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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to prohibiting the enforcement of a federal ban or regulation of firearms and declaring an emergency."
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description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit identified entities from enforcing federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances that require enforcement of federal firearm bans; and prohibit identified entities from allocating public resources or moneys in the enforcement of federal firearm bans; RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2021; EMERGENCY."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2023RS"
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identifier: "HB 153"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 153 (2023RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Charter County Government", "Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Corrections Impact", "Counties", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Federal Laws and Regulations", "Firearms and Weapons", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "Public Officers and Employees", "Retroactive Legislation", "Sheriffs", "Unified Local Governments"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf79bbcf-c028-4f42-afa4-1701c8bec9d8"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb153.html"
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source_hash: "81582d089a22a01bd8fa9407ad4292cf07d9eef00c901ca5bf7f9efa77fa3487"
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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 153 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to prohibiting the enforcement of a federal ban or regulation of firearms and declaring an emergency.
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit identified entities from enforcing federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances that require enforcement of federal firearm bans; and prohibit identified entities from allocating public resources or moneys in the enforcement of federal firearm bans; RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2021; EMERGENCY.
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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/23RS/hb153/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0117.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb153/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE HB 153 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 16, 2023
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- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-19 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 27 -9 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 117) `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/cf79bbcf-c028-4f42-afa4-1701c8bec9d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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