---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to dogs. Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the owner of a dog for purposes of that chapter."
description: "AN ACT relating to dogs. Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the owner of a dog for purposes of that chapter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 112"
citation: "Kentucky HB 112 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14be9f90-8869-40a6-843c-d276e8faaf8a"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB112.htm"
source_hash: "bae5f87a1396230bb8dc0efd467de1ef927073764c3d737f1a145392825eed35"
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 112 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to dogs. Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the owner of a dog for purposes of that chapter.

## 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/17RS/HB112/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-16** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading, passed 87-9 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-24** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 6, 2017
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 32-5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in House
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-08** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 30) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14be9f90-8869-40a6-843c-d276e8faaf8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).