KY HB43 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 56-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-05 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 82)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 56-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-05 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 82)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
AN ACT relating to religious freedom during a declared emergency.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2022-03-23 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2194 (Y: 30 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 193 (Y: 83 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 193 (Y: 83 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-05 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 82) |
| 2022-03-24 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2022-03-24 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2022-03-24 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2022-03-24 | House | received in House |
| 2022-03-23 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 30-7 |
| 2022-03-21 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022 |
| 2022-03-18 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2022-03-17 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2022-03-09 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2022-03-02 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2022-03-02 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2022-03-01 | House | 3rd reading, passed 83-12 with Committee Substitute (1) Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2022-02-28 | House | floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2022-02-25 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2022 |
| 2022-02-25 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2022-02-24 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2022-02-23 | House | to State Government (H) |
| 2022-01-04 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2022-01-04 | House | introduced in House |
| 2021-08-04 | House | Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
