KY HB222 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Passed on April 20 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-20 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 233)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Passed on April 20 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-20 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 233)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 454 to provide definitions and establish procedures for dismissing legal actions filed in response to a party's exercise of free speech, right to petition, or right to association; allow for an immediate appeal as a matter of right; allow for costs to be awarded to the moving party if dismissal is granted; allow for costs to be awarded to responding party if the motion was found to be frivolous or filed with the intent to delay; provide that this Act may be cited as the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.
Title
AN ACT relating to legal actions concerning the exercise of a person's constitutional rights.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2022-04-14 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2380 (Y: 30 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2022-02-18 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 153 (Y: 82 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 17) [PASS]
2022-02-18 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 153 (Y: 82 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 17) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-20 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 233) |
| 2022-04-14 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2022-04-14 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2022-04-14 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2022-04-14 | House | received in House |
| 2022-04-14 | Senate | passed 30-2 |
| 2022-04-14 | Senate | floor amendments (1-title) and (2) withdrawn |
| 2022-04-14 | Senate | 3rd reading |
| 2022-04-13 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2022-03-30 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2022-03-29 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2022-03-29 | Senate | floor amendments (2) and (1-title) filed |
| 2022-03-24 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022 |
| 2022-03-18 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2022-03-17 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2022-03-01 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2022-02-22 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2022-02-22 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2022-02-18 | House | 3rd reading, passed 82-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) |
| 2022-02-15 | House | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2022-02-14 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2022 |
| 2022-02-10 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2022-02-09 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2022-02-08 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2022-01-05 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2022-01-05 | House | introduced in House |
