---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of \"criminal offense against a victim who is a minor\" and \"registrant information\"; amend KRS 17.510 to require registrants to provide palm prints, motor vehicle operator's license numbers, government issued identification card numbers, and home and cellular telephone numbers; require registrants to inform the appropriate local probation and parole office of travel outside the country; amend 17.520 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 17.580 to conform."
description: "AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of \"criminal offense against a victim who is a minor\" and \"registrant information\"; amend KRS 17.510 to require registrants to provide palm prints, motor vehicle operator's license numbers, government issued identification card numbers, and home and cellular telephone numbers; require registrants to inform the appropriate local probation and parole office of travel outside the country; amend 17.520 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 17.580 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Kentucky SB 181 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-20"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe44751b-19d5-499f-a01f-525b92b732f8"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB181.htm"
source_hash: "f2f4c8f6be7c7f43be8e8a8f9d4f2f6c64d69934c143d5a91f91d400d3c27d77"
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 SB 181 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.500 to revise the definition of "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor" and "registrant information"; amend KRS 17.510 to require registrants to provide palm prints, motor vehicle operator's license numbers, government issued identification card numbers, and home and cellular telephone numbers; require registrants to inform the appropriate local probation and parole office of travel outside the country; amend 17.520 to make a technical correction; amend KRS 17.580 to conform.

## 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/18RS/SB181/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 181 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB181/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB181/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-21** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
- **2018-03-20** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-21** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** Taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2018-03-22** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** Returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2018-03-22** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Posting waived
- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 121) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe44751b-19d5-499f-a01f-525b92b732f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).