republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-353.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.	Amend KRS 218A.500 to exclude testing equipment used to determine the presence of chemicals, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds in controlled substances from the prohibition of possession of drug paraphernalia; amend KRS 218.010 to exclude fentanyl found on testing equipment from the definition of "fentanyl."	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 353	Kentucky HB 353 (2023RS)	bill	Crimes and Punishments Drugs and Medicines Opioids Substance Abuse	enacted		3	28	3	2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5ce09b9c-6d4a-4031-bbd9-e45c9585653a	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb353.html	ebff94a923c8e77d83a435da967a9c1b59aa731d814c60842278dc77bcfd3f20	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 353 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 218A.500 to exclude testing equipment used to determine the presence of chemicals, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds in controlled substances from the prohibition of possession of drug paraphernalia; amend KRS 218.010 to exclude fentanyl found on testing equipment from the definition of "fentanyl."

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 166 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 353 W/ scs1 scta1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 03, 2023
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Health Services (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Health Services (S)
• 2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 96-0 passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 166) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ce09b9c-6d4a-4031-bbd9-e45c9585653a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).