---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to full disclosure in public safety and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to create the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to full disclosure in public safety and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to create the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Kentucky HB 2 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 12
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-01-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79c9f980-6b1a-474b-89c7-c0855c4354f3"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB2.htm"
source_hash: "14983865af7a3105c51903e181c6746ebb9dcf8fce617801ec18990dd41aec04"
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 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to full disclosure in public safety and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to create the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 2 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HCS1.pdf)
3. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA1.pdf)
4. **HFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA2.pdf)
5. **HFA3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA3.pdf)
6. **HFA4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA4.pdf)
7. **HFA5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA5.pdf)
8. **HFA6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA6.pdf)
9. **HFA7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA7.pdf)
10. **HFA8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA8.pdf)
11. **HFA9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/HFA9.pdf)
12. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB2/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-03** Taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2017-01-03** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-03** Returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2017-01-03** Posting waived
- **2017-01-04** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-01-04** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 5, 2017
- **2017-01-04** Floor amendments (1) (2) (3-title) (4-title) and (5) filed
- **2017-01-05** Taken from the Orders of the Day
- **2017-01-05** Returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2017-01-05** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
- **2017-01-05** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 5, 2017
- **2017-01-05** Floor amendmenst (6) & (7-title) filed, and floor amendments (8) & (9) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2017-01-05** 3rd reading, passed 83-12 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-05** Received in Senate
- **2017-01-05** Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2017-01-05** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-05** Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2017-01-05** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-06** Taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2017-01-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-06** Returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2017-01-07** Reported favorably, to Rules
- **2017-01-07** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Saturday, January 7, 2017
- **2017-01-07** 3rd reading, passed 32-5 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-07** Received in House
- **2017-01-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-01-07** Received in Senate
- **2017-01-07** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-01-07** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-01-09** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 002) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79c9f980-6b1a-474b-89c7-c0855c4354f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).