---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to student athlete safety. Amend KRS 160.445 to prohibit a coach from returning a student to play who is diagnosed with a concussion; prohibit a student from returning to play if no physician or licensed provider is available to conduct the required concussion evaluation; prohibit a student who does not receive the required evaluation from returning to play in a subsequent practice or competition unless written clearance from a physician is provided."
description: "AN ACT relating to student athlete safety. Amend KRS 160.445 to prohibit a coach from returning a student to play who is diagnosed with a concussion; prohibit a student from returning to play if no physician or licensed provider is available to conduct the required concussion evaluation; prohibit a student who does not receive the required evaluation from returning to play in a subsequent practice or competition unless written clearance from a physician is provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 241"
citation: "Kentucky HB 241 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e3364d0-2be0-47df-9261-390b8b8af761"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB241.htm"
source_hash: "2c159e23292c0ae26de293cab87a714db80c653d80e621db7526e12563e82b31"
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 241 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to student athlete safety. Amend KRS 160.445 to prohibit a coach from returning a student to play who is diagnosed with a concussion; prohibit a student from returning to play if no physician or licensed provider is available to conduct the required concussion evaluation; prohibit a student who does not receive the required evaluation from returning to play in a subsequent practice or competition unless written clearance from a physician is provided.

## 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/HB241/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** To Education (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Posting waived
- **2017-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-17** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** 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 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-24** To Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- **2017-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Received in House
- **2017-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 160) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e3364d0-2be0-47df-9261-390b8b8af761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).