---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights."
description: "AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Kentucky SB 80 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime Victims", "Criminal Procedure", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "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: "2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70f63427-16cc-4913-b318-de3293db50b1"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb80.html"
source_hash: "f9f0c59c91d9e7c956231d58df1d90d20fcac63a0152508cbe774bbf66ad3394"
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 80 (2020RS) — AN ACT 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/sb80/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb80/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 80 — **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 Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 4, 2020
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-2-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posting waived
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+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 81-8 `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 Governor
- **2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 101) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70f63427-16cc-4913-b318-de3293db50b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).