---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define terms; criminalize the use of tracking devices on motor vehicles without the consent of the owner or lessee; establish penalty; provide exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Kentucky SB 199 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Communications", "Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6a56f0-9adb-4e38-b2e2-30f7d2452c3b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb199.html"
source_hash: "cdc17c5550831c293390d7cb03ef2f85cae00838aa2e6a8a777e2be6e92ad00c"
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 199 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define terms; criminalize the use of tracking devices on motor vehicles without the consent of the owner or lessee; establish penalty; provide exceptions.

## 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/sb199/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 163** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0163.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb199/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 199 W/ hcs1 hfa3 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 199 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+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** floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 86-10 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (3)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 163) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba6a56f0-9adb-4e38-b2e2-30f7d2452c3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).