republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-521.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.	Amend KRS 508.130 to define "course of conduct" and "social media platform"; establish elements of the crime of stalking and penalize as a Class D felony unless certain aggravating circumstances are met, in which case it is a Class C felony; provide that the Act shall not affect the validity of restraining orders, interpersonal protective orders, or domestic violence orders in place prior to the effective date of the Act; repeal KRS 508.140 and 508.150, relating to stalking in the first and second degrees; amend KRS 14.300, 23A.208, 24A.178, 431.005, 411.220, 456.010, 500.092, 500.120, 506.160, 508.155, and 532.080 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 521	Kentucky HB 521 (2026RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Crime Victims Crimes And Punishments Criminal Procedure Domestic Relations Public Safety	enacted	B. Chester-Burton C. Aull C. Freeland D. Grossberg K. Banta M. Dossett R. Bridges R. White S. Bratcher S. Dietz S. Rudy W. Thomas W. Williams	3	25	3	2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9dce6337-e78f-4ccd-bdef-7f4e32120179	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb521.html	e80f5eb49b56bf2ed276615091deeeabceefe9085699ff060d90da41f2b1b4c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 521 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 508.130 to define "course of conduct" and "social media platform"; establish elements of the crime of stalking and penalize as a Class D felony unless certain aggravating circumstances are met, in which case it is a Class C felony; provide that the Act shall not affect the validity of restraining orders, interpersonal protective orders, or domestic violence orders in place prior to the effective date of the Act; repeal KRS 508.140 and 508.150, relating to stalking in the first and second degrees; amend KRS 14.300, 23A.208, 24A.178, 431.005, 411.220, 456.010, 500.092, 500.120, 506.160, 508.155, and 532.080 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 67 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 521 w/ SCS 1, SCA 1 (T) — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• C. Aull — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• K. Banta — primary (person)
• M. Dossett — primary (person)
• R. Bridges — primary (person)
• R. White — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• S. Dietz — primary (person)
• S. Rudy — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 25 2026
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 91-0 passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 67) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9dce6337-e78f-4ccd-bdef-7f4e32120179. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).