republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2017rs/hb-309.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, or an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease with at least 30 days' notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establish civil action for a landlord's economic losses due to termination against persons restrained by protective orders; for those tenants or applicants for tenancy who hold an emergency protective order, a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, an interpersonal protective order, or a temporary interpersonal protective order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be installed by the tenant; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, rental agreements shall not penalize tenants for requesting assistance from emergency services."
description: "AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, or an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease with at least 30 days' notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establish civil action for a landlord's economic losses due to termination against persons restrained by protective orders; for those tenants or applicants for tenancy who hold an emergency protective order, a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, an interpersonal protective order, or a temporary interpersonal protective order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be installed by the tenant; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, rental agreements shall not penalize tenants for requesting assistance from emergency services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Kentucky HB 309 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19f9b5b4-c337-4d3b-8826-429268376d22"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB309.htm"
source_hash: "28f5316f0083f52ae942b1922e8b06c504377c0f02bc344bb3cd4ee56b6d4527"
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 309 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to tenancies in real property. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, residential tenants who hold a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, or an interpersonal protective order may terminate a lease with at least 30 days' notice to landlords, while the lease continues for co-tenants; establish civil action for a landlord's economic losses due to termination against persons restrained by protective orders; for those tenants or applicants for tenancy who hold an emergency protective order, a domestic violence order, a pretrial release no-contact order, an interpersonal protective order, or a temporary interpersonal protective order, those orders cannot serve as a basis for denying a lease and new locks may be installed by the tenant; create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to provide that, after the effective date of this Act, rental agreements shall not penalize tenants for requesting assistance from emergency services.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 309 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB309/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB309/bill.pdf)
3. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB309/SCA1.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB309/SCS1.pdf)
5. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB309/SFA1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-24** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading, passed 68-5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-02** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2017-03-06** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2017-03-07** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Taken from Rules (S)
- **2017-03-14** Recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2017-03-15** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-15** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- **2017-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1), and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** Bill passed 94-0
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-30** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 191) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19f9b5b4-c337-4d3b-8826-429268376d22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).