Kentucky House Bill 126 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-22 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 66)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 194A.990, 205.8463, 238.995, 341.990, 434.650, 434.655, 434.690, 514.030, 514.040, 514.050, 514.060, 514.070, 514.080, 514.090, and 514.110 to increase the felony threshold for theft and fraud offenses to $1,000; create a Class B misdemeanor level for theft and fraud offenses; amend the Class A misdemeanor level to be $500 or more but less than $1,000; enhance the penalty for three convictions of a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony if the convictions occur within a five year period; allow offenses that occur within 90 days to be aggregated into one offense.

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Rep. Ed Massey [R]

Rep. Adam Bowling [R]

Rep. Jerry Miller [R]

Rep. Jason Nemes [R]

2021-03-16 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 1780 (Y: 25 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-10 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 65 (Y: 63 N: 24 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-22	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 66)
2021-03-16	House	delivered to Governor
2021-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2021-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2021-03-16	House	received in House
2021-03-16	Senate	3rd reading, passed 25-11
2021-03-15	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
2021-03-05	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-03-04	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-02-22	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2021-02-10	Senate	received in Senate
2021-02-10	House	3rd reading, passed 63-24
2021-02-04	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
2021-02-04	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-02-03	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-01-13	House	posted in committee
2021-01-13	House	to Judiciary (H)
2021-01-05	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-01-05	House	introduced in House
2020-12-10	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb126.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb126/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb126/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/hb126/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/hb126/CI.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb126/vote_history.pdf