---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to abandoned infants. Amend KRS 405.075 to establish a definition and allow the use of a \"newborn safety device\" related to the anonymous surrendering of a newborn infant in the Commonwealth."
description: "AN ACT relating to abandoned infants. Amend KRS 405.075 to establish a definition and allow the use of a \"newborn safety device\" related to the anonymous surrendering of a newborn infant in the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 167"
citation: "Kentucky HB 167 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Brown Jr", "K. King", "L. Bechler", "M. Dossett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/939191d7-0f80-4e2e-9eb2-432200dc5a01"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB167.htm"
source_hash: "7ce3c5f04dd169f936d9d0e998f820d5c1029d53cc3f0c33a45798bf310cb789"
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 167 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to abandoned infants. Amend KRS 405.075 to establish a definition and allow the use of a "newborn safety device" related to the anonymous surrendering of a newborn infant in the Commonwealth.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 167 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB167/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB167/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB167/bill.pdf)
4. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB167/SCA1.pdf)
5. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB167/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- G. Brown Jr — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-25** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
- **2018-01-29** 3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-30** Received in Senate
- **2018-01-31** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute & committee amendment (1-title) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 27, 2018
- **2018-03-27** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-27** Received in House
- **2018-03-27** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Taken from Rules
- **2018-04-02** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2018-04-02** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2018-04-02** Bill passed 91-0
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-02** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-13** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 152) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/939191d7-0f80-4e2e-9eb2-432200dc5a01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).