republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-194.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to workplace violence against healthcare workers.	Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a hospital if the event occurs in or on the premises of a hospital or hospital-owned outpatient facility.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 194	Kentucky HB 194 (2024RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Crime Victims Crimes and Punishments Health and Medical Services Local Mandate Occupational Safety and Health	enacted	A. Neighbors B. Chester-Burton C. Aull C. Fugate D. Bentley D. Hale J. Blanton J. Bray K. King K. Moser K. Timoney M. Pollock P. Pratt R. Palumbo R. Roarx S. Dietz S. Riley T. Smith T. Truett W. Lawrence W. Thomas W. Williams	3	29	2	2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b84fbddf-60a9-4617-a2b2-b988acf682d3	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb194.html	6ead4ef828b063ab87f742cf9ba7e0b4fc1581d0bace7f0119bae21698d12d3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 194 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to workplace violence against healthcare workers.

Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a hospital if the event occurs in or on the premises of a hospital or hospital-owned outpatient facility.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 80 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 194 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Neighbors — primary (person)
• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• C. Aull — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• J. Bray — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• K. Timoney — primary (person)
• M. Pollock — primary (person)
• P. Pratt — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• R. Roarx — primary (person)
• S. Dietz — primary (person)
• S. Riley — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)
• T. Truett — primary (person)
• W. Lawrence — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 21, 2024
• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2) filed to bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-1 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 80) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b84fbddf-60a9-4617-a2b2-b988acf682d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).