---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to mental illness."
description: "Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Kentucky HB 269 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Deaths", "Mental Disability", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "B. Wheatley", "C. Massey", "C. McCoy", "C. Stevenson", "D. Elliott", "D. Graham", "J. Decker", "J. Jenkins", "J. Miller", "J. Tipton", "K. Flood", "K. Timoney", "M. Prunty", "N. Kulkarni", "N. Tate", "P. Pratt", "R. Roberts", "S. Heavrin", "S. Westrom", "T. Bojanowski", "T. Huff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2a68164-0843-4679-ba2a-67540f638730"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb269.html"
source_hash: "85c6a6fd0846fa323fa858db582977d56cb7707003469a8ed7ad85b4afbff2cc"
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 269 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to mental illness.

Amend KRS 532.130, 532.135, and 532.140 to add a diagnosis of serious mental illness to the disabilities which prevent execution for persons convicted of capital offenses.

## 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/hb269/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0109.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb269/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 269 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Graham — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Flood — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Roberts — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `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
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 76-19 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 25-9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** 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/b2a68164-0843-4679-ba2a-67540f638730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).