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Bill AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, or an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease with at least 30 days' notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establish civil action for a landlord's economic losses due to termination against persons restrained by protective orders; for those tenants or applicants for tenancy who hold an emergency protective order, a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, an interpersonal protective order, or a temporary interpersonal protective order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be installed by the tenant; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, rental agreements shall not penalize tenants for requesting assistance from emergency services. AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, or an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease with at least 30 days' notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establish civil action for a landlord's economic losses due to termination against persons restrained by protective orders; for those tenants or applicants for tenancy who hold an emergency protective order, a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, an interpersonal protective order, or a temporary interpersonal protective order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be installed by the tenant; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, rental agreements shall not penalize tenants for requesting assistance from emergency services. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2017RS HB 309 Kentucky HB 309 (2017RS)
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Kentucky HB 309 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, or an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease with at least 30 days' notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establish civil action for a landlord's economic losses due to termination against persons restrained by protective orders; for those tenants or applicants for tenancy who hold an emergency protective order, a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, an interpersonal protective order, or a temporary interpersonal protective order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be installed by the tenant; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, rental agreements shall not penalize tenants for requesting assistance from emergency services.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HB 309 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
  3. SCA1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-10 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2017-02-14 To Judiciary (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-02-21 Posted in committee
  • 2017-02-22 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar reading-1
  • 2017-02-23 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2017-02-23 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017
  • 2017-02-24 Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
  • 2017-03-01 3rd reading, passed 68-5 reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-02 Received in Senate
  • 2017-03-02 To Judiciary (S) referral-committee
  • 2017-03-06 Taken from Judiciary (S)
  • 2017-03-06 1st reading reading-1
  • 2017-03-06 Returned to Judiciary (S)
  • 2017-03-07 Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
  • 2017-03-14 Taken from Rules (S)
  • 2017-03-14 Recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)
  • 2017-03-15 Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
  • 2017-03-15 Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2017-03-29 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017
  • 2017-03-29 3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1), and committee amendment (1-title) reading-3, passage
  • 2017-03-30 Received in House
  • 2017-03-30 To Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2017-03-30 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
  • 2017-03-30 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
  • 2017-03-30 Bill passed 94-0
  • 2017-03-30 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2017-03-30 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2017-03-30 Delivered to Governor
  • 2017-04-11 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 191) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19f9b5b4-c337-4d3b-8826-429268376d22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).