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Bill AN ACT relating to the rights of real property owners. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying real property under certain circumstances; provide criminal and civil immunity to law enforcement officers and property owners acting in good faith; create a civil cause of action for wrongful removal; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to create a form for the petition to remove unlawful occupants; amend KRS 512.010 to define "squatter"; amend KRS 512.020 and 512.030 to specifically include damage to real property caused by squatters in the offense of criminal mischief. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2025RS HB 10 Kentucky HB 10 (2025RS)
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Kentucky HB 10 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the rights of real property owners.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to allow a property owner or his or her authorized agent to request a law enforcement officer immediately remove a person unlawfully occupying real property under certain circumstances; provide criminal and civil immunity to law enforcement officers and property owners acting in good faith; create a civil cause of action for wrongful removal; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to create a form for the petition to remove unlawful occupants; amend KRS 512.010 to define "squatter"; amend KRS 512.020 and 512.030 to specifically include damage to real property caused by squatters in the offense of criminal mischief.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 63 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASS HB 10 — 370 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 935 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
  • 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (H)
  • 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
  • 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (H)
  • 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules committee-passage
  • 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
  • 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-5 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
  • 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
  • 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
  • 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
  • 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
  • 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
  • 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
  • 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
  • 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 63) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd6e8db8-880c-4258-bed8-863c3697c2dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).