---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to criminal justice and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "Amend KRS 15.280 to define \"criminal justice agency\"; to require the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center to collect any criminal justice data within the possession of any federal agency of the federal, state, or local government, or private entity; require the center to design a records information system; provide authorization to the center to expend any general, restricted, or federal funds to carry out its functions; APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 535"
citation: "Kentucky HB 535 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Research and Methods", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe90ece3-ef0e-49e7-8bc9-eed1d570b60a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb535.html"
source_hash: "2a7094d0f957897da608ddca3e8164bf9bbc7954afc51c5c94bbc114ed35a3f2"
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 535 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to criminal justice and making an appropriation therefor.

Amend KRS 15.280 to define "criminal justice agency"; to require the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center to collect any criminal justice data within the possession of any federal agency of the federal, state, or local government, or private entity; require the center to design a records information system; provide authorization to the center to expend any general, restricted, or federal funds to carry out its functions; APPROPRIATION.

## 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/23RS/hb535/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 153** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0153.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb535/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 535 W/ scs1 sfa1 sfta2 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 99-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 153) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe90ece3-ef0e-49e7-8bc9-eed1d570b60a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).