---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to theft by failure to make required disposition of property."
description: "Amend KRS 514.060, relating to theft of services, to include the conduct of a person holding the property of another under a rental agreement longer than the period agreed upon and depriving the owner of its use for future rentals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "Kentucky HB 201 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Fiscal Note", "Local Mandate", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94e42365-7d55-426b-96cb-05ee97f5df5a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb201.html"
source_hash: "b22df2456e1c2eff63bda6e1eadc12ea796c7f9920dce837231122d65e1667a0"
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 HB 201 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to theft by failure to make required disposition of property.

Amend KRS 514.060, relating to theft of services, to include the conduct of a person holding the property of another under a rental agreement longer than the period agreed upon and depriving the owner of its use for future rentals.

## 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/25RS/hb201/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 18** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0018.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb201/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 201 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **88–1** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 21, 2025
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 88-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94e42365-7d55-426b-96cb-05ee97f5df5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).