---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to vehicle accident reports. Amend KRS 189.635 to clarify definition of news-gathering organization qualifed to receive vehicle accident reports."
description: "AN ACT relating to vehicle accident reports. Amend KRS 189.635 to clarify definition of news-gathering organization qualifed to receive vehicle accident reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "Kentucky HB 215 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/069ea2c6-5ce7-4ba9-a89a-87f8954b5ebb"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB215.htm"
source_hash: "3413c65c1144200e1d0c2e6ee041cbf874ad2373972460f7de5751369df78a70"
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 215 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to vehicle accident reports. Amend KRS 189.635 to clarify definition of news-gathering organization qualifed to receive vehicle accident reports.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 215 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB215/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB215/bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB215/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-24** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-27** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Taken from Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-06** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-07** Taken from Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-07** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Transportation (S)
- **2017-03-08** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a consent bill
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- **2017-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 36-2 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-15** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-15** Bill passed 90-3
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 143) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/069ea2c6-5ce7-4ba9-a89a-87f8954b5ebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).