---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to victims of crime, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 49.280 to allow claims for hit-and-run accidents; amend KRS 49.370 to raise payment limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Kentucky SB 282 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims", "Crime Victims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f489e77-e18d-4672-8ed5-8267be94f0c1"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb282.html"
source_hash: "7c82a40cecaedb77d3e6bf84fb7e68e0eab75adee62ca825a1b3cbe13130e2d6"
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 282 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to victims of crime, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 49.280 to allow claims for hit-and-run accidents; amend KRS 49.370 to raise payment limits.

## 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/sb282/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0173.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb282/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 282 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **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 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **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
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 173) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f489e77-e18d-4672-8ed5-8267be94f0c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).