Kentucky House Bill 594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-16 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 4)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend KRS 528.010 to define "coin-operated amusement machine," "skill," "skill-based contests," and "skill game"; amend the definitions of "advancing gambling activity," "gambling," "gambling device," and "something of value"; amend KRS 528.100 to authorize the Attorney General, the Commonwealth’s attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality to establish a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each device for any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device in violation of KRS Chapter 528; authorize the Attorney General, the Commonwealth’s attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality to cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth, to enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of KRS Chapter 528, and request an attachment against all devices and any moneys within those devices; EMERGENCY.

AN ACT relating to the regulation of game machines.

Rep. Killian Timoney [R]

Rep. David Osborne [R]

2023-03-14 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2608 (Y: 29 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-08 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 175 (Y: 64 N: 32 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-03-08 - House - House: Table RCS# 174 (Y: 66 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 24) [PASS]
2023-03-03 - House - House: Table RCS# 135 (Y: 42 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 23) [PASS]
2023-03-03 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 134 (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 49) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-16	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 4)
2023-03-15	House	delivered to Governor
2023-03-15	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2023-03-15	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2023-03-15	House	received in House
2023-03-14	Senate	passed 29-6
2023-03-14	Senate	Floor Amendment (1) withdrawn
2023-03-14	Senate	3rd reading
2023-03-14	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
2023-03-14	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules
2023-03-10	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed
2023-03-10	Senate	returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2023-03-10	Senate	2nd reading
2023-03-10	Senate	taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
2023-03-09	Senate	to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2023-03-09	Senate	returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-03-09	Senate	1st reading
2023-03-09	Senate	taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2023-03-09	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-03-09	Senate	received in Senate
2023-03-08	House	passed 64-32 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2023-03-08	House	floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (4-title) filed to bill
2023-03-08	House	taken from table
2023-03-07	House	floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
2023-03-03	House	tabled
2023-03-03	House	floor amendment adopted Floor Amendment (1)
2023-03-03	House	Committee Substitute adopted
2023-03-03	House	3rd reading
2023-03-03	House	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2023-03-03	House	placed in the Orders of the Day
2023-03-03	House	taken from Rules
2023-03-03	House	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2023-03-01	House	returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
2023-03-01	House	2nd reading
2023-03-01	House	taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
2023-02-28	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
2023-02-24	House	returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-24	House	1st reading
2023-02-24	House	taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-22	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-22	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb594.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb594/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb594/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0004.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB594/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB594/HCA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB594/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB594/HFA2.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB594/HFA3.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB594/HFA4.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB594/SFA1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb594/vote_history.pdf