---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to incest."
description: "Amend KRS 439.3401 to include incest, as defined in KRS 530.020, as a qualifying crime for designation of a \"violent offender\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Kentucky SB 38 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Harper Angel", "J. Adams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f19b19bc-c498-42b3-a388-7b175aa1bfba"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb38.html"
source_hash: "d8b14fe946c8385749a674db7689bac8f381fac5dea53113e3cf3671c6ecac08"
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 38 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to incest.

Amend KRS 439.3401 to include incest, as defined in KRS 530.020, as a qualifying crime for designation of a "violent offender".

## 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/sb38/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0014.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb38/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 38 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 26, 2022
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 04, 2022
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f19b19bc-c498-42b3-a388-7b175aa1bfba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).