---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 310"
citation: "Kentucky HB 310 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Crime Victims", "Criminal Procedure", "Local Mandate", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "J. Decker", "J. Nemes", "J. Nemes", "J. Nemes", "J. Nemes", "K. King", "S. Heavrin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c82ef74-3fa9-43d5-9914-7fb1e97a86ec"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb310.html"
source_hash: "b3d81fe5bb13564d5cd6525b3e893bda71ab5dfcea43788fa70243519ffba1f2"
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 310 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments and declaring an emergency.

## 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/21RS/hb310/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 175** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0175.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb310/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 310 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2021
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with floor amendments (3) and (4-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 29, 2021
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 91-0 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 175) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c82ef74-3fa9-43d5-9914-7fb1e97a86ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).