---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to state agency children. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a state agency child who is at least 17 years old to seek a high school equivalency diploma."
description: "AN ACT relating to state agency children. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a state agency child who is at least 17 years old to seek a high school equivalency diploma."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 522"
citation: "Kentucky HB 522 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccea2e7-f803-4af5-a2a2-e6ced583252c"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB522.htm"
source_hash: "42fa2bb0f183637d7a59875f452f295cf26c460be7c1b53455980a9e9815d577"
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 522 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to state agency children. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow a state agency child who is at least 17 years old to seek a high school equivalency diploma.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 522 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB522/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB522/bill.pdf)
3. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB522/SCA1.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB522/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-21** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-24** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-27** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wedneday, March 1, 2017
- **2017-03-01** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-07** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- **2017-03-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) withdrawn
- **2017-03-29** Passed 38-0
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **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. 170) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ccea2e7-f803-4af5-a2a2-e6ced583252c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).