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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights. Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of \"victim\"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights."
description: "AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights. Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of \"victim\"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Kentucky SB 30 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Smith", "C. Embry Jr.", "C. McDaniel", "D. Carroll", "D. Givens", "D. Parrett", "D. Ridley", "D. Thayer", "J. Adams", "J. Bowen", "J. Carpenter", "J. Higdon", "M. Wilson", "M. Wise", "P. Hornback", "R. Alvarado", "R. Girdler", "R. Jones II", "R. Thomas", "S. Humphries", "S. Meredith", "S. West", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-02"
last_action: "2018-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba336614-2f98-4c69-9a54-d738f76af68c"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB30.htm"
source_hash: "fd3a250ea6e8ac5388b22449576359b9ce80bc6e0a1f50af0a6b2667f3c17b8a"
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 SB 30 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to crime victims' rights. Repeal and reenact or repeal, reenact, and amend various sections of the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights to change statutory definition of "victim"; require that restitution to the victim be made when possible; repeal KRS 421.540; provide for a delayed contingent effective date of November 6, 2018, upon ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment providing protection of crime victims' rights.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB30/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 30 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB30/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB30/SFA1.pdf)
## Sponsors
- B. Smith — primary (person)
- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- C. McDaniel — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Givens — primary (person)
- D. Parrett — primary (person)
- D. Ridley — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- J. Bowen — primary (person)
- J. Carpenter — primary (person)
- J. Higdon — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- P. Hornback — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)
- R. Jones II — primary (person)
- R. Thomas — primary (person)
- S. Humphries — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-03** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-09** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-12** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2018
- **2018-02-12** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-13** Received in House
- **2018-02-15** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
- **2018-03-09** 3rd reading, passed 79-3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-12** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-12** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-12** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-12** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba336614-2f98-4c69-9a54-d738f76af68c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).