republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2018rs/sb-30.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights. Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of "victim"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.	AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights. Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of "victim"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2018RS	SB 30	Kentucky SB 30 (2018RS)	bill		enacted	B. Smith C. Embry Jr. C. McDaniel D. Carroll D. Givens D. Parrett D. Ridley D. Thayer J. Adams J. Bowen J. Carpenter J. Higdon M. Wilson M. Wise P. Hornback R. Alvarado R. Girdler R. Jones II R. Thomas S. Humphries S. Meredith S. West W. Westerfield	3	19	0	2018-01-02	2018-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ba336614-2f98-4c69-9a54-d738f76af68c	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB30.htm	fd3a250ea6e8ac5388b22449576359b9ce80bc6e0a1f50af0a6b2667f3c17b8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 30 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights. Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of "victim"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.

Version chain

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

1. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
2. SB 30 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
3. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• B. Smith — primary (person)
• C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
• C. McDaniel — primary (person)
• D. Carroll — primary (person)
• D. Givens — primary (person)
• D. Parrett — primary (person)
• D. Ridley — primary (person)
• D. Thayer — primary (person)
• J. Adams — primary (person)
• J. Bowen — primary (person)
• J. Carpenter — primary (person)
• J. Higdon — primary (person)
• M. Wilson — primary (person)
• M. Wise — primary (person)
• P. Hornback — primary (person)
• R. Alvarado — primary (person)
• R. Girdler — primary (person)
• R. Jones II — primary (person)
• R. Thomas — primary (person)
• S. Humphries — primary (person)
• S. Meredith — primary (person)
• S. West — primary (person)
• W. Westerfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-01-03 To State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
• 2018-02-08 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-02-09 Floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-12 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2018
• 2018-02-12 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with floor amendment (1) reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-13 Received in House
• 2018-02-15 To Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Posted in committee
• 2018-02-28 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
• 2018-03-01 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-03-07 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
• 2018-03-09 3rd reading, passed 79-3 reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-12 Received in Senate
• 2018-03-12 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2018-03-12 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2018-03-12 Delivered to Governor
• 2018-03-23 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba336614-2f98-4c69-9a54-d738f76af68c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).