republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-9.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to hazing.	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 508 to define "hazing," "student," and "organization"; establish a Class D felony of hazing in the first degree; establish a Class A misdemeanor of hazing in the second degree; amend KRS 164.7874 to remove eligibility for a KEES scholarship if convicted of hazing; provide that the Act may be referred to as Lofton's Law.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	SB 9	Kentucky SB 9 (2023RS)	bill	Children and Minors Corrections Impact Crimes and Punishments Education Elementary and Secondary Education Higher Local Mandate Short Titles and Popular Names Universities and Colleges	enacted		3	29	3	2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0f00c0a5-93a9-477d-b13c-76d2682354c9	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb9.html	b3677117e85d1c43b541b7d211cfee2203cfbe4183dab8624e53513629981fdd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 9 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to hazing.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 508 to define "hazing," "student," and "organization"; establish a Class D felony of hazing in the first degree; establish a Class A misdemeanor of hazing in the second degree; amend KRS 164.7874 to remove eligibility for a KEES scholarship if convicted of hazing; provide that the Act may be referred to as Lofton's Law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 110 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE SB 9 W/ hcs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 9 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 27-7 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-3 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 30 -4 passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f00c0a5-93a9-477d-b13c-76d2682354c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).