---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to sex offenses. Amend KRS 510.050, 510.060, 510.080, 510.090, 510.110, and 510.120 to increase penalties for sex crimes against a victim who is a person with an intellectual disability."
description: "AN ACT relating to sex offenses. Amend KRS 510.050, 510.060, 510.080, 510.090, 510.110, and 510.120 to increase penalties for sex crimes against a victim who is a person with an intellectual disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Kentucky SB 19 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Embry Jr.", "D. Carroll", "D. Harper Angel", "D. Parrett", "M. Wilson", "R. Girdler", "S. Meredith", "T. Buford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-10-12"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f81c981-6727-4923-9180-3e738712cc95"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB19.htm"
source_hash: "da76fbea8f6c2f9a597c6f10d98dd9f76d652a04bb5bafef43ad65b72cdb2343"
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 19 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to sex offenses. Amend KRS 510.050, 510.060, 510.080, 510.090, 510.110, and 510.120 to increase penalties for sex crimes against a victim who is a person with an intellectual disability.

## 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/SB19/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 19 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB19/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB19/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- D. Parrett — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)
- T. Buford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-10-12** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2018-01-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-03** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received in House
- **2018-03-09** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** 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. 109) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f81c981-6727-4923-9180-3e738712cc95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).