---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to crime victims' rights."
description: "AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to crime victims' rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Kentucky SB 15 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime Victims", "Criminal Procedure", "Prosecutors", "Constitution", "Ky."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8641874-d750-4743-a707-975837956242"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb15.html"
source_hash: "10a0f085979e0cd35bd832fc8c7c386e27670f1db8bc1686822a9e58b1f4334e"
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 15 (2020RS) — AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to crime victims' rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb15/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb15/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 15 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-6-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Elections, Const. Amendments, & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 74-15 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 85) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8641874-d750-4743-a707-975837956242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).