Passed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB43
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to religious freedom during a declared emergency.
Subject: Religion: Local Mandate: Courts: Disasters: Diseases: Governor: Local Government
Description: Amend KRS 39A.100 to exclude houses of worship from emergency condemnation authority; prohibit a governmental entity from prohibiting religious services during an emergency to a greater extent than imposed on other organizations or businesses that provide essential services; require a compelling governmental interest to place a burden on a religious organization; prohibit a governmental entity from taking any discriminatory action against a religious organization on the basis that the organization is religious; define "discriminatory action," "governmental entity," "religious organization," and "religious services"; allow a religious organization to assert a violation of this section as a claim against a governmental entity or as a defense and waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity to the extent of liability under the section; set out remedies available to a religious organization; require construciton in favor of protecting free exercise of religion; require a religious organization to bring an action no later than two years from the date the person should have known of the discriminatory action.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 82)
Last Action Date: April 5, 2022
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
56 sponsors: Shane Baker (R); Walker Thomas (R); Lynn Bechler (R); Danny Bentley (R); John Blanton (R); Adam Bowling (R); Joshua Branscum (R); Kevin Bratcher (R); Josh Bray (R); Randy Bridges (R); Josh Calloway (R); Jennifer Henson Decker (R); Myron Dossett (R); Ryan Dotson (R); Jim Duplessis (R); Daniel Elliott (R); Joseph Fischer (R); Daniel Fister (R); Patrick Flannery (R); Ken Fleming (R); Deanna Frazier Gordon (R); Chris Freeland (R); Chris Fugate (R); David Hale (R); Mark Hart (R); Richard Heath (R); Regina Huff (R); Thomas Huff (R); Mary Imes (R); DJ Johnson (R); Kim King (R); Norma Kirk-McCormick (R); William Lawrence (R); Scott Lewis (R); Matt Lockett (R); Savannah Maddox (R); Ed Massey (R); Bobby McCool (R); Shawn McPherson (R); David Meade (R); Jason Nemes (R); Jason Petrie (R); Michael Pollock (R); Phillip Pratt (R); Melinda Prunty (R); Felicia Rabourn (R); William Reed (R); Scott Sharp (R); Steve Sheldon (R); Tom Smith (R); Nancy Tate (R); James Tipton (R); Timmy Truett (R); Russell Webber (R); Billy Wesley (R); Richard White (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 56% (56 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 5, 2022 | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 82) |
| House | Mar 24, 2022 | delivered to Governor |
| House | Mar 24, 2022 | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| House | Mar 24, 2022 | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| House | Mar 24, 2022 | received in House |
| Senate | Mar 23, 2022 | 3rd reading, passed 30-7 |
| Senate | Mar 21, 2022 | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022 |
| Senate | Mar 18, 2022 | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| Senate | Mar 17, 2022 | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| Senate | Mar 9, 2022 | to State & Local Government (S) |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2022 | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2022 | received in Senate |
| House | Mar 1, 2022 | 3rd reading, passed 83-12 with Committee Substitute (1) Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| House | Feb 28, 2022 | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| House | Feb 25, 2022 | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2022 |
| House | Feb 25, 2022 | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| House | Feb 24, 2022 | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| House | Feb 23, 2022 | to State Government (H) |
| House | Jan 4, 2022 | introduced in House |
| House | Jan 4, 2022 | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| House | Aug 4, 2021 | Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | not available | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | not available | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| House Committee Substitute | House Committee Substitute 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Committee Substitute | Local Mandate to House Committee Substitute 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Committee Amendment | House Committee Amendment 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| House Floor Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 | Nov 30, -0001 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Third Reading RCS# 193 | 03/1/2022 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 5 | Yes |
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| Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2194 | 03/23/2022 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
