republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-222.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to legal actions concerning the exercise of a person's constitutional rights.	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for dismissing legal actions filed in response to a party's exercise of free speech, right to petition, or right to association; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right; allow for costs to be awarded to the moving party if dismissal is granted; allow for costs to be awarded to responding party if the motion was found to be frivolous or filed with the intent to delay; provide that this Act may be cited as the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 222	Kentucky HB 222 (2022RS)	bill	Civil Actions Civil Procedure Constitution Ky. Constitution U.S. Short Titles and Popular Names	enacted	A. Gentry C. Massey D. Graham G. Brown Jr. J. Nemes L. Willner M. Marzian N. Kulkarni P. Minter R. Palumbo S. Westrom T. Bojanowski	3	26	2	2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6e817373-f469-4a6f-a32d-4659f86a415d	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb222.html	8f12ce533dfc685ebce74c9fa99fd0dbf19222f87c201de312702ca329cc6333	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 222 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to legal actions concerning the exercise of a person's constitutional rights.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for dismissing legal actions filed in response to a party's exercise of free speech, right to petition, or right to association; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right; allow for costs to be awarded to the moving party if dismissal is granted; allow for costs to be awarded to responding party if the motion was found to be frivolous or filed with the intent to delay; provide that this Act may be cited as the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 233 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE HB 222 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Gentry — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• D. Graham — primary (person)
• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• L. Willner — primary (person)
• M. Marzian — primary (person)
• N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
• P. Minter — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)
• T. Bojanowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2022
• 2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 82-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (2) and (1-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1-title) and (2) withdrawn
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 30-2 passage
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 233) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e817373-f469-4a6f-a32d-4659f86a415d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).