republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2017rs/sb-5.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit an abortion when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater; create an affirmative defense if the probable post-fertilization age was less than 20 weeks or if a medical emergency; require a determination of the unborn child's probable post-fertilization age prior to performing an abortion; allow for civil relief; create the Kentucky pain-capable unborn child protection litigation fund; allow for severability; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a one-year statute of limitation for civil actions arising from violations; EMERGENCY.	AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit an abortion when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater; create an affirmative defense if the probable post-fertilization age was less than 20 weeks or if a medical emergency; require a determination of the unborn child's probable post-fertilization age prior to performing an abortion; allow for civil relief; create the Kentucky pain-capable unborn child protection litigation fund; allow for severability; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a one-year statute of limitation for civil actions arising from violations; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2017RS	SB 5	Kentucky SB 5 (2017RS)	bill		enacted		5	30	0	2017-01-03	2017-01-09	openstates	ocd-bill/711379ab-4c83-43f1-b032-1ed29f0f9542	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB5.htm	0083e98e1c2ebc8d33cf660e4e769e7b97a282a9b8c9ff3eb0d75c2a009ef31e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 5 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit an abortion when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater; create an affirmative defense if the probable post-fertilization age was less than 20 weeks or if a medical emergency; require a determination of the unborn child's probable post-fertilization age prior to performing an abortion; allow for civil relief; create the Kentucky pain-capable unborn child protection litigation fund; allow for severability; amend KRS 311.595 to allow the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to suspend or revoke the license of any physician for violations; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a one-year statute of limitation for civil actions arising from violations; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
2. HFA2 (committee substitute) — source
3. HFA3 (committee substitute) — source
4. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 5 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-03 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2017-01-03 Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2017-01-03 1st reading reading-1
• 2017-01-03 Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2017-01-03 To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) referral-committee
• 2017-01-04 Taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
• 2017-01-04 2nd reading reading-2
• 2017-01-04 Returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
• 2017-01-05 Reported favorably, to Rules
• 2017-01-05 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 5, 2017
• 2017-01-05 3rd reading, passed 30-6 reading-3, passage
• 2017-01-05 Received in House
• 2017-01-05 To Health and Family Services (H) referral-committee
• 2017-01-05 Taken from Health and Family Services (H)
• 2017-01-05 1st reading reading-1
• 2017-01-05 Returned to Health and Family Services (H)
• 2017-01-05 Posting waived
• 2017-01-06 Taken from Health and Family Services (H)
• 2017-01-06 2nd reading reading-2
• 2017-01-06 Returned to Health and Family Services (H)
• 2017-01-07 Reported favorably, to Rules
• 2017-01-07 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Saturday, January 7, 2017
• 2017-01-07 Floor amendments (1) (2) and (3-title) filed
• 2017-01-07 3rd reading, passed 79-15 reading-3, passage
• 2017-01-07 Received in Senate
• 2017-01-07 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2017-01-07 Received in House
• 2017-01-07 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2017-01-07 Delivered to Governor
• 2017-01-09 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 005) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/711379ab-4c83-43f1-b032-1ed29f0f9542. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).