republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-258.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat.	Amend KRS 525.135 to define "serious physical injury or infirmity" and redefine "torture"; provide that	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 258	Kentucky HB 258 (2024RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Crimes and Punishments Criminal Procedure Dogs Local Mandate	enacted	A. Gentry C. Aull C. Freeland D. Grossberg D. Osborne E. Callaway J. Decker J. Hodgson J. Nemes K. Banta K. Bratcher K. Fleming K. Moser M. Hart M. Lockett P. Pratt R. Dotson R. Duvall R. Palumbo R. Roarx S. Bratcher S. Dietz S. Lewis S. Witten W. Thomas W. Williams	3	23	2	2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7de09f1f-fcd3-4296-a145-b336ef117455	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb258.html	6d66808d3188f4494043182f2502a2769abe873a1ff2a261ea23d997fc926336	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 258 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat.

Amend KRS 525.135 to define "serious physical injury or infirmity" and redefine "torture"; provide that

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 81 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 258 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Gentry — primary (person)
• C. Aull — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• D. Osborne — primary (person)
• E. Callaway — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. Hodgson — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• K. Banta — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. Fleming — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• M. Lockett — primary (person)
• P. Pratt — primary (person)
• R. Dotson — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• R. Roarx — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• S. Dietz — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. Witten — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024
• 2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 80-9 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) filed
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendments (1) and (3) withdrawn
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendments (2) and (4) defeated
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed 31-5-1 passage
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+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. 81) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7de09f1f-fcd3-4296-a145-b336ef117455. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).