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Bill	AN ACT relating to the unauthorized practice of law.	Amend KRS 524.130 to increase the class of the crime of the unauthorized practice of law from a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense to a Class A misdemeanor, and establish each subsequent offense as a Class D felony.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 256	Kentucky HB 256 (2022RS)	bill	Attorney Commonwealth's Attorney County Attorneys Corrections Impact Crimes and Punishments Local Mandate	enacted	C. Massey D. Elliott	3	22	2	2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2d2c98bb-ac13-42e6-af7e-4a26b8c2ad77	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb256.html	a81f7f1036f282f156dbfbece464b315058483c901fef5ba323a76fedc955ef2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 256 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the unauthorized practice of law.

Amend KRS 524.130 to increase the class of the crime of the unauthorized practice of law from a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense to a Class A misdemeanor, and establish each subsequent offense as a Class D felony.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 179 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE HB 256 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Massey — primary (person)
• D. Elliott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 18, 2022
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 85-7 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+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
• 2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 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 3rd reading, passed 23-11 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 179) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d2c98bb-ac13-42e6-af7e-4a26b8c2ad77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).