---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to victims of crime."
description: "Amend KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amend KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amend KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amend KRS 49.330 to increase access for victims to file claims; amend KRS 49.340 to limit the time for an investigation; amend KRS 49.350 to allow a claim in default to be revived; amend KRS 49.360 to increase the allowable amount of emergency awards; amend KRS 49.370 to raise award limits and expand the types of claims eligible for payment; amend KRS 49.390 to remove the requirement of financial hardship for the victim; amend KRS 49.400 to limit the penalty to the intentional filing of false information; amend KRS 216B.400 to increase the medical services eligible for reimbursement, amend KRS 216B.990 to require an online portal for reporting violations of KRS 216B.400 to aid in penalty enforcement; amend KRS 49.380 to conform; make technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 319"
citation: "Kentucky SB 319 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims", "Crime Victims", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Reports Mandated"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Harper Angel", "D. Yates", "G. Neal", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d2f4e2-e085-4ea9-ab7f-3b6a502369a5"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb319.html"
source_hash: "c4cb1b3bb34584f089310196f2ec8f66822919e29fc023de27d357e5744417f1"
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 319 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to victims of crime.

Amend KRS 49.280 to expand definitions relating to crime victims compensation; amend KRS 49.300 to specify duties of the Crime Victims Compensation Board; amend KRS 49.310 to allow family members and caregivers of a victim to file claims; amend KRS 49.330 to increase access for victims to file claims; amend KRS 49.340 to limit the time for an investigation; amend KRS 49.350 to allow a claim in default to be revived; amend KRS 49.360 to increase the allowable amount of emergency awards; amend KRS 49.370 to raise award limits and expand the types of claims eligible for payment; amend KRS 49.390 to remove the requirement of financial hardship for the victim; amend KRS 49.400 to limit the penalty to the intentional filing of false information; amend KRS 216B.400 to increase the medical services eligible for reimbursement, amend KRS 216B.990 to require an online portal for reporting violations of KRS 216B.400 to aid in penalty enforcement; amend KRS 49.380 to conform; make technical corrections.

## 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/24RS/sb319/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 67** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0067.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb319/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 319 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- D. Yates — primary (person)
- G. Neal — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Judiciary (S)
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 67) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d2f4e2-e085-4ea9-ab7f-3b6a502369a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).