---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to fictive kin. Repeal and reenact KRS 199.011 to include definition of \"fictive kin\"; amend KRS 199.462 to establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may approve fictive kin as a placement for a child; amend KRS 600.020 to establish a definition for \"fictive kin\" and to amend the definition for \"out-of-home placement\"; amend KRS 605.090, 610.125, and 620.140 to recognize fictive kin as a placement for a child by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services."
description: "AN ACT relating to fictive kin. Repeal and reenact KRS 199.011 to include definition of \"fictive kin\"; amend KRS 199.462 to establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may approve fictive kin as a placement for a child; amend KRS 600.020 to establish a definition for \"fictive kin\" and to amend the definition for \"out-of-home placement\"; amend KRS 605.090, 610.125, and 620.140 to recognize fictive kin as a placement for a child by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 180"
citation: "Kentucky HB 180 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d64c8fb6-5564-478e-8dcb-8758c9a7339c"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB180.htm"
source_hash: "027b8da50c198afe2f8274d41e655d5fd488041c5b8e124bd5cd4bd82ac7cfdf"
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 180 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to fictive kin. Repeal and reenact KRS 199.011 to include definition of "fictive kin"; amend KRS 199.462 to establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may approve fictive kin as a placement for a child; amend KRS 600.020 to establish a definition for "fictive kin" and to amend the definition for "out-of-home placement"; amend KRS 605.090, 610.125, and 620.140 to recognize fictive kin as a placement for a child by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

## 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/HB180/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-09** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 15, 2017
- **2017-02-15** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-16** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-17** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2017
- **2017-02-28** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in House
- **2017-03-01** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-02** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-02** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d64c8fb6-5564-478e-8dcb-8758c9a7339c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).