republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-215.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.	Amend KRS 218A.1410, 218A.1412, and 218A.142 to enhance the penalty for importing or trafficking carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives from a minimum of 50 percent of the sentence served to a minimum of 85 percent of the sentence served and establish prohibition against the use of pretrial diversion for those criminal offenses.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 215	Kentucky HB 215 (2022RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Crimes and Punishments Local Mandate Probation and Parole	enacted	B. Reed B. Rowland B. Wesley C. Freeland C. Fugate C. Massey D. Bentley D. Frazier Gordon D. Hale D. Lewis J. Blanton J. Decker K. Bratcher K. King K. Timoney K. Upchurch L. Bechler N. Tate R. Bridges R. Dotson R. Heath R. Huff R. Webber S. Riley S. Sheldon S. Westrom T. Smith T. Truett W. Thomas	3	25	2	2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5cbb9f6c-24f4-4914-b618-5953bcaa8045	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb215.html	8ecc15c8b40a9617592af5b975742f866ab80b7639750ae62a0758bba369e18f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 215 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 218A.1410, 218A.1412, and 218A.142 to enhance the penalty for importing or trafficking carfentanil, fentanyl, or fentanyl derivatives from a minimum of 50 percent of the sentence served to a minimum of 85 percent of the sentence served and establish prohibition against the use of pretrial diversion for those criminal offenses.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 130 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE HB 215 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Reed — primary (person)
• B. Rowland — primary (person)
• B. Wesley — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• D. Lewis — primary (person)
• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• K. Timoney — primary (person)
• K. Upchurch — primary (person)
• L. Bechler — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• R. Bridges — primary (person)
• R. Dotson — primary (person)
• R. Heath — primary (person)
• R. Huff — primary (person)
• R. Webber — primary (person)
• S. Riley — primary (person)
• S. Sheldon — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)
• T. Truett — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 08, 2022
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 82-12 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 30-3 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 130) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cbb9f6c-24f4-4914-b618-5953bcaa8045. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).