---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to hazing."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 508 to define \"hazing,\" \"student,\" and \"organization\"; establish a Class D felony of hazing in the first degree; establish a Class A misdemeanor of hazing in the second degree; amend KRS 164.7874 to remove eligibility for a KEES scholarship if convicted of hazing; provide that the Act may be referred to as Lofton's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Kentucky SB 9 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Higher", "Local Mandate", "Short Titles and Popular Names", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f00c0a5-93a9-477d-b13c-76d2682354c9"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb9.html"
source_hash: "b3677117e85d1c43b541b7d211cfee2203cfbe4183dab8624e53513629981fdd"
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 9 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to hazing.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 508 to define "hazing," "student," and "organization"; establish a Class D felony of hazing in the first degree; establish a Class A misdemeanor of hazing in the second degree; amend KRS 164.7874 to remove eligibility for a KEES scholarship if convicted of hazing; provide that the Act may be referred to as Lofton's Law.

## 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/sb9/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 110** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0110.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb9/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 9 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 9 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **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 27-7 with Committee Substitute (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`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+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 96-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30 -4 `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. 110) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f00c0a5-93a9-477d-b13c-76d2682354c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).