---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to relative and fictive kin caregivers."
description: "AN ACT relating to relative and fictive kin caregivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Kentucky HB 2 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fiscal Note", "Courts", "Guardians", "Parental Rights", "Children and Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "C. Fugate", "C. Massey", "C. McCoy", "D. Elliott", "D. Meade", "D. Meade", "D. Osborne", "J. Carney", "J. Nemes", "J. Petrie", "K. Moser", "M. Prunty", "R. Huff", "R. Palumbo", "R. Webber", "S. Miles", "S. Sheldon", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb0948d-df35-4af7-bd4d-90f7cfe34fd4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb2.html"
source_hash: "c4c8c86fe6d19193a8633b6fd3077b8fc59ca5fedb5d4c569eb93acc9ad1aeb3"
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 2 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to relative and fictive kin caregivers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb2/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Carney — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 073) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eb0948d-df35-4af7-bd4d-90f7cfe34fd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).