republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-319.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to interpersonal violence.	Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 403.740 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.060 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 319	Kentucky HB 319 (2022RS)	bill	Animals Livestock and Poultry Civil Actions Courts Dogs Domestic Relations	enacted	B. Wesley B. Wheatley C. Freeland D. Osborne J. Decker J. DuPlessis J. Jenkins K. Banta K. Fleming K. Flood M. Dossett M. Prunty N. Kulkarni P. Pratt P. Stevenson R. Dotson S. Lewis S. Westrom T. Bojanowski W. Thomas	3	20	2	2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fcbd9f9d-8774-41c0-8637-afdb6233fabd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb319.html	785e77c966512ee7c2375969b01dc3bdbe638c2ba6f0407593cb0a2c4df34d32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 319 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to interpersonal violence.

Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 403.740 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal when used as coercive conduct in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRS 456.060 to allow a judge to award possession of a shared domestic animal to the petitioner.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 158 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 319 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Wesley — primary (person)
• B. Wheatley — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• D. Osborne — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
• J. Jenkins — primary (person)
• K. Banta — primary (person)
• K. Fleming — primary (person)
• K. Flood — primary (person)
• M. Dossett — primary (person)
• M. Prunty — primary (person)
• N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
• P. Pratt — primary (person)
• P. Stevenson — primary (person)
• R. Dotson — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)
• T. Bojanowski — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-1 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. 158) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fcbd9f9d-8774-41c0-8637-afdb6233fabd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).