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Bill	AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.	Amend KRS 519.010 to add definition of "emergency response"; amend KRS 519.040 to increase the penalties for falsely reporting an incident that results in an emergency response; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide for a civil cause of action for damages arising from the false reporting of an incident; amend KRS 134.127 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 48	Kentucky HB 48 (2022RS)	bill	Civil Actions Corrections Impact Crimes and Punishments Emergency Medical Services Local Mandate Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Police City and County Police State Sheriffs	enacted	C. Massey DJ Johnson P. Pratt	3	29	3	2021-08-11T04:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/34b90fbe-6d93-4c52-9117-8e87fbb95e5b	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb48.html	702a9a7ccc8dac0a52d57f70406089e5c13dcc79f3643ac92cb97aa25c89397b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 48 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 519.010 to add definition of "emergency response"; amend KRS 519.040 to increase the penalties for falsely reporting an incident that results in an emergency response; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide for a civil cause of action for damages arising from the false reporting of an incident; amend KRS 134.127 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 148 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 48 w/ sfa1 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Massey — primary (person)
• DJ Johnson — primary (person)
• P. Pratt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-08-11T04:00:00+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
• 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 08, 2022
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 86-7 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 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 3rd reading, passed 31-0-1 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 86-5 passage
• 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. 148) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34b90fbe-6d93-4c52-9117-8e87fbb95e5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).