---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public safety."
description: "Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a registered sex offender from loitering within 1,000 feet of the clearly defined grounds of a school, playground, or day care; amend KRS 508.025 to include healthcare providers working in an emergency room to the list of protected workers for the offense of assault in the third degree."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Kentucky SB 80 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Cities", "Corrections Impact", "Counties", "Crime Victims", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Local Mandate", "Parks and Shrines"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eccd108c-cbdc-442b-98bb-6c9464a8f12b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb80.html"
source_hash: "37772c03ac0a95fd439aaaabda029871cdc9b89ad9c1a28ad6b3e0af8e918c4c"
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 80 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to public safety.

Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a registered sex offender from loitering within 1,000 feet of the clearly defined grounds of a school, playground, or day care; amend KRS 508.025 to include healthcare providers working in an emergency room to the list of protected workers for the offense of assault in the third degree.

## 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/sb80/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0109.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb80/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 80 W/ hfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 80 W/ scs1, sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-3 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32 -2 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-27T04:00:00+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/eccd108c-cbdc-442b-98bb-6c9464a8f12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).