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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "Kentucky HB 215 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Local Mandate", "Probation and Parole"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cbb9f6c-24f4-4914-b618-5953bcaa8045"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb215.html"
source_hash: "8ecc15c8b40a9617592af5b975742f866ab80b7639750ae62a0758bba369e18f"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb215/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0130.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb215/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cbb9f6c-24f4-4914-b618-5953bcaa8045`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).