Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
7.0 KiB
type: "Bill" title: "AN ACT relating to the regulation of game machines." description: "Amend KRS 528.010 to define "coin-operated amusement machine," "skill," "skill-based contests," and "skill game"; amend the definitions of "advancing gambling activity," "gambling," "gambling device," and "something of value"; amend KRS 528.100 to authorize the Attorney General, the Commonwealthâs attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality to establish a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each device for any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device in violation of KRS Chapter 528; authorize the Attorney General, the Commonwealthâs attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality to cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth, to enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of KRS Chapter 528, and request an attachment against all devices and any moneys within those devices; EMERGENCY." jurisdiction: "us/states/ky" legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly" session: "2023RS" identifier: "HB 594" citation: "Kentucky HB 594 (2023RS)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Amusements and Recreation", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Gambling", "Lottery", "Wagering"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 3 action_count: 41 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b799327b-62af-42e3-8093-a23fb906631e" source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb594.html" source_hash: "6dda39b383d46c4f42822180aa53ce40f8f05c0497af596b1c326139676c3c89" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
Kentucky HB 594 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the regulation of game machines.
Amend KRS 528.010 to define "coin-operated amusement machine," "skill," "skill-based contests," and "skill game"; amend the definitions of "advancing gambling activity," "gambling," "gambling device," and "something of value"; amend KRS 528.100 to authorize the Attorney General, the Commonwealthâs attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality to establish a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each device for any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device in violation of KRS Chapter 528; authorize the Attorney General, the Commonwealthâs attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality to cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth, to enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of KRS Chapter 528, and request an attachment against all devices and any moneys within those devices; EMERGENCY.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 4 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Table — fail (fail) · lower
- Pass — pass (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — pass (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 594 — pass (pass) · lower
- Take from the Table — pass (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
referral-committee - 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage - 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
- 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
- 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Committee Substitute adopted
- 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment adopted Floor Amendment (1)
- 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 tabled
- 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 taken from table
- 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (4-title) filed to bill
amendment-introduction - 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 passed 64-32 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage - 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing & Occupations (S)
referral-committee - 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction - 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules
committee-passage - 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
- 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
- 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 29-6
passage - 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 4)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b799327b-62af-42e3-8093-a23fb906631e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).