republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-78.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to sex crimes.	Amend KRS 530.020 to delineate familial relationships; replace "consenting adults" with "consenting persons"; establish any nonconsenting person is a victim; make changes to enhancement requirements.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 78	Kentucky HB 78 (2023RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Crimes and Punishments Criminal Procedure Local Mandate	enacted		3	24	2	2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5c6ee113-fee1-45af-83ba-338431311391	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb78.html	4626ccafd4dc4ca755e239343ddf4f86be17651189cffc4709f7846f6ae6e307	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 78 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to sex crimes.

Amend KRS 530.020 to delineate familial relationships; replace "consenting adults" with "consenting persons"; establish any nonconsenting person is a victim; make changes to enhancement requirements.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 108 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE HB 78 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2023
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 108) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c6ee113-fee1-45af-83ba-338431311391. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).