---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from being on the grounds of a publicly owned playground without advance written permission."
description: "AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from being on the grounds of a publicly owned playground without advance written permission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "Kentucky HB 38 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-09-14"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cddf6818-fbfa-4475-96ec-2d2786f760ff"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB38.htm"
source_hash: "e1d5c0e95792aa34e567caba1276e947dfdac5762a1dcae592c86dc36cae9943"
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 38 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from being on the grounds of a publicly owned playground without advance written permission.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 38 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB38/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB38/bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB38/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-14** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2017-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 10, 2017
- **2017-02-10** 3rd reading, passed 91-3 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-13** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-14** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-14** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-14** Passed 91-0
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 76) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cddf6818-fbfa-4475-96ec-2d2786f760ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).