republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-249.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to aggravating circumstances.	Amend KRS 532.025 to include the intentional killing of a child under 12 as an aggravating circumstance in cases of offenses for which the death penalty may be authorized; provide that subsection (2)(a)9. of Section 1 of this Act may be cited as Kimber's law.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 249	Kentucky HB 249 (2023RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Crime Victims Crimes and Punishments Short Titles and Popular Names	enacted		3	27	2	2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7afd85f5-3b8c-4036-b570-f8fdad37ff6a	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb249.html	1669717909fb95bb4e6c5ec380b310c54b2bf4f3c0aa8087300a618982d5bf28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 249 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to aggravating circumstances.

Amend KRS 532.025 to include the intentional killing of a child under 12 as an aggravating circumstance in cases of offenses for which the death penalty may be authorized; provide that subsection (2)(a)9. of Section 1 of this Act may be cited as Kimber's law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 96 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASS HB 249 — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 85-6 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-4 passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7afd85f5-3b8c-4036-b570-f8fdad37ff6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).