---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to theft of mail matter."
description: "Amend KRS 514.140 to include common carriers and delivery services in protection against theft of mail matter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Kentucky SB 23 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Harper Angel", "D. Yates", "M. McGarvey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-09-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8da4b22-d490-4009-80ce-878da2198bc6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb23.html"
source_hash: "ac32002a6516f775d6e1fcc3322c100cfaf3a85cf1d2d6ac4aa4b0458a7f3e68"
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 23 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to theft of mail matter.

Amend KRS 514.140 to include common carriers and delivery services in protection against theft of mail matter.

## 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/sb23/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0097.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb23/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 23 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- D. Yates — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-01T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 02, 2022
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 25, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 81-14 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 97) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8da4b22-d490-4009-80ce-878da2198bc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).