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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to ethics."
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description: "Amend KRS 6.080 to increase the fine against a disobedient witness or an attempt to corrupt a legislator from $1,000 to $15,000, and allow the Attorney General to bring an enforcement action in either Franklin County or the county in which the accused person resides; amend KRS 11A.060 to reorganize the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, terminating the current membership and increasing the number of members from five to seven, two of which would be appointed by the Governor with the Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State, and Attorney General appointing one member each; amend KRS 11A.080 to require the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to make findings for complaints regarding whether they are grounded in fact, warranted by law, and filed in good faith."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2022RS"
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identifier: "HB 334"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 334 (2022RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Attorney General", "Auditor of Public Accounts", "Ethics", "Governor", "Secretary of State", "Treasurer"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["S. Baker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b0eb3e4-e474-4c67-b20b-cd43d433dac3"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb334.html"
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source_hash: "37b5ffbc15b6daef467ad151b0e586cfdedbb2975830c9539de38d9cf44e32d3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky HB 334 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to ethics.
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Amend KRS 6.080 to increase the fine against a disobedient witness or an attempt to corrupt a legislator from $1,000 to $15,000, and allow the Attorney General to bring an enforcement action in either Franklin County or the county in which the accused person resides; amend KRS 11A.060 to reorganize the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, terminating the current membership and increasing the number of members from five to seven, two of which would be appointed by the Governor with the Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner of Agriculture, Secretary of State, and Attorney General appointing one member each; amend KRS 11A.080 to require the Executive Branch Ethics Commission to make findings for complaints regarding whether they are grounded in fact, warranted by law, and filed in good faith.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb334/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0203.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb334/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE HB 334 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE HB 334 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- S. Baker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 08, 2022
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- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 74-24 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
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- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
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- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
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- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
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- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 26-9 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 74-24 `passage`
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
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- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 27-9 `passage`
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- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 203) `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b0eb3e4-e474-4c67-b20b-cd43d433dac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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