republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2018rs/hb-454.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the human rights of unborn children and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to prohibit an abortion on a pregnant woman that will result in the bodily dismemberment, crushing, or human vivisection of the unborn child when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 11 weeks or greater, except in the case of a medical emergency; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.	AN ACT relating to the human rights of unborn children and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to prohibit an abortion on a pregnant woman that will result in the bodily dismemberment, crushing, or human vivisection of the unborn child when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 11 weeks or greater, except in the case of a medical emergency; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2018RS	HB 454	Kentucky HB 454 (2018RS)	bill		enacted	A. Wuchner B. Reed C. Fugate D. Bentley D. Elliott D. Meade D. Osborne J. DuPlessis J. Fischer J. Miller J. Tipton K. King L. Bechler M. Castlen M. Hart M. Prunty P. Pratt R. Goforth R. Mills R. Rothenburger S. Lee T. Moore W. Thomas	4	32	0	2018-02-22	2018-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/24d9d417-2d95-499e-915f-5e23a8094afc	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB454.htm	fba2ed0d24a76696cf76f1629f2a451463c32583183ad14a8722b95bc599177e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 454 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the human rights of unborn children and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to prohibit an abortion on a pregnant woman that will result in the bodily dismemberment, crushing, or human vivisection of the unborn child when the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 11 weeks or greater, except in the case of a medical emergency; amend KRS 311.990 to provide that a person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. HB 454 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
2. HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
4. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• A. Wuchner — primary (person)
• B. Reed — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Meade — primary (person)
• D. Osborne — primary (person)
• J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
• J. Fischer — primary (person)
• J. Miller — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• L. Bechler — primary (person)
• M. Castlen — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• M. Prunty — primary (person)
• P. Pratt — primary (person)
• R. Goforth — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)
• R. Rothenburger — primary (person)
• S. Lee — primary (person)
• T. Moore — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-22 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-26 To Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2018-02-26 Posted in committee
• 2018-03-07 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
• 2018-03-07 Floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-08 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-03-09 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 12, 2018
• 2018-03-12 3rd reading reading-3
• 2018-03-12 Floor amendment (1) ruled out of order
• 2018-03-12 Passed 71-11
• 2018-03-13 Received in Senate
• 2018-03-14 To Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 Taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2018-03-20 1st reading reading-1
• 2018-03-20 Returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2018-03-21 Taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2018-03-21 2nd reading reading-2
• 2018-03-21 Returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2018-03-22 Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
• 2018-03-22 Taken from Rules (S)
• 2018-03-22 Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
• 2018-03-22 3rd reading, passed 31-5 with Committee Substitute (1) reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-22 Received in House
• 2018-03-22 To Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2018-03-27 Taken from Rules (H)
• 2018-03-27 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
• 2018-03-27 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2018-03-27 Passed 75-13
• 2018-03-29 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2018-03-29 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2018-03-29 Delivered to Governor
• 2018-04-10 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 142) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24d9d417-2d95-499e-915f-5e23a8094afc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).