SB 130 Kentucky Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to gift cards.

Summary
Amend KRS 434.560 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 434.550 to 434.730 to create the offense of tampering with a gift card; amend KRS 434.580 and 434.650 to prohibit theft, receipt and fraudulent use of a gift card.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 11, 2025 Signed Mar 19, 2025
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Introduced Current/Final · 7 edits
MODERATE
This bill amends Kentucky's gift card laws by reorganizing and clarifying definitions in the existing statute. The changes primarily involve renumbering and restructuring the definitions section to better align with modern payment card terminology while maintaining the core legal framework for gift cards, credit cards, debit cards, and related financial instruments.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on gift cards and related payment instruments, but the definitions section has been reorganized to improve clarity and consistency with current payment card industry standards.
DEFINITION

The definitions section was renumbered and restructured, changing the order of definitions and renumbering items from (1)-(19) to (1)-(18), with some items being removed or combined.

The definition of 'Gift card' was expanded to include both activated and unactivated cards, and clarified that cards issued through purchases or received from willing parties are covered.

The definition of 'Face value' was added as a new definition, establishing a default maximum value of $250 when no value is listed on the card.

The definition of 'Merchant' was modified to clarify that it includes persons who receive payment cards or information from payment cards as instruments for obtaining goods, services, or value.

The definition of 'Payment card' was updated to include charge cards in addition to credit, debit, and other cards that allow users to obtain or receive value from merchants.

The definition of 'Presentation or presents' was modified to include gift cards alongside credit and debit cards when describing actions taken to introduce cards into automated banking devices.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes including reorganization of line breaks and removal of some bracketed editorial marks from the original draft.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

430
Passed
Total votes 43
Mar 4, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican37
37 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 38)
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 95-0
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
to Small Business & Information Technology (H)
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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