---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require all employees of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require all employees of the Department of Revenue, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require all employees of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require all employees of the Department of Revenue, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "Kentucky HB 262 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0526927f-70ff-457c-beff-bd5c79efcfce"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB262.htm"
source_hash: "1dd8501eaeb900b923802261ec9661d2bc3bc0af823ba1aabed3c4eb747c9613"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 262 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to require all employees of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to require all employees of the Department of Revenue, including contract staff, with access to federal tax information to submit to a criminal background investigation and require the promulgation of administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB262/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-16** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-24** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-07** Taken from the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-07** Placed in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 097) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0526927f-70ff-457c-beff-bd5c79efcfce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).