republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-43.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to religious freedom during a declared emergency.	Amend KRS 39A.100 to exclude houses of worship from emergency condemnation authority; prohibit a governmental entity from prohibiting religious services during an emergency to a greater extent than imposed on other organizations or businesses that provide essential services; require a compelling governmental interest to place a burden on a religious organization; prohibit a governmental entity from taking any discriminatory action against a religious organization on the basis that the organization is religious; define "discriminatory action," "governmental entity," "religious organization," and "religious services"; allow a religious organization to assert a violation of this section as a claim against a governmental entity or as a defense and waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity to the extent of liability under the section; set out remedies available to a religious organization; require construciton in favor of protecting free exercise of religion; require a religious organization to bring an action no later than two years from the date the person should have known of the discriminatory action.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 43	Kentucky HB 43 (2022RS)	bill	Courts Disasters Diseases Governor Local Government Local Mandate Religion	enacted	A. Bowling B. McCool B. Reed B. Wesley C. Freeland C. Fugate C. Massey D. Bentley D. Elliott D. Fister D. Frazier Gordon D. Hale D. Meade DJ Johnson F. Rabourn J. Blanton J. Branscum J. Bray J. Calloway J. Decker J. DuPlessis J. Fischer J. Nemes J. Petrie J. Tipton K. Bratcher K. Fleming K. King L. Bechler M. Dossett M. Hart M. Imes M. Lockett M. Pollock M. Prunty N. Kirk-McCormick N. Tate P. Flannery P. Pratt R. Bridges R. Dotson R. Heath R. Huff R. Webber R. White S. Baker S. Lewis S. Maddox S. McPherson S. Sharp S. Sheldon T. Huff T. Smith T. Truett W. Lawrence W. Thomas	3	21	2	2021-08-04T04:00:00+00:00	2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fda85f5b-f11a-4c39-b68b-032ed00b7ad0	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb43.html	e07ea90acced3f212c9f9bbdc275536376895148b8e553398d261506321c7792	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 43 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to religious freedom during a declared emergency.

Amend KRS 39A.100 to exclude houses of worship from emergency condemnation authority; prohibit a governmental entity from prohibiting religious services during an emergency to a greater extent than imposed on other organizations or businesses that provide essential services; require a compelling governmental interest to place a burden on a religious organization; prohibit a governmental entity from taking any discriminatory action against a religious organization on the basis that the organization is religious; define "discriminatory action," "governmental entity," "religious organization," and "religious services"; allow a religious organization to assert a violation of this section as a claim against a governmental entity or as a defense and waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity to the extent of liability under the section; set out remedies available to a religious organization; require construciton in favor of protecting free exercise of religion; require a religious organization to bring an action no later than two years from the date the person should have known of the discriminatory action.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 82 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE HB 43 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Bowling — primary (person)
• B. McCool — primary (person)
• B. Reed — primary (person)
• B. Wesley — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Fister — primary (person)
• D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• D. Meade — primary (person)
• DJ Johnson — primary (person)
• F. Rabourn — primary (person)
• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• J. Branscum — primary (person)
• J. Bray — primary (person)
• J. Calloway — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
• J. Fischer — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• J. Petrie — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. Fleming — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• L. Bechler — primary (person)
• M. Dossett — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• M. Imes — primary (person)
• M. Lockett — primary (person)
• M. Pollock — primary (person)
• M. Prunty — primary (person)
• N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• P. Pratt — primary (person)
• R. Bridges — primary (person)
• R. Dotson — primary (person)
• R. Heath — primary (person)
• R. Huff — primary (person)
• R. Webber — primary (person)
• R. White — primary (person)
• S. Baker — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. Maddox — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• S. Sheldon — primary (person)
• T. Huff — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)
• T. Truett — primary (person)
• W. Lawrence — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-08-04T04:00:00+00:00 Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
• 2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to State Government (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2022
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 83-12 with Committee Substitute (1) Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (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 Wednesday, March 23, 2022
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 30-7 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 82) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fda85f5b-f11a-4c39-b68b-032ed00b7ad0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).