---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 189A.010 to remove the penalty enhancement for refusal of a blood test; amend KRS 189A.104 to remove blood tests from the list of alcohol or substance tests that are subject to enhancement of penalties; amend KRS 189A.105 to remove the limitations for obtaining a search warrant for a blood test and provide that a refusal of a blood test will not result in the enhancement of any criminal penalty; amend KRS 189A.107 to describe that the refusal of a blood, breath, or urine test will subject a person to license suspension; amend KRS 189A.110 to include an alcohol concentration reading of 0.15 percent as a qualifying result for the minimum four hour detention requirement; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Kentucky HB 154 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Local Mandate", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Flannery"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9403f7f-76b2-4e37-b39e-82658f9a3167"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb154.html"
source_hash: "a2e6fd0719f7c8fe4782bed3f8ad48fb4e8b36dca21920921146b42f72f7c411"
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 154 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 189A.010 to remove the penalty enhancement for refusal of a blood test; amend KRS 189A.104 to remove blood tests from the list of alcohol or substance tests that are subject to enhancement of penalties; amend KRS 189A.105 to remove the limitations for obtaining a search warrant for a blood test and provide that a refusal of a blood test will not result in the enhancement of any criminal penalty; amend KRS 189A.107 to describe that the refusal of a blood, breath, or urine test will subject a person to license suspension; amend KRS 189A.110 to include an alcohol concentration reading of 0.15 percent as a qualifying result for the minimum four hour detention requirement; 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/22RS/hb154/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 83** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0083.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb154/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 154 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- P. Flannery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-10T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 08, 2022
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 82-12 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State `became-law`
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 83) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9403f7f-76b2-4e37-b39e-82658f9a3167`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).