion on a pregnant woman that will result in the bodily dismemberment, crushing, or human vivisection of the unborn child when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 11 weeks or greater, except in the case of a medical emergency; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to the human rights of unborn children and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to prohibit an abortion on a pregnant woman that will result in the bodily dismemberment, crushing, or human vivisection of the unborn child when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 11 weeks or greater, except in the case of a medical emergency; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 454"
citation: "Kentucky HB 454 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Wuchner", "B. Reed", "C. Fugate", "D. Bentley", "D. Elliott", "D. Meade", "D. Osborne", "J. DuPlessis", "J. Fischer", "J. Miller", "J. Tipton", "K. King", "L. Bechler", "M. Castlen", "M. Hart", "M. Prunty", "P. Pratt", "R. Goforth", "R. Mills", "R. Rothenburger", "S. Lee", "T. Moore", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24d9d417-2d95-499e-915f-5e23a8094afc"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB454.htm"
source_hash: "fba2ed0d24a76696cf76f1629f2a451463c32583183ad14a8722b95bc599177e"
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 454 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the human rights of unborn children and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to prohibit an abortion on a pregnant woman that will result in the bodily dismemberment, crushing, or human vivisection of the unborn child when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 11 weeks or greater, except in the case of a medical emergency; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 454 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB454/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB454/HFA1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB454/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB454/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Wuchner — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- J. Fischer — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Castlen — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Goforth — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- R. Rothenburger — primary (person)
- S. Lee — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 12, 2018
- **2018-03-12** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-12** Floor amendment (1) ruled out of order
- **2018-03-12** Passed 71-11
- **2018-03-13** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-14** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-20** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-21** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-21** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-22** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-03-22** Taken from Rules (S)
- **2018-03-22** Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 31-5 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Taken from Rules (H)
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-27** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-03-27** Passed 75-13
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 142) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24d9d417-2d95-499e-915f-5e23a8094afc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).