---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to rename the Department for Public Advocacy as the Department of Public Advocacy; confirm Executive Order 2016-901."
description: "AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to rename the Department for Public Advocacy as the Department of Public Advocacy; confirm Executive Order 2016-901."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "Kentucky HB 282 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2b4cff0-e807-475d-991e-67449ddc6cc2"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB282.htm"
source_hash: "3ae5002bfcd35fcc4af1efe3187a490dc52d761dfcfc3dfe3ab95d0055fe7a0f"
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 282 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to rename the Department for Public Advocacy as the Department of Public Advocacy; confirm Executive Order 2016-901.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 282 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB282/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB282/bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB282/SFA1.pdf)
4. **SFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB282/SFA2.pdf)
5. **SFA3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB282/SFA3.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** 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** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-24** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017
- **2017-03-29** Floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-30** 3rd reading, passed 35-2-1 with floor amendments (1), (2-title) and (3) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1), (2-title) and (3)
- **2017-03-30** House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1), (2-title) and (3)
- **2017-03-30** Bill passed 61-31
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-30** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 167) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2b4cff0-e807-475d-991e-67449ddc6cc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).